Joe Chatterton's Angling Diary

A couple of weeks ago Angling Times printed an article about an interesting control of stock at Lemington Lakes. One of the pools at this...

If it wasn't for Chub and Trout my Winter fishing would have been a total disaster this season. I have blanked for Pike, not been able t...

I will be really glad to see the back of the longest Winter ever (or so it seems) . Rain, floods, snow, floods, rain, floods, the pattern ha...

The 'home tied' fly box is filling up nicely with various patterns, mostly copied but some made up and I have been itching to get ...

The conditions were spot on Friday, the sun came out, the river levels had dropped back and there was a tinge of colour to the water. Ther...

As I finished setting up the sun rose above the trees beautifully illuminating the far bank. An overnight frost meant it was still chilly ...

Snow melt. Definitely the worst possible conditions to try to catch a river fish. If you are out this weekend I wish you the best of luck, y...

With the Vale shrouded in snow I decided not to venture too far and so popped down to a local stretch of the Avon. The conditions dictated...

Overnight snow was forecast and the weathergirls got it spot on. Two extremely excited children running around the house woke us up early an...

Claire(Mrs Chatt) bought me a fly tying kit for Christmas, what an angel she is! It is rammed full of everything a novice fly tier needs ...