W P Adams

As most of you will know, carp generally move around a lot less in winter than they do in summer. So the usual advice is to fish as close to them as possible, and keep your groundbaiting patterns, if any, very tight.

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We certainly have had plenty of rain down here in the South East, the Sussex Ouse and the Medway suffering most but the Colne and Thames have had an influx of cold winter water as well. The lake often floods in winter but with these being the worst floods since 1968 I should not have…

Travel Gear Naturally this has to be very compact and functional. l use two Shakespeare travel fly rods; a six piece 9ft AFTM 6/7 and a five piece 7 1/2ft AFTM 4/5. Both these rods break down to about 18 inches. Friends tell me that Shakespeare have improved on these original models in the “Ariel…

In an attempt to avoid the dubious charms of a lady of the night (if indeed it was a woman!) I crossed the road at a point where roadworks were going on. Out of a hole in the road came a mud smeared creature in nothing but a pair of heavy boots, a singlet and…

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