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Before we look at the fishing in these two areas I would like to offer a few tips on arranging a fishing holiday in the Ebro valley. There are several forms of accommodation available with a wide price range, but those readers who read the first of these articles will recall that I recommended that…

Around Scotland there is a fabulous selection of trout lochs, more than could be fished in several lifetimes. I start with what must be one of the most well known, LOCH AWE. The history of Awe is a long and illustrious one with at least 200 years of trout angling tucked under its belt. Being…

This style of fishing is a method I normally employ when I’m after big fish like barbel and chub with big baits on the hook. It’s a very positive style of fishing that requires strong rods, strong lines and strong hooks. In a nutshell it’s not a method for the faint hearted! I love fishing…

Knots are quite important to fishermen of course – except to those for whom they fail in such a continuous manner so as to lead a person to believe it is normal for fish to be lost in this way, and darn it, why the hell are they so unlucky ?! Personally, and thankfully (or…

There are various reasons as to why this is happening in my opinion. Firstly poles have got better, lighter and cheaper in recent years. An angler can now buy a really good quality pole for a fairly modest outlay compared to a few years ago. Commercial carp fisheries have also helped to accelerate the growth…

Uptide fishing was developed back in the late 1960’s by anglers who realised that when a boat is fishing in shallow water, at anchor, in a fast tide, then the water flowing past the hull causes noise. This noise is represented as a scare area around the boat that fish avoid.This theory was instantly proven…