Wednesday 22nd August River Wye and success again
I have guided Laurie and Ian before on the Bristol Avon for chub but this time they wanted to fish the river Wye for barbel. As most of you know it's not a difficult river to fish once you know where to find the barbel. However when you have little free time to go fishing like Laurie and Ian have then →
16th August and river Wye fishing
Nigel had asked if I could guide him on the Wye in catching some of the beautiful barbel that frequent the river. The weather had been very mixed in Bath and we had plenty of rain with the Bristol Avon rising over the last few days. I was wondering about the Wye, however it did rise but not by very →
August 14th, last nights fishing and sharks
Been fairly busy over the last week or so and angling has taken a bit of a back seat. However yesterday late afternoon I decided to venture out onto the Bristol Avon in search of chub. I have found a swim that contains some better size chub probably close to 6lbs. I arrived in the pouring rain to find that →
6th August River Wye in summer at last!
Well it was time to get back on the river again, this time with a friend John. I know he was really looking forward to the trip. However I got the call from him on Sunday morning to say that he had done his back in......Where........in the pub. Now this is the second time this has happened. I remember a →
1st August and back on the Bristol Avon
I hadn't been fishing the Bristol Avon too much recently. Since the start of the season the river has been up and down like a Weston Super Mare donkey as we say around here. However with the sun of the previous week and the important dry spell the river was still pushing through but the river was very clear. For me →