Most people in England saw the New Year in with a prolonged spell of heavy rain, but we were lucky to have escaped the soaking and spent much of January in Poland – staying with family, enjoying the odd mountain walk, and, I should mention, getting married! The week of the wedding was Baltic, with […]
I really wanted to dislike Swanage Pier. I didn’t like the prospect of having to pay £6 to fish it between the confines of 9-5, and even less so did I like the cost of parking a car in Swanage – at £9 for the day! Adding to that £15 the cost of fuel, food, […]
Other than the abundant Ballan and Corkwing, the toothy Goldsinny was set to be my easiest shore-caught adversary – but it still gave me a good run for my money! Perhaps I was just unlucky, but it took a good dollop of persistence to track one down. My hunt began on a warm day in […]
We’ve a six week old baby at home – our first – so my days roving around the South Coast in search of big ballan wrasse are on somewhat of a hiatus for now. All things considered, I’ve been incredibly lucky to manage two days fishing this month. Instead of the usual roaming around remote […]