hi john,
cheers for thr reply sounds like you've been busy lol, hope the birthday bash goes well, next time your heading off to sale let me know and i'll pop down and say hello, well not long now a mere 15 days and the barbel hunt resumes.........

take care see you soon maybe
kev.

hi john,
have you seen the new ribble stretch bmac have aquirred? its the walton de something stretch at preston. prolific barbel stretch lovely jubleeeee!!!

Kev, sorry about not responding sooner about the pike fishing. The water where I had the good catch is a club water, and I very much doubt that you would be a member. No tickets either. Any joint trip would be elsewhere.
I quite fancy a go somewhere for zander. Never seen one yet, and I feel I have to have a go sometime soon, so if you fancy that sometime? I realise it will involve travel, and probably fresh baits from god knows where. I never was any good at catching smal fish.

hi john, hope this helps mate, john.e.watson@hotmail.co.uk i think this the guy your after, i got my date today for my knee operation its 4 weeks on thursday so if you fancy that day out piking give me a shout, i wont have a chance for a good while after my surgery,ok john take care might be on the tame weds or thursday.
cheers
kev.

Kev, just realised what PAC means. You don't happen to have an email address for John Watson, Norfolk area, well known pike angler. I used to fish with him many years ago, and would like to make contact again.

no problem john, i fully understand, i was the same with my 16lb 8oz pike,and my 10lb tame barbel, i have seen the pic mate, lovely fish! i've heard the bigger the fish the less they fight and especially in the winter,the dane didint come off i'm affraid tank didnt text me his address to pick him up so i thought he wasn't bothering hence i got no gear ready or set my alarm to rise early, but boy do i wish i'd have made an arrangement with you for today lol, once again well done john, i'm in p.a.c gb,so i love my pike fishing,and love it when someone i know has a day like you had today......fantastic job

superb fish john, well done!

There are a few platforms a little way upstream of Parr's Wood. Steps leading down to them. A fair walk though if your knee is suspect. Odd swims higher up. Most of the bank from Bleachworks weir in Heaton Mersey and upstream is inaccessible even to the young and fit. The odd swim, but it is difficult, and few spots you can get very near with a car. The weirpools, some of which I fancy, are so snaggy that to get a decent barbel out if hooked, would be quite a problem. I have also personally found that the fish in the Mersey are much smaller than the Tame. A 2 pound chub would be a good one in my experience. Plenty of very small ones in the right swims.