Category Fishing

A lifelong passion

A change of mind

Attempt 1 – Middle lane I headed to peg 27 on middle lane in the hope of getting into the river (on my box) and fishing the stick/bolo in deeper water with the hope of some Roach. I noticed, from the cow-pats, that the cows were roaming the bank so I would need to hide all of my stuff (powered…

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Brace of Barbel

Back on peg 13 I decided to try an evening on peg 13, fishing with my seat-box mid-river in the hope that the big fish might like that faster water. I was fishing for about 6:30pm and had out two rods. One concentrating on Chub using bread or cheese-paste and the other on luncheon meat. An early take At around…

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New River Season

Outlook I have been looking forward to getting back on the river, especially now that my powered wheel kit has arrived for my trolley. As usual the water is running low and clear because of a lack of rain recently. Opening day was forecast to be a scorcher so I didn’t have great expectations. The plan I planned to fish…

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Victory at the Lake

Last Spring League match This year’s spring league has been a little different due to a new member that has been winning every match he fishes. I will refer to him as “the man”. He is outstanding when using the pole to catch mainly Ide. Good match weights are now possible because the Ide have really put on weight this…

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Presentation Night

Boroughbridge and District Angling Club had their annual presentation night on 11th June. I was fortunate to win a few trophies. I was delighted with this considering it was my first year match fishing in over 25 years and I came away with the most trophies. Trophies Listed left to right as shown in the photo: – Lumsden Trophy, largest…

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