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Come the middle of February many matches feature good catches of tench. Often these are quite good fish for the water, and they are not just odd fish. When the tench feed you can bet that several anglers will catch them and they will make up the bulk of the weights. Why tench, traditionally considered…

I am off to fish in the Hardy competition at Bewl this weekend and my advance information is that the water is so warm that the fish are off the feed “big time”! In the final eliminator for the National at Bewl last week, the hopeful competitors caught only eight fish. I thought that Chew…

This free fishing venue is a mixed fishery that appears to be improving every year. It is very much a river that has come back from the dead. Typical River Crane chub A fair net of River Crane roach A small barbel-stocked by the Environmental Agency into the River Crane View from the Meadway bridge…

You know the score, The weekend comes round, and by the time you have done that little list of jobs that the good lady has compiled for you during the week, youíre lucky if you get half a days fishing in before it’s Monday morning and you are crawling in snail-like traffic, breathing in the…

The Right Rod, The Right Reel Playing a fish demands a slightly different approach when you are fishing from a boat. There is one fundamental difference in that it is possible for the fish to literally get right under your feet – a situation which rarely applies when bank fishing. This means that in general,…

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