Purplepeanut007 PP007 FLOAT MAKING & FISHING ADVENTURES - THE RIVER IRWELL AND BEYOND.

Hi all,  I have been meaning to get on the banks with Craig Lutner for ages so when he asked for a specific loaded stick float for the shallow runs on the middle River Ribble I seized the oppotunity. The trip resutled in me popping my River Ribble Grayling cherry, four in fact. Craig had a lovely brace of chub one after the other plus multiple dace. Im happy with the floats performance so I will be getting some more turned today. Link to float blog below: https://purplepeanut007.blogspot.com/2022/09/loaded-shallow-water-stick-floats-with.html No barbel this time .....but gives us an excuse to get out together once again. ☺ Can anyone ID this fish for me please? I have not fished the Ribble for while but I will be on the Lower Ribble this winter for silvers. Tight lines everyone. TTFN   Peanut.  Please subscribe if you would like regular updates of my adventures with the floats I make.  If you would like to look at my handcrafted floats click on the link below.  ...

Well. . . . . . . . . For the last month or two I have seemed to have lost my fishing mojo for one reason or another. A few phone calls from my old chum " The Casterman " had fallen on deaf ears . . . .  I was just not feeling it at the moment !!!!!!!!!! I had put a comment on Facebook about grayling on some site or another . . . . I forget the exact one when my phone pinged and a message from Adam Mack anounced itself in my inbox !!!!! " Fancy taking your pin for a spin " ?  . . . . . . . . " I know where the Ladies are ". The message was a little cryptic but I new ķexactly what he meant and a little smile appeared on my face as I read it. 😁 I had only recently caught my first grayling or  " Lady Of The Stream " so another session for these wonderful looking fish got my attention. A few phone calls later Adam and myself had sorted a time date out to reclaim my fishing mojo. We met up, got some gear from the loca...