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…
Kinlochleven wild camp
I think this little May mission began with an email from Sport Pursuit. If you are not familiar with them they are an online company that sells outdoor/sports gear at pretty knockdown prices. The offer on the email turned out…
Deadbeats go deadbaiting
Let me give you some blog writing advice. Specifically…writing an angling blog post is very much like making love to a beautiful woman. First you have to get the creative juices flowing, then you need to open proceedings with a…
Mini Assynt Blog 2024
Back in May I was a-hankering for a solo fishing expedition but also keen to have a family holiday in Scotland so following the success of last year’s dual purpose mission we decided to use the same formula again. The…
Nice little session on the Wharfe
Today I awoke at 5:50 am and could not get back off to sleep despite having a late night so decided to cut my losses after an hour wasted on social media and get my ass to the Wharfe. I…