Steve and Nick on the river Wye 24th August and a rare 10lb barbel
I had guided both these guy's last year on the Bristol Avon and they went on to catch some good barbel to double figures. They had been following my blog and asked if I could help them out on the Wye. So we set a date where I would guide them for the first day to show them the swims and tactics →
Fishing with brother Alan and Great Nephew Charlie
At my birthday party on Saturday my brother and I arranged to take young Charlie fishing. Both my brother and I had travelled and worked abroad for the last 15-20 years and seldom seen each other so we jumped at the chance to fish together. We both used to cycle all over the place to wet our lines. Even on holiday →
Jake and Tim fishing the Bristol Avon
Both Jake and Tim are very busy people with work etc and fishing time is very limited, they had been fishing for barbel over the last few months and had drawn a blank. They ask me to show them a few swims on the Bristol Avon where they might find some barbel. To be fair I said the conditions were not →
Monday 19th August river Wye with Shaun and his Merry Xmas party
Shaun's partner had bough him a guiding day as a Xmas present. His goal was to catch a barbel as he had never caught one before. We met at 6am and travelled to the beat arriving at 7am. I had looked at the EA level for the Wye before setting off as they had some rain during the previous few days →
The bite on the H.Avon that caused me so much pain.
Andy had been fishing the H.Avon a little over the last few weeks and we agreed that I would speed up his learning process by showing him a few swims that I've had some success. We arrived not early as we wanted to walk a few stretches and feed a few swims to see what fish were at home. The river →
Chub and more chub fishing
First some really good news. Archie Newman and his Dad fished with me on the Wye during July and they both caught some really good barbel and chub. Archie caught the largest barbel of just over 9lbs. Here is the photo of the barbel. With this photo he sent it off and won the Sky TV young angler of the month →
James and Thomas barbel fishing on the river Wye
James and Thomas had booked a session on the Wye with me for early August and soon enough the time came around. The river though had been fishing really hard over the last couple of weeks because of the low flow and high temperatures. We were hoping that the recent rain and cooler temperatures might just do the trick and →
Paul, Alex and a few friends on the Carp Societies Little Farriers
Paul and Alex had decided to hire Little Farriers for a week to see if they could improve on some pb's and also have some quality time together in Alex's summer holiday. They asked me to help them with a few things as I had fished it before. So it was there where we met with Miles from the Society at 8am →