I finished off last month having had another 4 pound plus Crucian to bring a lovely end to the Crucian season on Johnsons and started my Spring Trench campaign, and was really hoping to trip up an elusive double.

I finished off last month back on the hunt for Crucians on Johnsons after a brilliant end of season session on the Trent catching some lovely Barbel to 16-03. You may remember I had a fantastic April last year catching the British Record Crucian and I hoped to get somewhere close to that again this April.

I finished last month’s piece on a high with a 15-07, having again only been out for two sessions during the month after suffering a life changing moment with a house fire. I’d got over the shock and was working through the insurance claim process and wanted to end the river season with some success and positivity.

I finished last month’s piece having only been out for two sessions due to work and poor weather, and gave you my thoughts and experiences on sponsorship. I hoped February would be a better month but a real sliding doors moment changed all that…...

I finished last month’s piece having given the new bait, BBB, its first run out on the Barbel Society section at Sutton and it was a successful session, and I’d got a new fishing car after mine had died. With only two sessions in Dec I hoped I may be able to get out more in Jan to start the New Year with a bang.

I finished last month’s piece having returned from a tough trip to Spain where the weather really had an impact on the fishing but we still managed a few decent Carp and Colin had one big Cat on the final day. My fishing car had died and I was waiting for the good or bad news.

I finished last month’s piece having only managed three sessions but with some truly fantastic fishing catching lots of Barbel to 16-06. Winter had arrived in November and I had a long overdue trip to Spain planned searching for my holy grail.

I finished last month’s piece with some good Barbel after a run of blanks fishing for different species, with October being one of my favourite months to be on the river Barbel were my target fish.

I finished last month’s piece after catching some good Barbel and another big Summer Crucian at a shade over 4-00, and wanted to get back on track with my season plan after not managing to do any planned summer Rudd fishing.

I signed off last month after a month of not much fishing but with some good fish along the way, the highlight was most definitely the certificate and letter confirming my British Record Crucian. August looked much better for time on the bank, I just hoped I could make it count

I signed off last month having had a not so magical 16th on the river and a good session to finish my Spring Tench fishing, July wasn’t looking good for time on the bank so I hoped to make the most of what little I had.

I signed off last month having had a difficult month looking for a big Tench, my plans for June were to continue with the Tench fishing and start the river season somewhere quiet on the magical 16th

I signed off last month after having caught a monster and new British Record Crucian, I’d made the front cover of AT and can now tell you that I made the front cover of Catch Cult, two front covers I felt very privileged to have been chosen for.

May had arrived and I was looking forward to some Tench fishing.

I signed off last month again after having looked back through my diaries and telling you about an amazing trip to the Ebro System in Nov 2012 where I capitalized on some brilliant Carp fishing. Finally this month I can get back to normal and tell you about my last month’s fishing.

I signed off last month having looked back at my experiences boat fishing for the Spanish Carp on the Ebro system. With another month of no fishing I looked back through my diaries again and will tell you about and amazing trip in Nov 2012 where I capitalized on some brilliant Carp fishing.

I signed off last month having looked back at the start of the pellet revolution fishing for Catfish in Spain, having suffered another month of little fishing with one trip in Feb I looked back through my diaries again and will tell you about my boat fishing for Carp in Spain.

I signed off last month having had a poor month fishing wise but writing and enjoyable blog about my fishing friends, I had some lovely feedback, so thank you to everyone that read and enjoyed it.

I signed off last month having had another good month with more big Barbel, a front cover of the Angling Times, another feature in Catch Cult and being asked to write chapters in two LEP books, could 2020 get any better?

I signed off last month having had a lottery winning Barbel session during the first week of my leave and launching my website which has been epic so far. Thanks again for your kind messages and support

I signed off last month having achieved my season target of a 4 pound Crucian and actually managing to catch two, I’m still floating in the clouds on that one.