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Wellington Basins & Little Yeo
If you try to find any information online regarding the fishing in the Wellington Basins - two small connected ponds run by Taunton Deane Brough Council in Somerset - then you will struggle to find...
View ArticleTiverton Canal - Breadpunch and Opportunism
Canals can be a nightmare to fish in strong winds, but they are also landscaped to the extent that most have at least one or two sections sheltered behind high banks and/or trees. I found one such area...
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Cracking the Whip, on the Taunton - Bridgwater Canal
I have had a bit of trouble getting out fishing as of late. An infection which I picked up in my throat over a month ago has yet to subside and left me knackered. After several visits to the doctors',...
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Cold and Choppy on the Taunton to Bridgwater Canal
The Christmas match looms closer but I have decided against using my time on the bank to practice, as the bait fridge at home still contained three sacks of worm this morning; a bait which won't see...
View ArticleTiverton & District Angling Club Christmas Match 2013 - Tidcombe to Manley...
A heavy frost forced this match back half an hour to allow some competitors to break the ice which had formed on 50% of the match length overnight. I was keen, having refitted elastics and tied rigs...
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Sidetracked on the King's Sedgemoor Drain
I've booked into another match. Dave Harvey had been telling me about the excellent fishing on the King's Sedgemoor Drain when I met him after the Tiverton Christmas match, and suggested that I fish...
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Canals Tour Diary - The Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
Our week-long canals tour kicked off with a visit to Pontypool, Wales, to meet up with David Overland, author of "Fishing With Emma", and his angling pal Ray Minty, who it transpired used to fish the...
View ArticleBridgwater Angling Association Christmas Fayre - Taunton to Bridgwater Canal
Thirty seven anglers turned out for this match which was moved from the King's Sedgemoor Drain to the Bridgwater Canal in the week, owing to floodwater. This switch buoyed my optimism as I am more...
View ArticleBack for good
It all seems to have gone a bit quiet on the old blogosphere as of late. And I have hardly helped things myself, what with my intermittent postings and the temporary removal of my blog from the public...
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Predator fishing, fun and games
Between Dominic catching a can of Carlsberg first chuck and me celebrating victory in the South-West Bread-throwing Championships was some quite exceptional fishing today. Exceptional for the fact that...
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Against Against Men & Fish, and fish
After promising Jamie Rich, who writes the well-read Against Men & Fish blog, a personal best pike over a year ago and failing to deliver, I met up with him again today. Last time, we endured a...
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Search for a Twenty (Take 1 - Viaduct)
I've never been good at keeping to targets, being quite impulsive with regards to my fishing. I prefer catching bigger than average fish - who doesn't - but I don't always prefer fishing for them. With...
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Finding Time
I took a couple of hours off this afternoon and headed to the town stretch of the River Exe in Tiverton. It is nowhere near as prolific as that other urban Westcountry river, the Tone in Taunton, but...
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Emerald Pool
My search for a big silver bream has brought me beyond Bridgwater to a small commercial fishery called Emerald Pool, in West Huntspill. I was acting on a bit of a hunch following reports of pleasure...
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Pond Perching: In Pursuit of a 'Three'
There have been some good results on the perch front so far this winter, without the hoped-for 3lber yet putting in an appearance. At Simpson Valley with Dom Garnett, I shelled out the best part of...
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Beaten by Beatties
Not much to report I'm afraid, as I count the cost of a trip to Stafford Moor in Winkleigh - more outlay on petrol, bait and day tickets, for precious little in return. Beatties was the chosen lake, in...
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Beaten... by a girl!
The plan for January was to fish for a big pike and possibly sneak a few hours trotting for dace and grayling. Whilst I enjoy the canal and the often action-packed fishing that it brings, these are the...
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Going Ornamental on the Ilminster Canal
The water might still be cold, but it was nice to feel the sun on my face for a couple of short reccies along the Ilminster Canal. I picked up a pint of white maggots after a morning at work yesterday...
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More goldfish, and a budget tackle review...
The Ilminster Canal goldfish tally is now up to four, caught on the third of these little trips I've been squeezing in around work. This time, I only managed to fish for about an hour and a quarter but...
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Dabbling
Throughout this long stormy winter I have found myself looking forward to March, and the first stirrings of Spring. It is a good month to be an angler but a bad month if you’re as indecisive as I am....
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