There was little to report for December as covid was rife again near Xmas plus I had a cold which slowed things down. Plus the river conditions on most of the rivers I fish were not inspiring me. They were in flood with plenty of rain in the systems. I hadn’t properly got my perch head on either. I few local sessions on the Bristol Avon gave me some pike which were welcomed but not large.

I did eventually get sorted out with the perch fishing and guided plenty of anglers on achieving pb’s. Looking back I was guiding and taking friends fishing quite a lot and not doing much myself.

However there were some exciting projects that needed some time. Of course there was the Tench Fishers National fish-in that takes time. The other projects will not doubt consume more time and effort but eventually all can be revealed later in the year. Exciting times.

Here in the video you can see how things went

I have done little fishing over the month of October mainly as the last 6 weeks has seen me taking Mrs. P on holiday. Firstly a week in Cornwall kicking the sand around on the beaches and some wonderful time walking the coastal paths. Then after a family wedding mid October a few days later […]

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The weather continued to be hot throughout August with some very hot conditions. The barbel wouldn’t come out to feed very often. You could locate the same fish in the same swim. Although it was unfair to target the same fish. I had found a great shoal of chub which enabled me to obtain some […]

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I sit here writing this blog it’s July 11th and England are playing Italy in the final of the Euro 2020 and I can’t believe I’ve not written much about the start of the season. Andy (you should have been here yesterday) Cowley has joined me for the first few days of the season. We […]

Much as the previous post my recollection of exact details other then weights is lost in the past. I have had to rely on the video taken at the time. The only thing I can say is that it pays not to be complacent about swim knowledge and assumptions. As I fished an area that […]

Again the weather was still cold and I arrived on a Sunday evening to see what had been out. The fishery had been quiet for the weekend with little being caught. A few carp anglers had been catching a few tench on boilies during the night time. I was going to be using worms again. […]