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The wind was getting back to a westerly so I wondered if the carp might have moved back up the lake, into the channels between the big weed beds. I raced down the hill eager to get my first look at the lake for 4 days.Despite the wind and rain I still did not like…

The close season has been a frustrating one. The continuing Foot and Mouth crisis has kept most rivers out of bounds denying access for my traditional reconnaissance trips. I love to stomp the banks of the Kennet in the spring looking out for new swims and seeing the changes the winter floods have wrought on…

I thought that I would spend the next few weeks looking at the flies that we use on the Bristol Reservoirs through the first few weeks of the season. I will go into the details of tying techniques while I am at it. Of course I will not claim that this is in any way…

The build up started in earnest around mid November when I started noticing that my fishing time was getting less and less. So I counter-attacked and resolved to spend at least one day each week out on the bank. My good pal Pete Henton of the Bivvy Hospital arranged our first trip for weeks, “We’re…

Not a lot of Brits get out to this little country and many tend to have a very hazy idea of even where it is. So first, a quick geography and history lesson. Let’s get this bit straight first. The Czech Republic is nowhere near any of the worlds known trouble spots. It is also…

Bull huss [Species Menu] [Bull huss articles] Common name: Bull huss (nurse hound, smooth hound, greater spotted dogfish) Latin name: Scyliorhinus stellaris Record weight: The largest member of the dogfish family found in British waters. The record bull huss boat record is 22lb 4oz and the shore record is 19lb 14oz. Distribution: Primarily found around…