Johnson Ross Tackle

A couple of boats got out to the Skerries last weekend during a very brief window in the weather and came home with several plaice. So without doubt, this horrendous weather does have a silver lining in that it is keeping the sea temperature up and the fish are in early….. who knows, the Bass…

The weather was wet and windy and the reservoir was much fuller than the last time I fished it. I have good memories of the place as, on my previous visit, I fished there with the Bristol Reservoirs Association in the Welsh Water Team Event and my team had easily won. I had had a…

Most anglers are tackle freaks……we all have more tackle than we will ever use in a lifetime and no doubt like me, somewhere in your shed or loft you will inevitably have a “come in handy box” chock full of tackle that has gone out of fashion, been superseded by something much better, or bits…

If you want the pristine places where the fish are relatively undisturbed then you must be prepared to walk for at least half an hour along a coastal path, find a path through gorse and bushes, perhaps do some careful rock scrambling. Surprisingly even on this crowded and overpopulated island it is still possible to…

Approximately 20 anglers in the UK drown each year. Lifesavers, The Royal Life Saving Society UK, the countrys leading water safety body, has issued advice to anglers who continue to fish throughout autumn and winter. Di Standley, Chief Executive at Lifesavers, a West Midlands-based organisation, commented: “There are risks to anglers year-round, but in late…

It’s three-thirty in the morning and we just know that nothing will be caught before six but we just have to be there at this most perfect time of day. The swim was dragged and baited last night and fish were seen rolling in the vicinity, heightening our anticipation of the trip. There is no…