20th and 21st May Horseshoe lake
I was probably the first Tench Fisher up at 4am and I spombed out more hemp (about 1pint) and half pint of dead red maggots the 52 yds. I say the first up, at 2am something daft time Andy caught a splendid 10lbs 8oz tench. Brilliant! The surface of the lake was still in the first light. Straight away the diving birds bless them were →
Tench Fishers fish-in Horseshoe 19th-21st May
I had been looking forward to this session for ages. The Tench Fishers is a small group of very friendly anglers who get on so well for a single species group. The web site is friendly with no bitching, and is open and informative. The annual fish-in session was organised as per normal at the Carp Society Horseshoe lake. The fishery is →
A night with the Angling Stars June 4th
Just got my ticket to meet Famous Angling stars in a pub just up the road. Martin Bowler who lives near me has organised an event on 4th June. It's at the Crown Inn at Giddea Hall. It's in support of the MACMILLAN cancer support. Start at 2pm and finish at 11pm. There is BBQ and lots of fishing talk. Please contact →
A local lake Boyd Valley
I had arranged to meet Nick for a spot of carp fishing on a local lake only 1.5 miles away from home. Boyd lake is a small well stocked lake with carp up to about 16lbs. It's fed from a spring and it was lower than normal probably from the lack of rain we have had recently. There are roach, →
Back to business Horseshoe Lake 9th to 11th May
After enjoying the previous weekend fishing with the Kid's, it was time to get back to the pursuit of the large tench in Horseshoe. I got home at noon on Monday and was ready by 3pm for close to 48hrs fishing on Horseshoe. I arrived at 4pm and spoke to Miles and David in the office to see what had →
Centre Parcs Warminster May 7th and 8th
Well a little break was planned with some friends to travel just down the road to Warminster and stay at Centre Parc's. There are so many things to do it's difficult in fitting everything in. A few of the Kids in the party wanted to try some fishing in the lake. I've seen people fishing there before but never taken →
Star wars day May the 4th be with you! Horseshoe lake
What I find wonderful about fishing overnight is that you don't need an alarm clock to wake. I find the first bird to sing is the robin followed by the blackbird and then the song thrush. The crescendo from these birds is enough to wake anyone. Often you hear the cuckoo early too. He was there on my last visit and again this →
May 3rd Horseshoe lake
This was to be my first visit since just before Easter. It was said to me that there were only 2 swims available over the Easter period, I'm not sure but if it were true then the Carp Society did very nicely. It's good because they had a rather quite winter with the lake frozen and then the carp taking →
30th April Great Somerford Moor lake
I had promised Dave a session on the lake learning about some of the rigs and methods I use to catch the tench. From this he could practice this on the Frampton on Severn gravel pit he fishes. We met early at 6.30am on the bridge over the Bristol Avon at Great Somerfords. The gravel pit we were going to fish →
29th April Great Somerford Moor lake
The Royal day had arrived and I was up early to take advantage of the great day. My mate John was supposed to be at my place at 6.30am, he was early at 6.20am which gave us a head start to drive up to the lake. Six of us were having a wedding breakfast for the Royal couple, well not →