*with added spoon hurling A couple of weeks ago myself and Stu managed to squeeze in a session at our perennial banker down in Northamptonshire. Pitsford is about 2 and a half hours down the motorway so it was a…
Interview with Angling Sav aka Urban Angler!
In what I consider to be something of a coup for Yorkshire Flyfishing I have managed to conduct an interview with the guy who’s suddenly appeared in everyone’s Facebook feed catching big barbel where there shouldn’t be big barbel! Read…
Barbel Fever!
So earlier this year I got my first taste of mudpig fever chucking ‘flies’ at carp and getting my string very firmly pulled. Fast forward to September and I venture into another angling moneypit – barbel fishing! Stu has been…
Mud Pig Fever – carp on the fly
“They give me Mud Pig feverMud Pig feverI got a Mud Pig feverThe Mud Pig fever” Back in July when the rivers were too low, and water temps too high, fishing options were rather limited so when Stu suggested I…
“Today was a good day”
It’s father’s day and we’ve spent the day family fishing at a commercial venue in North Yorkshire, our second visit to this place. I’ve been flyfishing for game fish, and pike, for about 30 years so this type of coarse…
A new generation
Last year we had a family trip to the Scottish Highlands and on a whim we bought our little boy an Abu Garcia telescopic fishing outfit and a few little Mepps and the like to fish the Rannoch Moor lochs.…
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The 5 stages of blanking…DABDAB
Myself and Stu managed a session ‘on the deads’ yesterday. Time really is critical at the moment for me with daily hospital visits to a a relative. Saturday evening I just managed to get some mackerel from Angling Direct on…
Pitsford piking
Every time I bash out a new blog post I have accumulated a new development of middle aged responsibility/drama/illness. At the moment it’s the reality of being blessed with additional caring responsibilities so it’s even harder than normal to get…
Bonnie and Clyde
No not those 2 fuckwits. A lamentable attempt to make a punny title but we are where we are, the scenery was bonnie and we we were on the Clyde…. Last month myself, Stu and a man we shall call…