Jon Arthur's Blog

£1,000 For 48lb Of Skimmers

Today was the Angling Trust Silverfish Final with 50 anglers at Meadowlands. The very early 7.45am draw meant I had to make a 90-mile round trip for my bait on Friday, which with current...

Barbel Bonanza

Live match fishing action at Decoy Lakes, Peterborough. I find myself drawn on one of the fishery’s popular ‘strip lakes’ called Elm, which turns out to be full of hard-fighting barbel on pole and...

Slugs!

Every single one of God’s creatures is beautiful and has a purpose. All except slugs!!!

2022 COACHING: IMPORTANT INFO!

Please note, due to unprecedented demand my coaching diary is currently full until at least September 2022. I should still have some ad-hoc dates available at late notice, however, so if you wish to...

In The Eye Of The Storm!

Live match fishing from a two-day silverfish event at a wet and very very very windy Moorlands Farm. The first day was a bit blustery. The second day weather was nothing short of horrific....

A ‘Bit’ Breezy!

Did anyone notice it was a bit fresh and a touch breezy last weekend?  Saturday was the last round of the Tunnel Barn Winter League. Nineteen teams of four over 10 long rounds. We...

A Quick Thanks!

Really appreciating all the nice feedback from my videos this year. There’s a real mixture lately; live matches at Tunnel Barn, Makins and Packington fisheries, scratching for bites on the canal, bread feeder fishing...

The Golden Nugget!

Another enjoyable day’s river fishing with Kelvin Tallett. Float fishing is the order of the day and a shiny £1 ‘golden nugget’ for the captor of the biggest chub! The River Avon at Twyford...