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It was another of the IAC fund raisers for charity. The Internet Angling Club hold these ‘fish-ins’ as they call them, for the slightest excuse. This occasion was in order to settle an argument on the carp email list about who were the better carp anglers, those from the North or those closer to civilisation….
This is an old, well established, pretty fishery with a reputation for good sport. I had not fished the lake for a number of years but was impressed when I last fished it, in a N.A.S.A. London Region fish-in for Cancer Research that raised over £6000.
Day 1: Like the rest of you, December and January had seen me catch very little and I was more than happy to try something a little bit different. Jeff Kennett had invited me to have a day out on the Thames in his boat and so at the crack of dawn I helped him…
The build up started in earnest around mid November when I started noticing that my fishing time was getting less and less. So I counter-attacked and resolved to spend at least one day each week out on the bank. My good pal Pete Henton of the Bivvy Hospital arranged our first trip for weeks, “We’re…
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I have talked before about what I use and how much of it, but at the moment the topic I have fresh in my mind is, when to introduce it. This is certainly nothing new, think of the match angler for example. Trotting a nice glide. Only can they reap the most from the swim…
