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The main event at Rutland Water last week was the autumn pairs held on Saturday. Fishery Manager Jon Marshall said “It was an excellent competition with plenty of fish in perfect condition, 36 anglers caught 111 trout. Rutland Water warden Nigel Savage took five fish for 15lb 4?oz, the two best fish (rainbows) weighed 3lb…

Articles by Russell Symons Russell Symons Russ Symons has been an angling Photographer/Writer for over thirty years, the last twelve of which, writing about and photographing the sea and its fish being his full time occupation. Progressing from a black and white darkroom in the attic of his Plymouth home, to the exacting colour requirements…

The fishery in question was Barford Lakes, near Norwich. A well known, busy commercial fishery that has been around for quite a number of years now. Not the kind of place I would normally fish, as I prefer the pursuit of specimens rather than catching a bag of fish. But we needed a venue where…

Haddock [Species Menu] [Haddock articles] Common name: Haddock Latin name: Melanogrammus aeglefinus Record weight: A relatively small member of the cod family, yet an extremely important commercial species. Haddock tend to be found in quite deep water, so the boat record is considerably greater than the shore best. Boat anglers should set their sights on…

Chub and big roach in particular have been putting a regular bend in the rod and a lot of these fish wouldn’t have been captured without the new floats, I am sure. So what’s so good about the new designs? Well, quite simply these designs take over where more traditional peacock, sarcandas reed or plastic…

To be fair, the weatherman had forecast very bad weather but I was determined to go as it had been almost a week since my last visit. All day I was looking at the sky as grey clouds scuttled past. I prayed it would stay dry long enough for me to get down there and…