MONDAY9th October 2000

Big fish are available in an ever increasing number of waters. You can either choose a target species and travel to waters that contain fish of specimen size, or fish for species which grow big in your local waters. The aim of this, the concluding part of my article, is to point the novice specimen…

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There was a stage at the end of last year when I was starting to wonder whether we’d ever get the chance to get back on the rivers again before the March 14th deadline. Three lots of extreme floods brought the Severn over the banks with a peak in November of around twenty feet above…

However, since at the moment all we’re doing is getting the boat into shape and rigging tackle until next week, I’m not going to bother you with an account of which bit goes where on a boat. Instead, I’ll give you the gist of a long conversation which I had with the venerable Peter B…

Okay, okay, it’s as old as the hills but it still makes me smile and it does emphasise how simple things can be misunderstood, like how to catch carp on sunny days (another thing that makes me smile). Although carp feed in abundance during the warmer months they do enjoy sunbathing as well, or ‘basking’…

A work party had taken place during the weekend and they had made good progress clearing fallen trees and the like, though no great modifications to swims etc; perfect, leave the lake alone. I can not see why clubs insist on members turning up at work parties when there is little to do. All that…