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That bit in between

I think it's got to be one of the most exciting things in fishing, hearing your alarm go off whilst fishing a river. Even more so perhaps when you get it in the net, but that bit in between, that's the bit that leaves you breathless. It all means so much, it's no wonder it gets the emotions going and the heart racing. This...

I think it's got to be one of the most exciting things in fishing, hearing your alarm go off whilst fishing a river. Even more so perhaps wh...

Rolling & Breaching Carp

This is a carp breaching for the second time over about three feet of water late October 2018. What's interesting about it is on this lake, that's all I have ever seen them do, I honestly don't think I have ever seen them roll. Rolling usual occurs over deeper water than this and the reason is because when a carp rolls what...

This is a carp breaching for the second time over about three feet of water late October 2018. What's interesting about it is on this lake, ...

Living the Dream part Seventeen

It's friday, two days after my last session and the plan is to return to the pool for a session lasting the whole day. The lads that arrived on Wednesday will most likely still be settled in and leaving later so I should have the place to myself by the afternoon with a chance of an early morning bite on the cards. However...

It's friday, two days after my last session and the plan is to return to the pool for a session lasting the whole day. The lads that arrive...

An unstoppable force

When you fish the river Great Ouse this is what you can expect, hard fighting beasts. Wild as you like they roam freely but, they do have their habits. I've now finished my third week fishing the Great Ouse river and in that time I've concentrated on two areas and kept my eye on one other. The distance between them is man...

When you fish the river Great Ouse this is what you can expect, hard fighting beasts. Wild as you like they roam freely but, they do have t...

Putting in a lot of bait

How a Rudd can get hooked squarely in the bottom lip on a size 8 chod and an 18mm Crazy Nut boilie I'll never know, but it did. So do the bream although not the skimmers thankfully. The other culprit for taking my baits is Tench, which is a bit of a surprise on a river to be honest. I expected the Bream, but I've had just a...

How a Rudd can get hooked squarely in the bottom lip on a size 8 chod and an 18mm Crazy Nut boilie I'll never know, but it did. So do the br...

All fins and anger

I didn't manage to get out on the first day of the river season as I was at work but I was out on the second. I'd spent the previous week looking for places to start and this seemed a likely spot. I was due up at 4AM but I couldn't sleep past 3:30AM and so I got up and just went fishing I was that excited by it all. I love...

I didn't manage to get out on the first day of the river season as I was at work but I was out on the second. I'd spent the previous week lo...

Living the Dream part sixteen

I arrive at the pool on an overcast but still day with almost no wind. Conditions are good enough for a bite but then another two anglers arrive and bivvy up on the other side of the lake. The noise from their activities is clearly audible to me and also the carp and as a result of this the carps usual behaviour of migrat...

I arrive at the pool on an overcast but still day with almost no wind. Conditions are good enough for a bite but then another two anglers ar...

Mobile and Impatient

The new season starts tomorrow but i'll be working at Fishing Republic, so not so bad eh. Still I'm itching to get out on the river and this year see's me start an adventure that could last years. The Great Ouse is 147 miles long from its source in Syresham, Northamptonshire to the Washes and into the North Sea at Kings Ly...

The new season starts tomorrow but i'll be working at Fishing Republic, so not so bad eh. Still I'm itching to get out on the river and this...

I'm piecing it together

Last week I spent two days on the Gault lake. Arriving about six am in the morning and leaving around three pm, probably the best period to be on any lake. The weather this week was with me too but the fish weren't. It became more evident from the lack of activity (catching bream and liners) that the fish were elsewhere, a...

Last week I spent two days on the Gault lake. Arriving about six am in the morning and leaving around three pm, probably the best period to ...

Living the Dream part fifteen

Not such a short session today as I have the whole day off work. The plan is to fish the morning swim on the south bank and then as the sun gets up move to the North bank and fish. By then most of the carp will have migrated over and if I want a chance at the 'gang of seven' then this is where it'll most likely come from....

Not such a short session today as I have the whole day off work. The plan is to fish the morning swim on the south bank and then as the sun...

Don't Speak Too Soon

A short from a future film where I take out my Richard Walker MKIV split cane rod and put it through its paces. Watch the tip! Perfect timing from a golden Common :-)...

A short from a future film where I take out my Richard Walker MKIV split cane rod and put it through its paces. Watch the tip! Perfect timi...

If the weather is with me

It's just after 6AM on the Gault lake and the sun is out blasting it's heat down and ensuring any feeding in the swim will be short and sweet. It's an undeniable fact and although you still have a chance of course, it's a slim one. On lakes like this you need the breaks to give you the best chance, there is all sorts of pr...

It's just after 6AM on the Gault lake and the sun is out blasting it's heat down and ensuring any feeding in the swim will be short and swee...

Under a quill float

In 1968 at the age of eleven I got my first proper float rod, it was made of whole cane with a greenheart top section (a wood with a straight grain). By the early 1970's like everyone else, I moved over to glass fibre with rods from the likes of Hardys and Bruce & Walker. When I started Carp fishing in 1980 it was Alan Brow...

In 1968 at the age of eleven I got my first proper float rod, it was made of whole cane with a greenheart top section (a wood with a straigh...

Being mobile

As I pointed out in a previous post The Gault lake is an SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) and as such cannot be altered which means it has some of the most difficult paths and swims going. Given the difficulty of terrain and the distance required to push the kit i'm not figuring on night fishing it anytime soon bu...

As I pointed out in a previous post The Gault lake is an SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) and as such cannot be altered which mean...

Living the Dream part fourteen

We arrive at the pool bright and early, it's been three days since my last visit. The weather is with us with overcast grey skies and a wind that's building from the south so my hopes are high that a run is on the cards. Once the rods are in position and three handfuls of bait spread between them I get on with the importa...

We arrive at the pool bright and early, it's been three days since my last visit. The weather is with us with overcast grey skies and a win...

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