30th November Bristol Avon chub
I was going to fish for the day today but at the last minute yesterday I ended up at Watford watching Bristol City. Not the best match in the world but still unbeaten in 6 games now and a 2-2 draw see's us out of the relegation zone. So I was up later than planned. I decided to fish with cheese →
Pike fishing with Gerry on the Bristol Avon
Gerry had contacted me to learn how to catch pike and more importantly how to handle and unhook them on the bank. We had a couple of days to do this. Gerry is primarily a fly fisherman. He sometimes fly fishes for bass in Ireland something I've not done before. He clearly enjoys his fishing. We started off with explaining the rigs →
Hampshire Avon, Dorset Stour and a 6lb 13oz chub
Since my last visit to the H.Avon a couple of weeks ago and luckily catching a 6lb chub, I was just hoping the river level would stay about the same as I knew some swims that could produce that 7lber for me. I was late leaving home as I had been guiding the previous day and was knackered. I boiled the →
18th November Bristol Avon
Today I was fishing with Alan who wanted to learn to catch some pike from the Bristol Avon. The method for the day was to be a sink and draw method with a smelt as bait. The method is really good for attracting larger than average pike, say rather than lure fishing. Why this should be I'm unsure. The only benefit →
15th November River Itchen and the Lady of the river
Colin, Alan, Tony and me had been planning this trip for a while on the Lower Itchen Fishery. Alan and Colin had fished it before and were not rewarded with many grayling but this was a good few years ago and there were rumors of a fish kill etc. I fished it last year in December in the really cold snap →
13th November Bristol Avon pike fishing
Ian had been waiting for some pike fishing and we made arrangements to fish for them. The weather looked none too promising cloudless sky, 18c and little wind. It would have made for a beautiful September day. But this was mid November and we still have not had a good frost. The river has not been in flood since last winter, →
10th November Hampshire Avon and another chub
Well there I was on the banks of the river quite late at 3pm. I can only fish for a couple of hours so time is important. I ended fishing the original swim of Tuesday where I only had a couple of pulls from eels. I baited with hemp and boilies and sat back and waited for the chub to move in. →
8-9th November Hampshire Avon
I'm staying down in Hampshire for a family holiday and unfortunately the fishing gear seems to have jumped into the back of the car. To be fair I normally fish for a few hours at dusk on some of the area's that I intend to fish during the winter, as this gives me some idea on the situation in each →
Something great and then something sad.
My mate Alan from Bedfordshire has been amongst the barbel and chub this year and has started his predator season with his mate Colin. Alan was after pike and Colin was looking at perch. And Colin certainly found a beauty one of 4lbs 3oz, what a great fish. What a lovely perch. It will get much larger towards March. He also had →
Ist November Bristol Avon and a painful experience
I went to a seafood disco last week and pulled a muscle!!!!!!! I decided to spend the late afternoon and evening fishing for barbell as it had been very mild with temperatures at 17c. The swim I fished had produced a couple of barbel for me over the last couple of weeks so my thoughts were very high. I put out the →
31st October Bristol Avon and some fun
I decided to have some fun this week by making a short clip of video on crust fishing for chub. I've been meaning to do this for a while but have not got round to it. Have a look at the clip and enjoy. I had fun making it and will a little more in the future.