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Rutland Water Best fish of the week, a superb rainbow weighing 7lb 8oz, was taken by Phil Hall from Maidenhead while boat fishing the main basin. Phil’s fish fell to a Diawl Bach on a floating line. Best brown of the week fell to Derek Edwards from Dolgellau in Wales. This fish also fell to…

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From 1 April 2002 the price of a full licence will increase by £1 and the price of a concessionary licence for senior and eligible disabled anglers will rise by 50 pence. Full non-migratory trout and coarse licences will increase to £21 and a concessionary licence for senior and eligible disabled anglers to £10.50. Full…

All habitat work on fisheries has come to a full stop. Thankfully anglers have shown great responsibility by staying away from the rivers and streams. Most walkers have stayed off the public footpaths and away from the fields. It’s surprising what the prospect of a 5000 pound fine will do! Sadly many irresponsible dog owners…

One of my favourite tactics is to bait an area with literally everything I have left over in the bait cupboard. This is usually a mixture of groundbait, broken boilies and seeds and beans. This is a cracking method to use on lakes which are full of weed. What I try to do is find…

As we breach the 21st century the numbers of youngsters coming into the sport are steadily falling. We can of course blame our media obsessed society for this, the gentle art does not exactly sit easily with a culture obsessed with satellite communications, mobile phones, computer games and all action Playstations. But it goes deeper…