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Okay, okay, it’s as old as the hills but it still makes me smile and it does emphasise how simple things can be misunderstood, like how to catch carp on sunny days (another thing that makes me smile). Although carp feed in abundance during the warmer months they do enjoy sunbathing as well, or ‘basking’…

Seven years have passed since my family and I moved out of suburban Manchester into the wilds of rural Cheshire. At the time it seemed like a good idea – but I hadn’t bargained on the cost, and we are still recovering. However, it was a good move fishing wise; only ten miles from the…

Many of the top names in angling are now writing regularly for us, and all of the disciplines of our sport are so very well represented. With many anglers talking about a reduction in the numbers taking up the sport, and the anti anglers out there to get us at any opportunity, I am pleased…

Species that appreciate warmer water, particularly carp and tench, go from being just about catchable to ‘well up for it’. For tench in particular the difference between one week and the next can be incredible, and so it was for us this year. Normally I find it difficult to maintain my interest in a water…

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…

This is my main float for trotting medium to fast paced rivers. I use them in sizes ranging from 5BB to 1 OBB which in some parts of the country would be classed as very heavy but I am fishing flowing rivers like the Tidal Thames, Kennet, Test, Itchen, Dorset Stour and the Hampshire Avon….