The above picture is of the weight forward, floating line I use on small urban streams and rivers. You can see it’s seen better days but we’ve had some amazing fishing adventures together. It’s been trodden on, trapped and cut. It’s also been tangled around several objects including rocks, branches and a small dog that…

The lack of fishing was starting to get to me. The rivers were still running high but the coming week was set to be another busy one so I had to take the chance. As usual, the smaller rivers offered a better opportunity so I headed for the the closest.   The Alyn proved to…

Two years ago, we joined the Bradford City Angling Association as previously, we have purchased day tickets to fish when we’ve been up visiting North Yorkshire. The BCAA have stretches on some of the classic Yorkshire rivers, namely the Aire, the Wharfe, the Ure, the Swale and the Ribble and it’s all available for the…

Theres been precious little to report recently due to the river being up and down like ‘a scarlet ladies undergarments’ so I took the chance to do some outstanding jobs. A new floor in my office, a much needed repair and upgrade of my computer and a huge tidy up of fishing gear filled some…

With the river Dee still not settled and the unpredictable weather causing the postponement of several guiding trips, I took the opportunity to explore some more of the river Alyn near Wrexham. There was a stiff breeze and rain was forecast for mid afternoon so it would be a brief session but very welcome none…

Despite all the recent rain, the river Alyn is very low and clear at the moment and as you might expect, the fish are very spooky.   Being a ‘glass half full’ kind of guy, I decided to use the opportunity to brush up on my fish spotting and stalking skills. It went badly initially…