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There is a statement to set the pundits talking! Seriously, if you watch a really good caster in action you will see everything done smoothly – very little fuss and certainly not much force. The whole process is about timing and having even an hour with a professional casting instructor can be beneficial for us…

Now I wouldn’t go as far as that these days – not in Scotland anyway. But whenever I’ve been lucky enough to fish the Varzuga or the Ponoi in Russia’s Kola and hit one of those spells when I’m hooking 20 fish a day, I’ve felt that those old aristos had a point. Because the…

Enthused by a wonderful couple of days in March at Kiwayu, of the coast of North Kenya, when we had had fine sport taking Koli-Koli (aka Golden Trevally) on the fly, as they in their turn preyed upon the shoals of sardines, I dared to suggest to Belinda that we once again ventured down to…

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I will start with the smallest pattern of floats that I use. These are the mini balsas that look more like a Summer close-in pattern. They do in fact work well in this role but I am using them for trotting under the near side bank in a style that float maker, Pat Tarrant, refers…

With the recent mild winters, there is now considerable weed remaining over winter, giving the angler no respite at all. Fishing in weed can be really soul destroying. Imagine winding in after a blank night to find the rigs covered in weed. Were they like that all night? Couple this with the fact that fish…