With less than five weeks until the end of the fishing season, I am normally fishing frenetically in early February, but even on those odd days when the river has shrunk back within its banks the wind has howled and I have left the rod bag in the calm of the hallway. I did manageContinue reading “Shapes”
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At last…..
It is some years since I began to fall out of love with barbel fishing. It wasn’t the fish that put me off, but the attitude of some anglers left me a little cold. Things began to get a bit too serious – conversations became guarded, bait boxes would be stashed out of sight, andContinue reading “At last…..”
Open Season?
At the end of the 19th Century a close season was introduced for coarse angling. With the majority of fish being caught and killed, it was determined that fishing be outlawed through the spring when the fish were most likely to spawn. The close season has always been contentious within angling circles as many believeContinue reading “Open Season?”
Perch….
Is there a more perfect late autumn fish than a perch? All stripes and prickles with fins dipped in liquid saffron and a burly bristle both in and out of the water. When they are small they are greedy and competitive, swallowing worms as long as themselves and scattering minnows. The older fish, those whoContinue reading “Perch….”
Kevin Parr 