Well this is a sad February blog because as anyone that is anyone in specimen angling knows, Terry Lampard died last week, very sad indeed. I have been fortunate enough to have fished with some of the greats in modern angling and even more fortunate in that I can count a few of them as friends. […]
I have know of Ron for as long as I can remember, you see our fathers worked together on the Sheffield Water Board and it was a common held belief in Sheffield in the late 60s and early 70′s that Ron Clay was the best specimen angler in Sheffield, willing to motorcycle fifty miles only to take the temperature […]
I am not the easiest person to offer a sponsorship deal to, I am a loud-mouthed and rather brash borderline psychopath type of a character with subtle hints of tourettes that can from time to time place me in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. In this day and age when companies want whiter than white characters that couldn’t possibly bring […]
As is usual for the clinically stupid I arrived on the banks of the mighty river Trent extremely late, or extremely early dependant on which way you choose to look at it, I had a plan therefore the fact that my watch said it was just before midnight was of little consequence to me, I am after all a little bit […]
M y first experience of a “wildie” was during a trout fishing session on the upper river Don. The year was 1983 and the day as I remember it was somewhat overcast. The weather over the previous three or four days had been unseasonably bad, this had resulted in what should have been a […]
I first met the “character” known as “The Monk” a fair few years ago whilst on the Fishingmagic.com website, it soon became apparent to me that this chap had been there in the early days of carp fishing and knew more about the evolution of the sport than pretty much anyone else I had ever come across. Over the […]
Flooding River Awful weather slashing rain, Dirty river open drain, Stinking sewage human waste, Smells so strong so strong I taste, A stench so strong it makes me heave, A stench so bad I have to leave, That my friend is the stink of money, Profit made they think it “funny” New […]
Well it is that time of year again when the weather is just simply vile, as I write this article I am looking at about twelve inches of snow and there is a sledge by the side of the door with ice melting off the runners. Yes, it is indeed very cold, too cold for […]
The Laws on EU citizens freedom to travel change this year, Britain is to expect somewhere in the region of 400k new arrivals, some of which will not fish “our style”, they may use long-lines, deadlines, harpoons, shotguns or even electricity. They may content themselves with only the fish but they could go for the […]
Bastard nettles Bastard nettles and ripping thorn Teflon grass of dewy morn Tangled roots that catch and trip Smashed in face and broken hip Biting gnats leave hives and blisters A swollen face like an ugly sister’s All this pain to fish at night A fisherman’s brain just isn’t right The wiring’s crossed the circuits […]