In Part One I explained how over the period of a couple of years of pike fishing on the River Frome I adopted and developed the technique of wobbling deadbaits. The aim was to provide a mobile alternative to lure fishing, using an attractive bait which also has good hooking properties. However, a change of job gave me an opportunity to test the tried and trusted method on a new venue.
Sometimes there are just not enough tides in the week for all that fishing, travelling and bait collecting us cod nuts have to do in order to feed our addiction. But do you ever stop and think of what else actually swims out there during the colder months? It is so easy to fish for…
The Tiburon is a clean and tidy Offshore 105 which is skippered alternately by Allan Bennett and Graham Hannaford who actually owns the vessel. Although Alís voice was breaking up on the limit of the mobile phone range, I cought enough of the call to understand that he would be in around half past five…
Enthused by a wonderful couple of days in March at Kiwayu, of the coast of North Kenya, when we had had fine sport taking Koli-Koli (aka Golden Trevally) on the fly, as they in their turn preyed upon the shoals of sardines, I dared to suggest to Belinda that we once again ventured down to…
That would seem to be the picture that some people have in their minds about recent events at Blithfield reservoir. The truth however, is rather different! Letís start at the beginning.Blithfield reservoir is an 800 acre water supply reservoir situated near the village of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire. The fishing is run by Blithfield Anglers…
I declined because I had been there before, in the days before I learned that cheap usually equates to lost fish and poor performance. The problem is that visually they are copy perfect with high grade swivels from the likes of Berkley and unless you buy your swivels in a branded and sealed bag to…
It’s nice to see that we have been getting some good reviews from the conventional media, both the Guardian newspaper and Improve Your Coarse Fishing magazine have rated us as the best angling site on the web. I don’t know about you but I’m never sure about the accuracy of reviews unless I know the…