Fish Tackle & Bait

In the summer months the brook is often just a mere trickle but with all the extra water we’ve had lately it has been transformed into a fish holding haven with all types of species seeking refuge from the main torrent that has been the Severn recently. I fished a swim just back from where…

Long sessions are O-U-T! and anything entailing more than a few stolen hours here and there needs rigorous planning and a little deceit “Honest kids, I have to go, it’s business!”. Suddenly it seems that fishing.co.uk has lifted a lot of my free time from me and the time I would have spent on a…

One of the many angling related presents I received for my 40th birthday back in January was a couple of days fishing on The Royalty. My Mum had booked the Top Weir Compound for my exclusive use at the end of February and Jacqui had booked us into one of the numerous B&B’s in Christchurch…

Adventure fishing, is that what you’d call it? I certainly would ! I know that a lot of the readers here, like myself, are interested in learning; new skills, better spots, how to add a whole range of colours to their pallet.I was on an adventure trip in Taupo, New Zealand, and I was painting…

Articles by Dave Steuart Dave Steuart Dave Steuart wrote his first article 53 years ago. He was asked to be lead writer of Anglerís Mail when it first appeared, and did so until it was until it was sold to IPC. He then wrote regularly for Angling magazine until that was sold. About that time…

Leaving home around 7.30 p.m. on a mild grey day, prospects looked reasonably promising. I knew it couldn’t last, but was secretly hoping the weathermen had got it wrong. But I wasn’t going to vocalise those thoughts in case the ‘Weather Gods’ heard me. I was on the bank just before 9 a.m., and not…