Pilgrim’s Progress
'The deluge of rain turned Stourport-on-Severn into Stourport-under-Severn. It was the wettest autumn since 1766. Even Noah would have been stunned at the rainfall we've had.'
Muddy Marvellous
I didn't catch a 19-pounder but it was a hard-won barbel all the same in atrocious conditions.
Pilgrim’s Progress
'This is the time when we not only look back on the last twelve months, but also look forward to the next twelve. And that is exactly what I want to do in this week's Pilgrim's Progress'
Hampshire Avon Carp
'I think you will agree that the 15lb 8oz Koi is one of the most stunning fish you are likely to see, but from the Avon I could not believe it.'
First the Rain, now the Snow
The floodwater has all but gone, but the snow is here, crisp and white and even.
Pilgrim’s Progress
'........if there are 10 meadows, Wurzel will fish every one of them. In fact, I fished with him once [on the Lower Severn] near Worcester and he wandered so far downstream he got thrown off the Tewkesbury stretch.'
A River Revisited At Last!
Wet through and covered in mud, but at long last I manage a short session on the river.
Pilgrim’s Progress
The sea was in great condition, just right for some flounder action. I was already beginning to write the heading for the article in my mind. 'Flounder Feeding Frenzy' took my fancy!'
A Fishery of Your Own – Part 2
A tense month for fishery owners says Paul Garner as the country takes a battering from floods and he has to rescue fish on two occasions.
Pilgrim’s Progress
'Isn't that real diplomacy and shrewdness on my part, that my family believe they're on a vacation and yet all the while it's my fishing holiday that they get to tag along with?'
