Eagle Nest Resort – CANADA

If you’re planning a trip to the river this week go out and purchase a thermometer. There are two types of thermometers; the normal mercury thermometer and the new types which give the air and water temperature, these also run off a small battery usually available from shops selling electrical goods televisions and radios etc….

As well as asking where to go and when, the other most common question people like to ask is what to take. A whole book could (and a few have !) been written about this subject, but I’ll try and outline a few guidelines below as best I can. Hopefully this will whet the appetites…

Tungsten, for it’s size, is much heavier than the more common brass type alloys used in gold bead patterns. This makes this pattern very useful, particularly when fishing fast flowing river for grayling. The nymph sinks virtually straight to the bottom where it lands.MaterialsHooks: short shank size 10 to 16. I have tied some on…

The last decade or so has seen huge growth in the range of flavours available to the coarse angler. This culminated last month in the launch of Ultrabite which is being put on the market with such extravagant claims as to its efficacy that there are already mutterings about whether or not it should be…

It’s a swim that has thrown up a few good catches recently and when I got to it I could see why. The swim in question is only around three and a half feet deep, running over gravel, and quite pacy. This time of year I hate drawing sluggish river swims, as all the fish…

Spot on – DR PAUL GARNER by Dr Paul Garner, Monday 24th December, 2001 Articles related by topic: Beginner, Coarse, Experienced, Specialist, Stillwater/Lake/Pond, Terminal Tackle/knots/rigs, Watercraft Articles related by species: Bream, Carp, Catfish, Chub, Crucian Carp, Grass Carp, Orfe, Perch, Pike, Roach, Rudd, Tench, Zander It has been said innumerable times that the most important…