Recent content by James Healey

Sounds like I've been missing out! One of the main drawbacks is that I fish mainly BAA waters and they are unwavering in their opinion that it would be unfair on the landowners to let me fish over night. Which is a shame because I suffer from the same problem as many people at my time of life...

We all know its very common for carp anglers to fish for a couple days or weekend at a time. My carp obsessed pals reckon that more often than not the bite alarms will go off in the night rather than the day. I can't help but notice how much river activity picks up at dusk. However I've never...

That would be cracking if that's the case. I love the teme and I felt a bit offended that a fishing club was just sort of disposing of it at worthless. At least baa anglers would make good use of it, I know I would!

Some of you might find this interesting. I found this over the last couple of days as I was looking for an alternative to baa for a change of scenery next year. I live in tenbury wells and almost exclusively fish the teme, these guys who you've probably of heard of (I hadn't) have some real nice...

I got a fish hook in my finger once on the river bank. It was a sz4 treble hook and I couldn't get it out by pushing it through. I couldn't budge it no mater how i tried, and I pulled litteraly with all my strength and the skin wouldnt tear whatever I did. After driving 40 miles home with a...

Yes I have noticed that it's worse than ever. It drives me insane. Some pegs are worse than others. I started propping the rod handle and having the rod tip about 8" off the water. But I've just got used to them now and I don't even flinch when I get a big bouncy "bat bite". You can actually...

Im glad I asked then in that case. Last thing I need Is a lynch mob of angry pike anglers chasing me out of town! Ill put my trebles away until october and keep slogging away with the spam! Lol

With it being all doom and gloom on the barbel front this year I was thinking of changing up my fishing a bit and maybe doing some Perch and Pike fishing. I've caught pike before on lakes with dead baits and lures in january but i've never fished for them in the summer. I know my local stretch...

The knot failed linking my mainline to my hooklength tonight. It happened just as i was about to net a fish. The barbel swam off with my hair rig. I had a barbless, very sharp size 10 hook on. I use a running lead so thats on the river bed out of harms way. I would hope the fish has rubbed the...

I use a 8lb mainline with a ledger and a rubber bead, then tie a swivel and a 5lb hair rig on about 2 foot long. The lead is left to just run on the line. Then i just sit and stare at the rod tip like a cat watching a goldfish. I have to make all my pva bags, hooklengths etc the previous...

Well done buddy. Good fight? Do you know what it weighed? I caught my first one on a freelined lump of bread flake where I thought I'd seen a chub under a tree the previous day. It weighed 7lb and fought like a monster. It was the first fish I'd caught since minnow fishing as a kid. I've been...

Daiwa twilight, 1.75 x 12 foot.

Thanks, that's encouraging. It's such a tiny river, but you never know what's lurking in there. It's closeish to my work so I might find myself having a dabble a couple of evenings soon. My brother was besotted with the place when we left so I've a feeling he'll be down there this week. If he...

My BAA booklet says there is a decent bit of the river lugg available to members. I was in hereford today so I called in to the BAA section on the lugg on my way home and there is a fair amount of river to be fair, but it's neglected and overgrown. Plus the river is absolutley tiny. I would...

I only weigh a fish if it looks big or if I've never caught that species before.