Having headed home for Dad’s birthday I headed to Hayling Island and parked up next to the golf course and headed down to the beach. We wandered along for a while and cast out 5-6 times in each breakwater. We chatted to another spinner and he hadn’t had anything in 2 hours. So we packed […]
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Spinning near Chatham
May 11, 2010 
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I headed out to catch what I thought was a 5PM high ide. Turns out it wasa 7PM high. This gave me some time to have a recky around the area to let the water in. I headed around the bay at Motney hill towards the sewerage works. The water didn’t look too deep and […]
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May 4, 2010 0 Comments
>After heading out over the bank holiday weekend to a place called Motney Hill, near Chatham, and being blown all over the place, and not in a good way, I didn’t manage to do any fishing. This was mostly due to 20+ mph head winds. I did mange to scout 2 areas pointed out to […]
Continue readingSpinning in Herne Bay
April 26, 2010 0 Comments
I head out on Sunday, 25th April, for my first spinning session. I headed down to the beach in front of the Ship pub, parked up and set off towards the water. I started off with a slim jim spinner weighing 25g and was casting about 40-50 meters with that. I had no idea how deep […]
Continue readingBoat Fishing Trip with Dad
March 28, 2010 0 Comments
We headed to Itchenor for an 8AM meet on Tempus Fuget with skipper Dale. We had a prompt start and headed out of the harbour and sat in Hayling Bay between the entrances and sand banks for Chichester Harbour and Langstone Harbour. We got given the gear on board and set to work with Rag […]
Continue readingMeon Springs 23rd March 2010
March 23, 2010 0 Comments
I headed out late this morning for my first fly session on trout. I decided to head back to Meon Springs which is where I did my introductory day last year with Dad. The weather was rainy and misty and a windy 6 degrees. I was aiming for three fish today to stock the freezer […]
Continue readingPFFA Chew Valley Event 20th/21st March 2010
March 22, 2010 0 Comments
>I had a couple of purposes for this weekend: 1. Catch a Pike 2. Learn how to handle 3. Any info/tips I could pick up along the way (Thanks to Steve and Dave for their input) Friday 19th March I started work at 7AM in Bromley with the car loaded with gear ready for the […]
Continue readingAnother Blank…
February 27, 2010 0 Comments
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) […]
Continue readingLakeside, Chichester
January 31, 2010 0 Comments
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 […]
Continue readingThe Tree that broke the Tracers Back
January 25, 2010 0 Comments
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 […]
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