Yet another mild day forecast for the next. A piking session at Clattercote Reservoir planned. And, Tesco fishmonger's slab is a broad...

I don't usually endure atrocious weather if I can avoid it. However, yesterday morning we had a perching trip planned during what was ...

Once or twice a year we make a journey to the Cotswolds to pit our wits against the coldest fishery in all England. I think we've retu...

Crucian carp are one of those fish that are fairly easy to find round here. Perhaps I should say that fisheries that contain them are not ...

Last year the tench season lasted about three days according to some. Depends what you mean exactly by 'the tench season,' though, ...

I don't know about you but I swear that if I'm not using the right tool for the job then I'll do the job badly. Hooks are gen...

The venue? A local lake and one of the most pleasant 'commercials' I know of. Neat, tidy and very well run by a stickler for good b...

What had started out as a mission to catch a few redfins, and big ones hopefully, soon transformed into an Ealing-style-comedy-turned-real-...

On a recent trip to the canal after silver bream, I saw a carp the like of which I'd never have guessed would be swimming around in it...

I don't quite know where I came across that expression, and have always wondered what the hell it could mean. I'm sure it's q...

Off to gloucestershire for the day. Last trip to this fishery saw a couple of good roach come to net and perch of an encouraging size. My p...

Lemington Lakes in the Cotswolds was our venue for the day. A complex of five or six lakes all carefully manicured and just as carefully st...

The local canal is where I catch the odd fish that looks like a big roach at first sight, remarkably so on occasion, but who turns out to ...

This is the time of year when I begin to catch fish that slip between the meshes. I don't know why Spring should throw up so many oddit...

After the trip to the Itchen was over, Keith and I had decided to stay on for a couple of days to fish a couple more venues for big roach a...

Steve Philips invited me over to Seeswood Pool the other evening. It was right at the end of the fabulous October heat-wave which has to ha...

We went on a long, long walk last Sunday, Judy, the dog and I. A nice Sunday morning stroll that then became a hike and later a near maratho...

I'm being stalked by domesticated albinos and now, stock on the hoof...! Last night I went fishing at the Pit Pool just to see if I c...

Like most anglers I'm a weather freak, constantly scanning the Met Office website for news of upcoming weather events that might hamper...

What with one thing and another my traditional winter specimen roach campaign, a pursuit that should have been well under way by mid-Decemb...