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Winters coming
Robert has returned form a summer jaunt to the island of Antigua and it's surrounding islands, where he has spent the last few months in search of some very rare reptiles indeed. With him travelling...
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What the hell am I doing wrong
I revelled with glee when the rains came down the start of last week. This was followed by a constant monitoring of the EA graphs which gave hour by hour information of the water level of the River...
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Southern shennanigans
I rarely begin writing about an adventure before I actually embark upon it, but this time I think it may be necessary You see, after returning from any of my previous trips that have involved the...
View ArticleAm I ready to believe?
I have been and somehow still do, find myself sitting atop a fence. The whole contentious and controversial issue of the reintroduction of otters in the UK is something I have be torn over since it...
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Early Halloween shockers and monsters.
I don't know about anyone else, but with me enjoying the pursuit of many different species I often find myself planning what and where quite far in advance. This year though one of my targets was a big...
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Monkey murder
Please do not take my title literally, for this is not about me going out to massacre Macaques or crucify some Capuchins. It is instead my intent to blow away or strangle the metaphorical monkey which...
View ArticleThe Lake # 15 The monster of the lake.
Winter now approaches and the nights have drawn in. The time has come for me to share a tale which has kept me ever keen to return to the lake. All ponds, lakes, meres and locks have at least one tale...
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The Lake # 16 An eager air of trepidation
Things of late are going well... very well! I find myself centre of that wonderful place where I chose to fish the right place on the right day, and fish well. My results on this little streak are more...
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Two for one predators
The things we put ourselves through.Sunday morning I woke way before my alarm and lay in the warmth of my bed pondering what the day ahead held in store. Once up I slipped downstairs and skipped...
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Attack of the hungry jacks.
It was meant to be a date with old mother Avon for me this weekend just past, and zander I hoped might be my quarry. At the time this plan was conceived, the river was up, coloured and looked perfect....
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The same but a different Wye.
The river Wye is still new to me. I have only ever fished it on three occasions and this was the third, hence I am still getting to know it. I suppose with the changeable nature of running water it...
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Putting time to good use.
I don't know if anyone's noticed but just about every bit of water in the UK right now is, how can I put it, a little off colour. We live in a pretty much permanently damp country but this is one of...
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After the floods have passed.
The Avon has got my attention. For the longest while she had fallen from my mind, whilst other far away rivers and moody lakes have preoccupied me. But now she has changed from a memory to a target...
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Windows of opportunity
Options once winter sets in round these parts can become very limited, the formation of ice being the singular reason. Last winter every bit of water in the UK that did not move fast enough had a lid...
View ArticleA shameful lack of respect
Since I was a knee high to a grasshopper, when I first came into our most beloved of pastimes, many aspects have changed. Some have changed for the better and some for the worst. One which has changed...
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High and dry looking for that one moment of magic
Like most men I have the potential to drive my other half potty, and after a few hours of frantic Christmas shopping followed by a stop off at the local European style super market I was guilty of...
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How to end the year
I saw a landslide the other day. It was the first one I have ever seen in my home county. We are not a county you would normally associate with such things so seeing one is very rare. It really was...
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Carbeling! No Zarbeling.
Last year whilst grubbing around on the river I got chatting to an old guy - well I was chatting, he was moaning. Amongst his various gripes he mumbled the word carbeling, by which he was referring to...
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Fishing in a winter wonderland.
I feel lucky too know of a special spot on old mother Avon, that when the weather is at its most horrid you can be guaranteed some wondrous sport. Fishing there can be so good in fact, that I would...
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Carpadream
Last night whilst the world outside froze hard and frigid I lay warm under down. In the stillness of the night my mind soared free and I dreamt of a fish. It was a huge bulbous carp with golden orange...
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