Water Level 19th April 2019?

Just been looking more deeply into the water level charts! From what I can see the water level on the nights Rod and I fished and had some sport was at about 1.000m! From a fishing point of view I reckon the water was just about perfect - a nice flow making the fly come around nicely. From what I've seen of Crewel Pool this season the water flow seems slower than ever!

Double figure sea trout on the 19th April?

Can you believe it? Rod and I spent 2 nights on the river. The first night Rod hooked a big fish, played it for ages and then it came off! Then he hooked another and that came off! Friday night I hooked a double figure sea trout and landed it - just about! As soon as I hooked it it jumped at least 5 ft out of the water and then ran like hell! It made a number of runs where I just couldn't hold it. I don't remember such a hard fighting fish as this ever! No picture I'm afraid because Rod couldn't understand my phone!! The earliest I've ever caught sea trout is early May, never in April! All in all we had a very exciting 2 nights fishing. The river has changed massive this season by the way so be careful!

Target reached!!!!

At last I've reached my Target of £750 for The Marine Conservation Society!

Thank God! I am so bored of begging!

Thanks to Gilda for supporting me like she always does, my Dad (bless him) and some of my neighbors and a handful of my fishing pals! That's it now   - I'm done! Looking forward to the adventure now!

Latest donation?

Thanks Tim Wilkinson for your donation! That brings my total now to £540.50! That's 72% of my Target! I will definitely reach the £750 Target now with a Car Boot and 2 Sundays at Bodenham Arboretum selling photos! Thanks everyone!

River Torridge expedition?

Rod and I went down to the Torridge last week in the hope of catching a spring salmon! Our hopes were dashed when the river rose after 2 hours of us being there and then became completely unfishable! We came home thoroughly disheartened! To make things worse we stayed at the Half Moon Inn in Sheepwash but the food was awful! Probably my last visit ever!

Chris Morris kindly donates 2 fishing rods to my cause!

You will be pleased to know that the 2 fly rods that Chris gave me to put on Ebay to raise funds for my Marine Conservation Society Kayaking Challenge has raised a profit of £78.00 towards my target! This is the biggest single donation I've received so far so I would like to thank Chris for his generosity! Cheers pal!

I'm now 69% there having raised £520 so far! I've been car washing, selling records, selling my photographs, selling my body (got fuck all for that)! Also Gilda has been making little pump bags aprons and other oddments which have sold really well but I'm not surprised because she is a very professional seamstress! Thanks Gilda! All of you have contributed and I really appreciate it! Thanks again!

My Fundraising Page!

My first visit of the 2019 Season?

Hi all

I'm planning on fishing the river for the first time this season next Thursday and Friday! I think Rod might be joining me? Anyway it will be great to get out with a fly rod in my hand and to see how the river has changed!

This Blog was previously open to the Public but had little or no contribution from others so from now on it will be restricted to the following Members:-

Me

Martin

Chris

Rod

John
Tim (if he wants?)

My Facebook Group will no longer be my focus for fishing news and I will not be posting anything on it again! The reason for this decision is because the only people posting were me, Martin or Chris! Like most fishing platforms I think they fail because anglers are renowned for keeping their fishing knowledge to themselves! I've never been like that so I will continue to focus on recording all my fishing experiences here on my Blog so that you too can benefit and enjoy! I will encourage you all to contribute too!

This blog has much history to it and I enjoy looking back at my reports on how the fishing was back then. I also love reading the fox story! It is for these reasons that I think I should keep it going!

Tight lines!

KIck Off!

Let the 2019 Season Commence! Tight lines everyone!