Early morning mission - five River Wye perch & this 10lb 12oz beauty. River is rising - perhaps the autumn weather is finally on it...

Pike of 10lb 4oz (above) and a couple of jacks (below). The birds gave away the location of the baitfish - and the pike weren't far aw...

Couple of early morning hours exploring more of The Lugg , and around every bend lurks another fantastic looking swim. Clearer water today ...

Autumn is here - though you wouldn't believe it. Bright sunshine and low, clear rivers. Far from ideal conditions for pike - but an 18l...

Summer fishing. Another hot, rainless start to the season limiting the river fishing, instead I concentrated on some local ponds, targetin...

One idea for my next summer challenge is a River Lugg barbel (not an easy task). Having never fished The Lugg, Dave from the excellent blog...

Well I've finally worn through my fishing boots - it took 13 years and thousands of miles ! Berghaus Hillmaster II Gtx - at £124 that ...

Afternoon chucking a lure about and two lost jacks before the one above stayed on the hook. Then a proper pike hit my Storm Bleak , crackin...

Target: 50 carp, including 10 doubles. With the hot weather hindering the barbel fishing I thought the Summer Challenge should be focused...