Fishermen of England

Each has its own strengths and adherents. I have tried to restrict myself to only three versions of this famous nymph. These are the Frank Sawyer, Cove and Gold-bead. The gold bead variant is the one that I use when fishing with a floating line, a long leader and a nymph down deep. This appears…

I even went to the extent of carrying out controlled fishing tests over a number of years where I fished a coarse fish dead bait on one rod with the other rod with identical tackle on a sea bait. To remove any swim bias, the rods were alternated every cast. The results showed that on…

The biggest mistake normally sees the wrong choice of float size for a given situation. In addition many anglers, especially newcomers to the sport, use the wrong shotting patterns down the line. When selecting a waggler I always adopt a very simple equation. That is sensitivity versus buoyancy. I always ask myself “What am I…

Anglers did tend to compartmentalise their fishing in those days too. June and early July was for tench, July through September for carp (remember that carp didn’t feed in cold water….) September and October was barbel time, and October was start of the pike-fishing season. Species including chub and roach were sought through the autumn…

Following on from the great demand for places in next years 2003 Austin Carp Tournament in the USA, Jon Greenwood from Ultimate Angling has secured a number of additional teams spaces from the UK. The original allocation of 4 teams were snapped up within days of them being announced and with the fishing at this…

Nothing beatsseeing a fish chase a muddler as you strip it across the surface. Oftenthe fish will be half out the water and it will still want to eat your muddler. I anchored the boat some twenty five to thirty yards from the foamswept shore line. Having cast the muddler some seventy feet I started…