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It was all very wild, wild enough to claim the lives of many a would-be hero, bent on discovering the source of this or that river, or hoping to make his fortune by re-discovering King Solomon’s lost diamond mine. Africa can still kill you, if you’re stupid enough to venture up places like the Congo…

Unfortunately though, long stay fishing means that many anglers miss out on the joys of watching a bite develop on a delicately weighted piece of quill or plastic. Make no mistake though, in the right hands float fishing can be one of the most effective ways of dealing with heavily weeded stillwaters. Like all methods,…

After running around on numerous wild goose chases over the years the dream of finding a magnificent unfished spot is slowly diminishing. I know that such places do exist and have found a few, but they are rarely quite what they seem. As for the stories of uncaught monsters, well I tend to switch off…

Specie: common carp Weight: 12lb 8oz Location: Worcester I’ve been sea fishing for over 40 years now, but I’d never ever been coarse fishing until September 1999. At the invite of a friend I spent three days coarse fishing in the Worcester area and bagged this 12lb 8oz common carp, plus five others to 8lbs…

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…

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