At Christmas time I usually get a few books from my friends, this Christmas was

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Chub and big roach in particular have been putting a regular bend in the rod and a lot of these fish wouldn’t have been captured without the new floats, I am sure. So what’s so good about the new designs? Well, quite simply these designs take over where more traditional peacock, sarcandas reed or plastic…

I’ve had a busy few weeks which started off with a trip to Swedish Lapland then ended in North America. Leo with his big river caught brown trout taken on a dry fly Another fly caught brown trout from the Baksjobacken Creek near Asele The England Fly Fishing Team who were great ambassadors for their…

Over the past couple of years, Pete has become a self confessed “nut” about boat fishing, especially on Rutland, but he steers away from competitions. He pointed out to me that most of the flies, tactics and tackle that he uses were developed by the modern competition angler. Yet, he feels that he is not…

POINTED HEADS These lures come in a variety of shapes ranging from the original Green Machine to some of the more modern jet-heads from Melton. As a rule of thumb, for blue marlin there are very few lures in this category which are part of a traditional lure-fishermanís arsenal. Exceptions to this rule include some…

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