Photography

Photos whilst on the bank

  1. Spring is HERE??

    Yesterday I fished a local lake, the air temperature was 13 degrees, the water temp was 8 degrees, there was a lovely light south westerly wind blowing and it was a real joy to be out on the bank, hard to believe that less than 3 weeks ago we were fishing through holes in the ice.During the afternoon carp started...
  2. Carp are Changing the Shape of Commercials

    I have recently done a feature for April issue of  Pole Fishing Magazine, and I discovered a few interesting things.Carp are changing the underwater shape of the lakes, when they feed, they dig holes in the bottom with their sucking and fin action, when you get a lot of carp in a small area the amount of silt and mud...
  3. 80% of the Fish in 20% of the Pegs

    This is a quote from the late great Ivan Marks, this is a quote I shall never forget, especially when you draw one of the 80% of pegs without the fish.The water temperature was 4 degrees and was filmed on the 12th January at Blackthorn fishery.Watch this clip and you can see what he means. Follow us on Facebook by...
  4. Gloucester Canal, International Rules Match

    Spring came early for this match, a sunny day, very little wind and an air temperature of 12 degrees or more meant a lot of anglers fished in a tee shirt all day.The previous weekend the CIPS practice match on the saturday was won with 24lb on the pole and the sunday feeder match was won with 32lb so everybody...
  5. Daves Dozen, Bristol Docks 23/2/12

    Thursday evenings match was moved to a different area of the docks, Welsh Back, this was the first time this area of docks has seen bait for 10 months, so nobody was expecting 'brilliant' results.The same 'hardy' 12 anglers fish every week, even when a couple of weeks ago when we were getting minus silly temperatures, they still went. Im...
  6. Daves Dozen, Bristol Docks 16/2/12

    Thursdays evening match, was the best for a long time, now that the cold weather appears to be behind us 'fingers crossed'. This match was fished on the Mud Dock and Police Launch reaches.The docks were a nice colour, the air temperature was 'almost' mild and the wind was gentle, and the skimmers fed better than they have done for...
  7. Springtime 'baggin' on Commercials

    Spring is one of the best times of the year on commercials, there is a real chance of a massive weight, when the conditions are right.Ive caught some of my best ever match weights at this time of the year. The ideal conditions are when we get the first few sunny days of the year and it is combined with...
  8. Angling Trust Semi @ Marlborough - venue update

    Before Xmas all the locks in this area of the K&A were chained up due to the lack of rain, the water sources that keep the canal topped up were extremely low, so British Waterways stopped all boats using the locks.My first thoughts when I heard was 'great' a canal with no boats, this stretch has a marina at Great...
  9. Gloucester Canal CIPS rules practice match

    There is no bloodworm and joker coming into the country again this week. It is also likely there will be none next week either.Ian Didcote is running a match to CIPS rules this week on the Gloucester Canal with B&J banned and punch allowed on the hook.If there is no B&J next week this is how we propose to run the league...
  10. Pellets through the Ice??

    Sunday, I went to Gold valley and just like the last 2 weeks it was frozen solid, when we arrived in the car park the temperature was minus 3, that was positivelly tropical as a couple of nights earlier the temperature went down to minus 11, now thats COLD.Still, 30 plus keen, or mad, anglers were at the draw, hoping...
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