North East Piker

Almost 5 weeks had passed since my last session on running water, it felt longer, almost like waiting for the rivers to open after the long ...

As usual I have been struggling for time to get on the bank and on the odd occasion I have a few spare hours the rivers have been in flood. ...

Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance, an adage from the military which I try to apply to my fishing (were possible...

My struggle for time on the bank continues and the three short sessions I've managed this month haven't been very fruitful with jus...

With limited time last weekend it was either a very short morning pike session or an evening after the barbel. The pike won. I was on th...

Looking back through my blog and diary, this time last year I was having some success with livebaits. So Sunday mornings plan was to fish ma...

Whilst working this week I managed to fit in a couple of recce's during my breaks. Both are back up waters for when the rivers are in fl...

Last weekend, the start of my pike season, a semi static session on my local river. Two rods with simple running lead rigs, backbiters for ...

Well the planned eel session hasn't happened. Finishing work after dark on consecutive nights and wanting to watch the England match ton...

A 36 hour session on the Trent, a birthday treat. This was actually my second visit to this river, the last being a couple of months ago but...