December 29th Bristol Avon Great Somerfords
So I arranged this fishing meet over the festive season just to get out and stretch the legs a little on the Upper Bristol Avon. The membership of the association is mostly fluff chuckers which I include myself in at times!!! So I was not surprised at the turn out, five in total. It must have been the prize money of →
December 22nd Lacock Bristol Avon
The weather has been cruel for the last few weeks now. Daytime temperatures of between -2 to -4c, with the nights being much cooler. I've never experienced anything like this before Christmas. Sometimes in the New year we have a cold snap, but they are predicting that this cold spell will continue with nighttime temperatures down to -10 c around →
December 21st Interesting
Well with the fishing taking a bit of a back seat due to the terrible -4c daytime temperature, snow falling and blocking roads. It's unusual for the southwest to be hit so hard with the cold weather. Visits to the river have been few and the lakes well I would be better off taking my skates and taking to the →
December 19th
Well the Willow lake is frozen in Oxford , and the trips to the H.Avon and D.Stour are fraught with snow problems. The Bristol Avon may be the only option open this week. The temperature here has not got above -3c all day so the river water will be cooling down further 8-( Never mind they say absence makes the heart →
December 13th Bristol Avon Lacock
Here I was again trying to catch the chub on the Bristol Avon at Lacock. It's just a short 30min drive for me so I suppose it's local. The weather had warmed up, I say that but the temps were about 5c during the day and just below zero at night. The session was to be only for a few hours →
December 10th Bristol Avon
The week had been one of the coldest on record for this time of year with temperatures not getting above -3c around the Bath area even during the day. The forecast was for the weather to improve on Friday with a slight increase in air temperatures to a balmy 5c. I decided to try for some chub at Lacock with cheese →
December 6th River Itchen
Steve Innes of the Tench Fishers has set up the normal trip to the Itchen fishing for grayling. Slowly as the date drew nearer people dropped out due to work commitments and the bad weather forecast. There was some snow fall there the previous week and the signs were not good. I set off from home at 6.15am on a very →