Last months Bait-tech festival will be remembered for the blazing sunshine and lots of fish, this festival will be remembered for rain, rain and more rain, and not forgeting the strong winds, but then its the same for everybody.The first day of the festival, I woke on the monday morning with rain hammering on the lodge roof, another typical wet...
Last Sunday I was invited to fish, along with 20 current and future international anglers, the England 'talent' day on the Gloucester Canal at Rea Bridge.The day before the under 23s held their trials on the stretch between Simms and Rea bridges. It was a difficult day for the lads, a few roach and an odd bream, caught late, made...
The Easter weekend match was spoilt by dirty water and cold northerly winds. Easter weekend is a busy time on the docks, lots of boats entering and leaving the harbour, combined with some of the highest spring tides of the year meant the water had had a good influx of brackish sea water, so the recent good weights couldnt be...
I have just got back from Whiteacres, the Bait-tech Festival, and what a week it was. In the past, the first festival of the year usually meant gale force wind and driving rain, how different this year, 24 degrees and not a cloud in the sky and the fish really had a munch, lots of anglers averaged over 100lb per...
