Birds Green – JRC Total Tackle Weekend The annual Total tackle weekend was fast approaching, only four days, so some quick preparation was needed. Jake had been lucky again in a competition to camp on the Emirates pitch so just like last year I had to figure picking him up into the weekend. He [...]

FISHING ON LIMITED TIME   I always seem to be complaining about lack of fishing time, be it observing or actually casting a line ultimately it is the time we spend on the bank that reaps reward. I have struggled with a new job also having more involvement with Pure Fishing this year has reduced [...]

Crystal Water in France A trip was organised by Pure Fishing to test the new Berkley bait with no expense spared. The UK carp team were given exclusive access to fish Crystal Waters in France which turned out to be one not to be missed. That said young Jed managed to miss out as he [...]

The date for the annual open day at Birds Green was upon us and for the second year running I attended and had a great laugh, I also caught a few. I arrived early on the Friday with my son Jake who was off to the Emirates for a sleepover… How cool is that, I [...]

Archive Re-Post – Waiting For Spring Due to starting a new job in November my fishing time has been rather limited over the winter months and I have struggled to get on the bank. The fact the winter has been more like winters past many waters have been very slow and it’s taken a long [...]

Archive Re-Post     One Last Try   I made up my mind to revisit the Syndicate for one last try before its close season, the alarm sounded at 4.30 am and I received a dig in the ribs from the better half. Even that wasn’t enough to get me out of bed with me [...]

Archive Re-Post – Deux Pierres I received a rather excited call from Gary Chapman ‘Chappers’, a fishing mate of mine, asking me if I was interested in a trip to France. After hearing the details, plus the fact I had work leave that really needed taking I told him I needed a little time to [...]

Archive Re-Post I decided that there must be some more of those pretty mirrors and went back for another day session. I opted to fish the same swim as on the previous visit, not good to turn up with ideas already in your head but after the success of the last visit it had to [...]

Archive Re-Post Since my return from France work has been the taker for most of my time leaving little ‘me time’ and therefore very limited ‘fishing time’. Even though the league season has come to an end Jake is still playing football, he has played in a number of tournaments which take up Sundays. Not [...]

Archive Re-Post Spring seems to have finally arrived!  Spring has been trying to break the cold snap for the last few weeks with temperatures rising only for the conditions to drop back down to freezing two days later. The flowers of spring have started to blossom with the birds nesting since mid January on my [...]