Barbel fishing again after the recent rain, 21st December
I went to the works disco last night at a posh hotel. They played the twist, so I did the twist. They played jump, so I jumped. They played "Come on Eileen"... got kicked out after that one! Well having moved Mum (hope she isn't reading the above!!!!!) to a apartment close by and having spent time making sure she was fine it was time to →
Tuesday 11th December and 6 pike
The forecast was for temperatures to plunge to -5c overnight, and sure enough it did. I was driving to the upper reaches of the Bristol Avon and the gauge said -4.5c, foggy too. The river had been steadily dropping in level. The colour had gone too. I was shocked and surprised to see the river had changed with the floods over →
Perching again on a different commercial.
After Andy putting me in a banker swim last week where he had never blanked and I did, never fills me with confidence. So this was it off to another commercial about 40 miles from home. We arranged to meet at about 7.15am and it was Andy who beat me to it by a couple of minutes. Again he graciously put →
30th November piking on the river
The river had been in flood for the last week and with the last few nights of frost it was starting to clear quickly. Andy and I headed off to the lower end of the Bristol Avon in search a of few croc's. Dead baits and sink and drawing was to be the method. Sure enough the river had gone down →