Top Pool Diaries

You know how it is; you’ve spent a few seasons on a water, had a few fish, and moved on. Well that was the story with the Top Pool, Mart and I did a couple of seasons on there a few years back, and bloody hard it was too - one of those places that really did your head in, but for some reason you kept going back for more! The water is classic estate lake stuff, set in the heart of the Cheshire countryside. It’s surrounded by a few other good waters on the same estate, but for some ... [full story]

In this, the second part of Julian Grattidge’s Top Pool Diaries series, we see Julian and martin treading the boards once more on Cheshire’s Capesthorne Top Pool in the hope of outwitting some of its large inhabitants. Home Sweet Home… Martin and I had been counting the days until the 2002/3 Season began. Officially, the Top Pool opened on the 16th of June, but those who had completed two work parties beforehand were able to get on club waters two weeks before. As such, we spent a pleasurable couple of days working on the River ... [full story]