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

I have managed ( eventually ) to put on the blog the video of the only River Irwell barbel I have caught from march 2015. I was playing the fish fine until realised what I had hooked then I fell to pieces with nerves.....lol The fish was caught from a private stretch of the Irwell run by  Little Britain Anglers Just thought we would warn viewers there is some colourfull language as we was a tad excited........😆 Below us a link to Little Britain Anglers Wbsite http://littlebritainanglers.co.uk/ Below is the link to the day I caught an Irwell Ghost !!!!!! http://purplepeanut007.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/river-irwell-barbel-another-dream.html?m=1 If you would like to look at all of the hand crafted floats I make please click on the link below and it will take you to my float page. http://purplepeanut007.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/hand-crafted-floats-float-making-by.html?m=1 TTFN Peanut

Little Britain Anglers - The Beginnings - March 2014 I joined a new angling club last year in march , " Littlle Brittain Anglers ".  Check them out on Face Book.  It is a truly wonderful club to be in and bursting with friendly characters none more so than the Life Chairman and chief pollution fighter " Eric Owen Eric exposing yet more fly tipping on the banks of the River Irwell in Radcliffe. Eric and I hit it off straight away. We were both vigorously discussing a pollution incident via the Salford Friendly Anglers face book page when out of the blue I received a personal message off Eric asking me if I would like to fish his own personal stretch of the River Irwell near Bury or " The Red Zone " as it was known at the time.Well, you know me kids, it was like giving a 10 year old free sweets ................ I was down at Eric's house before you could say " stick float " ... lol. Now, I had heard about "The Red Zo