Chris Ainger's Blog

Myself and Tony headed to Grafham Resevoir at about 05:30 and arrived at about 7:30-8 and met up with Guy Eldridge and Son. We had a quick breakfast and then set about getting boat tickets and getting out on the water. We paired up, me with Tony and, Guy and son. We headed out to […]

Was intending to pop out to the Chichester Canal Basin this morning at first light but the wind was too high to be safe down there, so back to bed. I headed out this afternoon though, wind had died a little and it was lovely out, albeit cold. There were three aims to the session: 1) […]

As I have a 24 hour ticket for this site, day 1 is part A and day 2 is part B of this session Part A I fished in several of the lakes with varying flies and saw no action at all. Having spoken to the other fishermen there, they were also missing the vital […]

I popped down to my local canal again for a quick 60 minute session. I tried out my ostrich feather creation and after a few adjustments it looked pretty good in the water. I fished a 200 yard stretch this time. The water still mirky from the waters running in from the fields. I managed […]

Headed out to the canal again today, slightly warmer than the last time, with a chance of rain. The water was murky from all the rain and melted snow running into the canal. I fished a 3/4 mile stretch casting several times every 20 yards differing speed and depth. But again, no fish. Chatting to […]

I popped out to the local canal on Saturday 9th’s afternoon for about an hour and it was too cold to stay for long. I didn’t catch anything or see any fish, and not that many people to be honest. It was more of an exercise in testing newly tied flies which I will post […]