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Stalking Carp

Posted on August 14, 2016

Morning broke with disappointment – why had I blanked overnight? The weather was good and the spots I had cast to sound, so why had the 3 rods failed to register a carp making a mistake? For a while I stayed in my sleeping bag and watched a fierce orange globe rise turn...

Grass Carp Chaos

Posted on July 31, 2016

The night was cool and the wind northerly but I had the season of Spring on my side that kept me confident as I went to bed, curled up in a sleeping bag convinced that at some point during darkness one of my 3 rods would wake me. Each one had its terminal tackle staggere...

Chubtastic!

Posted on July 24, 2016

The array of bait available to the angler has never been greater, from old favourites like a lobworm to the latest boilie with a concoction of additives and attractors guaranteed, if you listen to the manufacturer, to produce a bite. All have a time and a place dependent...

Kennet Roach on Pellet

Posted on July 12, 2016

Polaroid glasses on and quietly peering over a reed bed to witness specimen roach sitting behind a debris strewn branch with their red fins twitching and silver backs shining is one of the fondest memories I have of the river Kennet. These were my halcyon days for silver...

The Best Porbeagle Fishing in the World?

Posted on July 3, 2016

The craggy and enigmatic coastline of the south west, pummelled and shaped by giant Atlantic rollers to leave golden sand bays and eroded cliffs that touch the sky, is a place of pilgrimage for the sport fishermen. Launching a boat from an old smuggler’s harbour takes yo...

Chasing Dinosaurs in Thailand

Posted on June 28, 2016

After three consecutive disappointing trips abroad, I was rather hoping my luck would change for the better, and when my good friend Martin Bowler suggested a visit to his villa at Jurassic Mountain Lake in Thailand, it seemed like a really good idea. My usual escapades c...

Manor Farm - Warwickshire Avon

Posted on June 25, 2016

Rich pickings are to be found along the banks of the Warwickshire Avon in the vale of Evesham. Fruit hangs heavy in the market gardens enjoying the mineral rich soil caused when a river regularly bursts its banks. Combined with the gentle climate to be found in middle En...

Sticky's Manilla Hookbaits

Posted on June 21, 2016

With Sticky's Manilla hitting tackle shop shelves up and down the country and then leaving them even quicker to catch carp I thought I would show you how I was using the boilie earlier this year catching lots of fish with a hi attract bottom bait. Stage 1 - Simply select ...

Swing Tip Bream

Posted on June 18, 2016

What is the best bite? A float dipping? An alarm screaming or a quiver crashing round? All very welcome but maybe not as sweet as the limp length of fibreglass hanging from the rod tip in front suddenly springing into life. Like a puppet on a string dancing, only this...