Another session on the Thames again.
So after a couple of days not fishing it was time to get on the Thames again. To be frank I'm disappointed with the size of the chub that I'm catching. On the H.Avon you would expect to land a 6lber amongst a few others. It's just me having the 5lbers and Andy (you should have been here yesterday) Cowley →
Perch and chub fishing and trouble with an otter
Well after a difficult time on the H.Avon on my last visit mainly through minnows decimating all the maggots that I could throw at them. Andy (you should have been here yesterday) Cowley and I decided on a perch trip to a commercial. We would ask mutual friend Ross along too. We arrived at first light to find a crisp frost on →
Hampshire Avon for a couple of days
I hadn't fished the Avon for a while and it was time to try again. Andy (you should have been here yesterday) Cowley would be fishing with me. The weather had been dry with little rain and the river level had been dropping. I had it in the back of my mind about fishing a swim where I had 2 →
River Thames first cast again for quite sometime.
I had been thinking of fishing the Thames for chub for a couple of years now. The upper river had been decimated by otters a good few years ago but now things were starting to improve again. I'm unsure of the reason why the river has rebounded. Perhaps the otter numbers has decreased, maybe the crayfish, and there are plenty →
End of 2018 and the beginning 2019 and 2 6lb chub
Well that was Christmas over for another year. I’m not complaining as there is so much effort going into the preparation and executing all the fun and food. We had a great one with family. We decided to head to Fordingbridge for about one week. My aim was to complete lots of work on the house and find a few hrs →