In between losing tackle I did manage to catch 14
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Whilst we were visiting the water to do our feature finding hopefully we chose nice sunny calm days so we had a chance to see some of the fish we hoped to catch as well. Certainly if we found areas of snags or the early signs of lily beds then we should have seen the…
The week started not too bad weatherwise, the cooler nights had passed and warmer days and nights were back. I had a good look round and with the warm westerly breeze I was tempted to fish the end of a long island but after leading around a bit all I could find was weed. Then…
Before starting on my whistle stop tour, I needed to carefully plan my tackle as it had to be very compact whilst still remaining effective. Let’s face it – the average angler has very limited space for tackle when on holiday with the family. It would therefore be unrealistic for me to write an account…
BOILED BAITSBy far the easiest way of taking them over to the continent is in the form of ready-mades. These probably account for the downfall of more big French carp than any other type of bait. They are convenient, smell and taste good, and are relatively cheap if purchased in bulk. However, always buy good…
Watching a seven or eight foot long fish launch itself ten feet into the air after a blistering hundred yard run does tend to set the adrenaline flowing. And I can confirm that complacency still doesn’t set in even after it happens several times in the same week. When a fish this size is greeted…
During that period all I’d managed to put in the net was one bream of around two pounds. Then a shoal moved in and I managed to get another seven, giving me a 26.14.0 total and fourth place in the match. By the end of the competition I was wanting another couple of hours as…
