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

Salford Friendly Anglers Cristmas Party. http://salfordfriendlyanglers.co.uk/ I did a bit of smoozing with the Mrs after my little drunken escapade at Eric Owens ManCave and attended the Salford Friendly Anglers Christmas Doo last night at The Kings Arms,Salford. Casterman very kindly volunteered to drive and we arrived in good time. The pub has a very famous owner apparantly......Paul Heaton / House Martins / Beautifull South. Although "Happy Hour" is the only song we would wish to here in his establishment.......pmsl Heineken  Export was my ruin for the night. A very agreeable tipple but at £3.90 a pint I wasn't going home rolling drunk.....good job 😉 After some club business regarding possible new venue aquisitons, rivers and canals, it was full steam ahead into the fishing quiz. The Gathering. Not a free seat in the House........ Phil Clayton "Roachman" S.F.A. secutary was quiz master for the night. He is an absolute

Hand Made Wagglers and Sliders. Well fellas, The Mrs is non to happy with me to say the least. I have been a bad lad on the beer front  and am in the doghouse for the foreseeable future !!!!!! On a brighter note I have been a busy little peanut trying to make up some large wagglers / sliders from scratch. Its not as easy as it sounds but i think I may have found some decent media to make them with. My first attempts are for Sliders / Jumbo Wagglers for Salford Quays & the River Mersey. Jesus 38 cms long..........suppose I could always spear them..........LOL Currently using stainless steel wire wrapped around like a figure 8. A beaded snap swivel will be add to that for the finished product. Next I will try stepped and then bodied wagglers. I will keep you all informed......I haven't even tested if they float yet........May be I should have tested that first .....pmsl. I really enjoyed making these floats. I haven't done

Salford Friendly Anglers Membership. Right everyone this is very important. Mike Duddy Chairman off Salford Friendly Anglers is signing up all new applicants NOW . If you have had trouble signing up in the past please, please, please sign up again and you will be in. We are a pressure group so membership is extremely important to our organisation. THE MORE MEMBERS WE HAVE THE MORE CLOUT WE HAVE with government bodies, local councils and private industry. Did I mention its FREE, yes FREE to join . We have 7 lakes, Salford Keys & Miles of the River Iwell. If you want to catch fish like this on the Irwell then help us protect the river by joining us. Irwell chub Castermans PB Irwell chub below 😊 Irwell perch Not the biggest Irwell roach bag by any means but its my first and "Salford Pete" aka my old man caught his first ever River Irwell fish. I the 1970's and 80's me and "Salford Pete" used

River Mersey - Another Challenge. Just had a mooch near the Warrington Stretch at Woolston. Very interesting.......... I can see a serious campaign going down on that stretch, its lovely. A decent run of Salmon is now present in the Mersey s I have been lead to believe. Can not wait to get on it with one of my home made wagglers Andy Barns......lol Just had a chat with one of my pals. He said the Mersey gets really hard in the winter.........let the games begin...... TTFN Peanut.

No fishing or even Black Opps this weekend. Had a rare family doo at the Bay Horse pub in Unsworth near Bury. My nice was 50 . Massive turn out and met some of my old school pals some of which are family also. Great to see you al again especially Carol and Lisa who live in Hebdenbridge and Chris Pringle who I have spent many a drunken hour in a whitefield pub in my youth.......not to mention The Best Lads Holiday in Crete in 1990. 😁. Chris Pringle over 20 years ago in Crete. Top holiday. TTFN   Peanut.

Trotting For Roach and Dace With The Casterman. River Ribble. Had a great day last week on the River Ribble near Shaws Arms with " The Caster Man " ........had over 130 fish on the stick and waggler , maggot and hemp. Quite hard work after a couple of hours. But well worth it. 15 lb plus easy. The caster man was fishing on maggot and waggler :o, :o, :o, :o, :o ...... Think he was practising for a future River Mersey challenge ........... sneaky git............ P-) Great company good weather , great fishing and a rite good laugh. Brilliant, Thanks Derek. The card in the picture below is for a rodrace competition that I have entered for the previous two years. The website is called Breaking The Surface. Thanks to all the staff at the site especially Neilpeel, Duane and Tincaman. Thanks for the tide warning Johny , it nearly caught me out....... Nearly ....lol.... Got a wet caryall .... ;) Ps ....I don't remember that walk being

Pike Fishing - Black Opps - Breaking The Surface... Had a one hour window to catch a pike for my Breakingthesurface Rod Race point. Mission - not to get caught of the Mrs.........LOL In true Black Opps fasion nothing went by the numbers. I got to the res and left my rubber shads at home.........DOOW... I then walk up to the hill and realised I had left my landing net in the mighty Megan. ????...... DOUBLE DOOW When I eventually got to the top of the hill it was brilliant sun shine and the water was gin clear. Got my reliable Aldi spoon out of my spinner box. (The only lures I had brought with me and tried a few tentative chucks not really expecting much.  I was already thinking about parents evening with my son at Holly Cross College when, on my second cast..........WOLLOP my 10 g lure rod hoofed round and the clutch on my Shimano 1010 screamed......bloody sh*t my pants I kid you not.............................. 5 mins later the fist pike of the season