What a great day I had yesterday with Keith with him landing those 5lbers. I was back on the H.Avon looking at catching some chub. My previous visit was with Simon. His 7lbs 13oz chub has been the highlight of this season so far. It’s a funny old game, that’s 4x 7lb plus chub I’ve had a hand in others catching them this year. I’m not complaining my turn will hopefully come.

The weather had been pretty stable over the last week or so with the temps being at about 20c. The river temps had cooled from 23c down to 19 which is respectable.

I’m not going to write too much here other than say that during the day I had 2 5lbs 10oz chub a smaller 5lbs 3oz plus a little “Bertie” barbel of 7lbs 3oz.

It was a fantastic day walking and fishing. I only cast out a few times during the whole day and probably spent more time looking than fishing. I had 8 barbel feeding in the river so they are now showing and perhaps it’s time to fish seriously for them.

I’ve completed a video of the day. Hope you enjoy it.

Keith phoned me sometime ago to enquired about a days fishing on the Dorset Stour trying to catch some of the large chub that are in the river. I had guided Keith before on the Bristol Avon for chub however we only managed to catch some big brown trout. We decided to arrange a midweek […]

I had met Simon about 5 years ago now fishing a bream water near Oxford. He is a quiet chap but a very able angler with some respectable pb’s. Early in the year I had wanted a change of scenery and fancied some time on the upper Thames fishing for chub. I really wanted a […]

This is a short video of the coaching session that the Tench Fishers gave to a small group of anglers about tench fishing. It was a 24hr session over a hot weekend.

I have been completing one or two video’s on chub rigs. This one is for fishing area’s that are more or less clear of weed. The hook length is about 5ft long so you don’t want to many obstacles for it to hang up in. I’ve used this rig for about the last couple of […]

I had been so busy doing all the other projects I had been involved with that it seemed ages since I had fished the H.Avon. Andy (you should have been here yesterday) had been fishing it a few times and had caught some lovely chub, however the barbel were proving difficult to locate. Not only […]

I had a 2 day session with Paul and Geoff. The river Wye had turned a horrible brown colour which was from an algae bloom. Now these gents have been guided by me for a good number of years. Paul brings all his own tackle as does Geoff. They tend to use their own baits […]

I have had a good few guiding days. Gareth had bid for a day guiding that I always offer up to the Carp Society and won. I have met and guided Gareth before and he is primary a carp angler however after this session on the river Wye he may be spending more time on […]

Andy (you should have been here yesterday) Cowley last year took me floater fishing for carp. It was a local commercial fishery with plenty of doubles. I enjoyed myself so much I decided to have another attempt. I prepare the chum mixers the night before so that are soft enough to hook. I do this […]