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With so many of you readers now going abroad for a fishing holiday, I feel I have to start this months column with a warning. Remember what I said last month about losing baggage? Since September 11th everything has changed. On my last two flights I wasn’t allowed to take my rods as hand luggage…

Having observed crucians in clear water, I believe that this is due to the way they sometimes take the bait. In clear water I could see the crucians come up to the bait and take it without moving off. They appeared to stop to eat the bait on the spot. Obviously this would give very…

Shop bought peeler is always expensive, but sometimes spending a few pounds on good bait for a few hours fishing is part and parcel of todays pace of life. But, if you have the time, inclination and energy to go and gather your own bait from the seashore rocks and mudflats, then somehow the fish…

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I must say that like the vast majority of British anglers I have always shunned the idea of having lessons. I have been able to cast reasonably well, I think that I am pretty accurate, and I know that my line lands softly otherwise I wouldn’t catch so many trout on dry flies on calm…

The Wessex rivers are miles wide; Oxford looks like the Lake District. Even if you knew where the river was it must be doubtful if the fish would feed, and anyway, searching for riverbanks in flooded meadows can be a very hazardous exercise. But I have been getting out. Fortunately M’s river does fish well…