It was more like winter than spring at the beginning of April. Still a bit too cold to think about bagging up on methods like the pellet waggler, so for my first outing of the month I decided to have a go with an insert waggler and casters, in the
There's no doubting the effectiveness of bread, especially in the early spring months, it's a bait we've had lots of success with in the past and a bait we've filmed a few video's on - the bread method and dobbing bread to name a couple.So in this
They say the older you are the quicker time goes by and from where I’m sitting that seems to be the case, it feels like just yesterday I was sat on a frozen river bank catching chub on bread. Fast forward a few months and it feels like an early
The prospect of fishing a new water and the excitement of catching your first fish from your chosen venue for me is still one of the most exciting and exhilarating experiences in angling.At the beginning of this year I set my sights on a stunning
After what seems like ages I’ve finally got around to my next blog. I’ve got a lot to go over, from chubbing to fishing in sunnier and most definitely warmer places. I’ll try and keep it as short as possible and try not to bore you too much!I
My pike rods have been put away now until next winter as it’s now the end of the traditional fishing season. Last time I wrote about my fishing I mentioned some success I’d had around Christmas time catching three pike over 20lb, the third 20lber
At last some prolonged rain had put a bit of colour into the River Witham by the beginning of the month, so I picked a nice-looking pool below a weir. The current was swirling around on both sides, but there was a steady glide down the middle of the
Nowadays a Wensum barbel is like gold dust, very far and few between; I feel privileged to catch the ones I have.The first one I managed to catch was quite lucky, I was swimming in the river with a couple of mates as it was school holidays, when I
We have had a lean time recently which has been made worse by the lack of Cod in the Thames Estuary now, I suspect we will not see any amounts of Cod again, certainly the trend is warmer winter sea temperatures, and this is probably the biggest
The moment I mention to anyone that I am a female angler, one of the most common questions I get asked, with a huge expression of surprise, is “how on earth did you get in to fishing??”This is a question that I love to give an in depth answer to