December 30th on a wet and very windy days perching
I was supposed to be piking with Trevor and Archie today on the upper Bristol Avon however the weather forecast was for more wind and rain. So with the river being high any further rain would increase the height and colour very quickly. So as it was a birthday present for Archie we decided to postpone it until the river →
Late Dec 2013 and lots of news in the AT and CAT
So that was Christmas over for 2013. The fishing weather was fine however the height of the rivers was really high in fact the D.Stour set another record for it's highest level ever recorded. Here are a few river height's for Boxing Day this year. Here is a photo of Jim in the Angling Times and his very large barbel he caught just →
Perching fishing in a hooligan wind Weds 18th Dec.
Recently we had some expected rain which increased the levels of the rivers. I'm still concentrating on the H.Avon and wanted to focus my efforts over the winter of a 7lb chub from there. However a quick comment from John was telling me not to bother as it's up and coloured plus there was plenty of debris to go with →
Another 6lb chub from a low and clear H.Avon
The weather had continued to be steady with high pressure hanging over the UK. Not too conducive to good fishing but as anglers we still need our fix. The perch fishing had been slow earlier in the week and I wanted to get back to the chub fishing as the conditions looked promising, with the river being clear. For me it's →
Perching with Tim and Jake
Both these guys have fished with me before and caught some good fish. They had been trying for some big perch. Tim had caught a couple of large ones in a fantastic session I think they went 2lbs 14oz and 3lbs 2oz so he was he is no stranger to big perch. They had talked about perching and so I took them →
Harry had a great day trotting for chub
Harry had contacted me regarding my trotting exploits for chub. He had read this from John Levell Avon Diary which as I said in a previous blog is worthwhile looking at and keeping in touch with. http://www.avondiary.net/index.html Harry had wanted to fill in the breaks between his regular visits fishing for Salmon in Scotland. He wanted to brush up on his →
River Wye chubbing
Last week I fished twice on the Bristol Avon this time trotting bread flake on one stretch. The results were very good however the size of the chub didn't exceed 3lbs. All in all I landed about 15 so very good fun. I then had another day this time using some cheese paste ledgered. In every swim I fished I caught →