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This of course was no joking matter, but from a river anglers perspective it was dammed inconvenient. As portrayed very graphically by the media, floods were everywhere, but most that hit the headlines concerned areas affected by sustained floodwater over several days and more. There were of course many other floods occurring; flash flooding, where…

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I paid my first visit of the New Year to the Lyttleton stretch at Stourport for the Marks Tackle midweeker and had a really interesting, hard winters match at peg 58. I switched between a twelve number four lignum stick set just overdepth in twelve feet of water and a straight lead to record a…

Over the years, my shark traces have evolved into a fifteen foot length of 400 pounds breaking strain monofilament, usually Japanese Momoi because it is the best. A heavy graspable swivel at the reel end and a 400 lb Berkeley Crosslok or 400lb Sampo Coastlok at the other. The three-foot hook-length is traditionally soft stainless…

You’ll remember I was wading down a submerged sandbar, formed at the tail of an island that was set long-ways in the middle of the river. Having taken several dace on my first run down the pool, I was almost halfway down for the second time when the fly was seized with great force. Then…

Floods obviously curtailed my angling activities somewhat and I’ve been really busy with our company trade shows over the last three weeks. We’ve got a week off now before the last one in London so I’m going to make the most of it and get out fishing every day if I can! On Monday I’m…