The back end of the river season was a washout with ice, snow and high-water levels. So, a few days after the thaw set in, I retreated to the deep Specimen Lake at Woodlands. I had unfinished business there after losing a massive roach back in
With the end of the season in sight, and with the weather being so poor, it was going to be touch and go whether there was much fishing on the rivers left. With the snow and winds hitting Norfolk midweek it looked like I was going to be sat indoors
As I’m writing this end of season round up, we are currently experiencing the “Beast from the East: Phase Two in East Anglia. It’s fair to say we have had a proper winter this year, but that hasn’t made my winter fishing any less enjoyable.In
Good things certainly do come in small packages if the Advanta Discovery RVS Rod River Ambush is anything to go by! At 5ft 5” you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s something of a kids’ rod that no real angler would use; however those more
I can remember having a conversation with good friend Darryn before Christmas about needing more rain to fill the rivers up, but now I wish it would give it a rest; since Christmas it’s either been flooded, or as soon as it starts to fine down it
Chub are described as the greediest of fish. Well, thank you, Mr Chub. There’s often on a cold winters day chub have saved me a blank when every other species has well and truly shut up shop. There’s nothing quite like a winter river chub;
At the start of this winter’s campaign, the first thing to do was to sort out the bait for the coming cold months. Over the years, I’ve changed my ingredients to try and make the perfect paste, and this year I think it’s getting very close.The
The first three weeks of January were tough going. A string of storms blew in from the Atlantic, combined with bitterly cold temperatures. River levels were all over the place, so I thought my best bet would be to concentrate on a deep stillwater,
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