Oh well.

Crap fishing,low levels,clear water no flow.Should've known really.Hey ho had a P.B pike though.

Can we have some rain please?
Lots of rain.
Ta.

All loaded up...........

...........and off with the sparrers in the morning.
3 days and nights of bliss(sounds like Woodstock!)might even put some bait on the hook.

See yas later.....................

'ammers -2 Mourning Micks -3

Good first half but men against boys in the second.Could be a long hard season.
Never mind,one more work shift and I'm off down the Trent for 3(!)nights,with my secret* homemade bait in the bag.It'll be over two weeks since I've been out on the bank so I can't wait,it feels a bit like the season starting all over again and Autumn is my favourite time of year.



*I'll reveal all if I catch on it,if I don't I'll feed it to the cattle!

Jimi

Got him back yesterday(£175 lighter in the trouser department),running ok at last.
Got a few days work to get through then it's off down the Trent for good long sesh.

Meant to post this on Friday.9/11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylt1ZqPZYOc

Very powerful and moving.

Sunday.

1-0 to Wigan?!
Watched on the old moody interweb stream and still can't work out how we managed to lose.
Wigan are a very poor side and we could have had 3,hey ho.
As that nice Mr.Ferguson once said"Football,bloody hell"

Pa in law's birthday today so they're coming over for a bit of a dinner later,a nice bottle of red beckons.............................

5-1.

Great performance but how bad were Croatia?
And so the hype will begin"We can win it!"etc. etc.

We can't....................can we?

Bloody van!

It's in dock again,bleedin' alternator going weird again.Told 'em to "just keep it until you've fixed it".So no fishing for me for a while.
Seriously thinking of selling it,but it's so much part of me and the family that I don't know if I'll be able to.We'll see......................


UPDATE!
It's the water pump,I bloody told 'em it was.
Won't get it back 'til at least Tuesday and what with work I aint gonna be fishing for about a fortnight.Hope I can remember how to tie a hair rig.

Fishing.

This mostly going to be a fishing blog.
Some of you may know that in recent years I've been specialising in barbel fishing although I've fished for them for nearly thirty years now.I had a spell when I purely fished for carp but the call of running water was too strong.Since I settled up north I've enjoyed many happy days and nights on the beautiful stretches up here,mostly on the Swale and the Trent and more recently the Dove.I've also had a few sessions on the Don (it's a lot nearer!)and even had a double out of it.
When I first moved up here I didn't have a clue where to fish, a mate suggested I joined the Barbel Society.So glad I did as it's opened up so much for me and I've met some great blokes along the way.
I don't get as much time on the bank as I'd like(like most of us I s'pose)due to work and my temperemental campervan so I tend to go for at least one night when I get the chance.

Anyway,I'll post a bit more when I know someone's reading!

Dunny

New Blog!

Ok,having a bash at this blogging lark about 5 years behind everyone else but thought i'd have a go.