MONDAY9th October 2000

Last week I talked about centrepin fishing in stillwaters, angling for careful feeders like Crucian Carp and close-in tactics for carp. This week I am going one step further and am talking about the various methods and set-ups that are so sensitive that the fish we are after can be fooled into taking a bait…

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The biggest mistake normally sees the wrong choice of float size for a given situation. In addition many anglers, especially newcomers to the sport, use the wrong shotting patterns down the line. When selecting a waggler I always adopt a very simple equation. That is sensitivity versus buoyancy. I always ask myself “What am I…

Most of my gear has been designed by either Mr Heath, or Mr Robinson, and looks it too, but if it does the job, then you won’t find me complaining. The trouble is, that seminal item of floater fishing, the controller float always seems to be letting me down. Just about every carp fishing company…

Most of them though seem to be moving towards a fairly labour intensive form of fishing, yet one which brings them huge rewards. Rather than just fishing, a good percentage of their time is spent introducing bait to their target waters. This can mean anything from giving the fish a couple of pounds of bait…

Articles by Alan Tomkins Alan Tomkins He’s been fishing longer than he cares to admit and writing about it since the mid-seventies, initially for Angling magazine. After the demise of Angling, Alan wrote for the various iterations of Coarse Fishing, and for several years was a regular contributor to Carp World magazine. Fishes, or has…