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Testing the Airflo Forty Plus Line at Mere Beck
Published on 2011-06-30 16:43:47
As the nice people at Fishtec sent us some of the new 2011 Airflo Forty Plus line to test we took a trip down to our local fly fishery, Mere Beck, last Sunday to see if we could tempt any trout to come and play. The weather was bizarre to say the le > read more
A Posh Weekend and RSPB Conwy
Published on 2011-06-24 14:56:42
We didn’t fancy anything strenuous last weekend and as it was Wendy’s birthday we arranged to stay at The Quay, Deganwy, a truly stunning hotel with a view out of our room that disproved the saying “money can’t buy a view like > read more
Jeremy Wade’s new “River Monsters”
Published on 2011-06-16 15:29:28
Extreme angler and biologist Jeremy Wade returns for a brand new series uncovering the world’s largest, strangest and most dangerous fish in “River Monsters” on the Discovery Channel this month where he searches the globe to find out wh > read more
No Smoothies at Cleveleys but a Small Bass and a Smaller Tope
Published on 2011-06-12 14:29:30
After eagerly watching the weather and ordering 20 peeler crab and 20 black lug from Blackpool Angling Centre on Wednesday I woke up Saturday morning to find the wind hadn’t died down as expected and with the Westerlies blowing onto the Lancash > read more
Take a Walk on the Wild side at WWT Martin Mere
Published on 2011-06-07 16:22:54
Sometimes the weather or that annoying thing called real life can get in the way of our fishing or walking but even when busy it’s always great to get out and about, even if it’s for just a little while. We’re very lucky in Lancashi > read more
First Dry Fly Fishing Rainbow Trout at Mere Bech
Published on 2011-06-02 17:05:42
Last weekend the wind and rain finally died enough for us to get out fishing, we’d no bait for any of the summer sea fishing species so we went up to Mere Beck for a few hours on Monday evening for a touch of fly fishing. With the sun still fai > read more
Too Windy to Fish so let’s Have a Beer
Published on 2011-05-26 13:14:33
Saw this advert on the TV last night and it reminded me of Black Adder – undoubtedly one of the funniest TV series ever. Rik Mayall is brilliant as a Flash Diehard type character, and the Bombardier beer isn’t too shabby either :) > read more
Formby Point Bass Hunt
Published on 2011-05-15 12:19:55
With the gear only just cleaned from our Anglesey visit the weather looked spot on for a touch of sea fishing at Formby Point, Merseyside. The strong Westerly made for some impressive looking surf as I arrived on the beach to meet up with Kev and Chr > read more
Anglesey – First Bass of 2011
Published on 2011-05-08 13:26:06
Finally our first visit to Anglesey of 2011 came around and to say we were looking forward to it would be an understatement and then a bit. We stayed, as we nearly always do at Ty Cristion Holiday Cottages, in Bodedern, which gave us access to the en > read more
Strolling in the Sun Along the River Douglas
Published on 2011-04-29 10:53:02
We’ve not been sea fishing for a while but we’re making up for it soon with a week on Anglesey so we’ve been getting our kit together and doing all sorts of home and garden maintenance type things before we go away. Even though I > read more
The Birds, the Bees and the Bugs?
Published on 2011-04-19 14:57:13
Spring is in the air and it’s time for all creatures great and small to start doing what the birds and the bees do best – yes – it’s time for some good old fashioned sex. Everywhere you look at this time of year you can see al > read more
Two Rainbow Trout Fly Fishing at Mere Beck
Published on 2011-04-12 16:02:58
With the fantastic weather last weekend after all the usual garden centre faffing about we visited our local fly fishery, Mere Beck, to see if we could finally break our duck. It’s amazing how much better you feel when the weather is nice and i > read more
Rossall Hospital Rockling Saves The Day
Published on 2011-04-04 16:46:16
In typical sea fishing style after a beautiful day on Saturday I arrived at the Venue know as Rossall Hospital nr. Fleetwood and it was chucking it down. As this beach is very exposed the gullies change location so while I was waiting for the rest of > read more
Are Audio Books the Answer?
Published on 2011-04-04 15:55:05
Even being a bit of an outdoors nut sometimes there are times when the weather is just far to crappy to even contemplete anything remotely ‘wild’. At these times we tend to dive into a good book – we usually take a couple of trilogi > read more
Fleetwood Channel Flounder
Published on 2011-03-28 14:02:06
Sunday dawned bright and clear and although I’d been out the night before and lost an hours sleep due to the clocks going forward I arrived at the chosen venue, Fleetwood Channel, in plenty of time for the 2nd BLAS sea fishing match of the seas > read more
First Sea Fishing Match of 2011 at Fairhaven, Lytham
Published on 2011-03-22 16:45:41
After an absolutely beautiful Saturday spend doing all sorts of DIY round the house Sunday morning dawned damp and cold and as I made my way to Fairhaven, Lytham St. Annes for the first sea fishing match of the year the weather got progressively wors > read more
River Ribble Fly Casting Demo
Published on 2011-03-16 15:51:49
As we’ve obviously got the fly fishing bug we went to Ted Carter Fishing Tackle in Preston last weekend to have a look, and ultimately purchase, a couple of fly fishing vests. These have more pockets than you could ever need and are made so tha > read more
Spring Arrives with Frogspawn at Queens Park
Published on 2011-03-11 16:30:21
It looks like Winter has had his final fling as the winds die down a bit in Lancashire this week although Scotland is still getting a bit of Snow. There are definite signs of Spring as I found my first lot of Frogspawn for 2011 during my lunchtime wa > read more
BLAS Sea Fishing Match Dates
Published on 2011-03-10 02:16:29
The dates for the 2011/2012 Blackpool and Layton Angling Society sea fishes matches have recently been released, looks like most of them are are very local so hopefully we’ll be able to attend a few more this year. As you can see these are only > read more
February Update
Published on 2011-02-28 15:10:21
Not been a lot happening in the sea fishing department recently, in fact I’ve not been any type of fishing for what seems like months although I know it hasn’t actually been that long. As I posted about a couple of weeks ago we’ve b > read more
Signs of Spring in Queens Park Bolton
Published on 2011-02-15 07:35:36
It seems to be that time of year when everything mother nature has to offer is gearing up for that final push into spring. Walking through the local parks and even just to the shops you can almost feel the plants starting to reach up to the sun and t > read more
Queens Park Update
Published on 2011-02-02 16:33:35
As the weather has been a little bit kinder to us recently I’ve started doing my daily walk through Queens Park in Bolton once again where it was great to see bulbs of wild Garlic starting to show some shoots. Not much unusual in the way of bir > read more
Another Fylde Fishery Rainbow Trout for Wendy
Published on 2011-01-26 01:45:00
As the sea fishing has been so grim over the past few weeks and giving Dave a ring at Fylde Trout Fishery to make sure the lake was free of ice we spent a very pleasant, if cold, Sunday morning doing our best to tempt Rainbow Trout out of the depths > read more
Exploring Fishing Boats & Ports of Wales
Published on 2011-01-22 09:43:22
Isn’t it amazing how the internet has changed our lives. Last week I was contacted asking if I’d mind reviewing a book if they sent it me, well… it would be rude to say no wouldn’t it. The book, “Fishing Boats & Port > read more
fishfight.net – Help Stop Wasteful Disgards
Published on 2011-01-15 04:15:48
Around half of all fish caught in UK waters are thrown back overboard dead! This is insane no matter how you look at it. I’m not saying the fishing methods are right or wrong but if the current common fisheries policy forces our fishing fleet t > read more
Fly Casting Refresher Plus a Bit of Fishing
Published on 2011-01-10 15:08:39
Our pre-Christmas fly fishing / casting tuition was cancelled due to the weather so Mike Roden re-scheduled it for last weekend. Four brave souls met up in some fairly nasty weather with Mike at Curley’s Fly Fishery nr. Bolton and after a quick > read more
First Dab of 2011 at Anchorshome
Published on 2011-01-03 12:22:05
After the stupidly cold weather we’ve had for the past couple of weeks it was great to get out and do some sea fishing. As the BLAS social cup at Perch Rock was cancelled due to the snow and ice it was moved to Anchorsholme, an area just North > read more
Save Our Seas – The Marine Conservation Society
Published on 2010-12-30 05:46:32
The Marine Conservation Society, MCS, is the voice for everyone who loves the sea, working to secure a future for our living seas, and to save our threatened sea life before it is lost forever. Almost nowhere in UK seas is marine wildlife safe from h > read more
Fieldfares and Frozen River Douglas
Published on 2010-12-20 15:29:53
After saying the weather in West Lancashire hasn’t been too bad mother nature threw the heaviest snowfall our way last weekend since I was a child. So, after struggling home on Friday night we did what any other like minded loony would do and w > read more
Somebody Likes Me
Published on 2010-12-16 14:55:31
Well here’s a turn up, I opened up my email today to find out that the guys at sea fishing tackle retailer Fishtec have listed this blog as one of their “Sea Fishing Blogs we Like“. I’ve used Fishtec a bit to order bits and b > read more
A Dab Day at Rossall Hospital, Fleetwood
Published on 2010-12-15 14:41:27
After my previous sea fishing trips to Fleetwood it was with some dismay that I found out that BLAS had to have the Christmas match before the Christmas meeting and after the first attempt was a resounding blank for everyone the venue chosen was Ross > read more