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Having read and reread Drop Me a Line I remember being filled with a tremendous sense of anticipation . I’d stared at the photograph of Maurice playing a 17 pounder from the south bank of the carp lake until I felt I knew every twig, leaf and reed personally. Most of my carp lore had…

Once upon a time, in what now seems to be the dim and distant past, virtually all sea fish were expertly landed by the boat Skipper wielding a wickedly sharp gaff. Nowaday’s almost the only time that you will see a gaff used regularly is aboard a conger or shark boat and even then, most…

Due to the declining stocks in most salmon rivers of the North Atlantic, many people feared that the last stocks of big salmon could have gone forever. It seems that we always have to come to that point before the politicians react. Looking back at the “millennium” season in 2000 those problems seemed to lead…

The one noticeable thing about these mini rivers, is that you can often winkle out fish during the day using stalking tactics. Freelined worm will often catch a carp or two. No need for big rods here, just a light through actioned rod and strong hooks! These fish are very wary, and will shy away…

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Articles by Alan Tomkins Alan Tomkins He’s been fishing longer than he cares to admit and writing about it since the mid-seventies, initially for Angling magazine. After the demise of Angling, Alan wrote for the various iterations of Coarse Fishing, and for several years was a regular contributor to Carp World magazine. Fishes, or has…