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Articles by Lesley Crawford Lesley Crawford Lesley Crawford has been fishing for wild trout in Scotland for over 40 years and her enthusiasm for the sport shows absolutely no signs of diminishing. She is a well established highly respected author with three major titles for Swan Hill, notably the highly acclaimed ‘Scotlands Classic Wild Trout…

The days rain was just clearing and the skies began to clear as I rolled the car in to the car park. Round the lake there was not much to show so I set up in the same swim I caught from the week before. Once again I set up with a three boilie rig…

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There are several ways of dealing with silkweed depending on its thickness. If the weed is relatively light then the simplest answer is just to lengthen the hook length so that the bait is able to free-fall onto it. The velocity of the bait can be reduced by using Solars dissolving foam over the hook….

Skippers hate those big plastic boxes, there is never enough room for a full Charter Boat crew to take one each, they slide around getting in everyone’s way in a rough sea and take up so much deck space that the boat always seems crowded. A soft bag with just enough tackle in a rig…

The weather was still fairly mild on the first trip so again we were hopeful of some action; soon livebaits and deadbaits were in various positions around the swim. Gary’s live bait was taken first at around dawn but it only produced a small jack pike. The rest of the day did not improve much…