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Many of the top names in angling are now writing regularly for us, and all of the disciplines of our sport are so very well represented. With many anglers talking about a reduction in the numbers taking up the sport, and the anti anglers out there to get us at any opportunity, I am pleased…

That would seem to be the picture that some people have in their minds about recent events at Blithfield reservoir. The truth however, is rather different! Letís start at the beginning.Blithfield reservoir is an 800 acre water supply reservoir situated near the village of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire. The fishing is run by Blithfield Anglers…

Loch Katrine – 8 miles long, around a mile wide, and surrounded by slopes clad in marvellous mixed woodland of oak, birch and rowan, backed by mountain peaks with mysterious Gaelic names; Beinn Chabhair (933m), Stob a’Choin (869m) and Ben Venue (727m), to name but a few. The scenery is literally legendary – immortalised by…

The blue-green algae now had a firm grip on the water, and had reduced visibility from around ten feet, to just two or three inches. It looked as if someone had tipped hundreds of gallons of turquoise paint into the water, and with no signs of fish anywhere, I began to think it a waste…

Playing the odds is something we do all the time when we go fishing and it is true to say that the odds are, that most of the fish will be feeding close to the bottom for most of the time. So it makes a lot of sense to fish our baits as near to…

Rutland Water Best fish of the week, a superb rainbow weighing 7lb 8oz, was taken by Phil Hall from Maidenhead while boat fishing the main basin. Phil’s fish fell to a Diawl Bach on a floating line. Best brown of the week fell to Derek Edwards from Dolgellau in Wales. This fish also fell to…