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Stories had been circulating that the original carp had packed on weight and several new 25lb plus fish were in there together with a handful of 30lbers. It was time for a summer revisit. I arrived a couple of days into the season and found the lake fairly quiet, a quick look in the catch…

As I write this on Wednesday morning 24th July the rivers Ribble Calder and Hodder are carrying extra water, in fact conditions couldn’t be better for coarse and game anglers. Fly fishers on the rivers Ribble and Hodder are catching some nice seatrout, most are being returned but I was saddened to see a five…

TROUTWEEK: A Strange Visitor to Chew – MARTIN COTTISThe birding world has been amazed at the first ever sighting of a booted eagle in this country, and we were lucky enough to be the chosen “holiday spot” for this valued visitor. It seems that he took a liking to the taste of our coots, and…

Address: Rose Park Fishery, Trezibbet, Altarnun, Launceston, Cornwall.Directions: Take the A30 from Launceston towards Bodmin. Turn off for Altarnun and follow signs to Aitarnun. Travel through Altarnun passing the church. The fishery is sign posted on your left.Phone: 01566 86278Fishery: The fishery is in a valley surrounded by trees. There are two lakes in the…

And so it was that I had my orders from above to stop telling you all about my latest love or alcohol enhanced evening and try to teach you all how to catch a fish. I could see his point, people don’t really click on to a fishing website to find out if the blonde…

The tackle set-up is the same as that described in the previous piece, with a 9-weight outfit and floating line being my standard choice when targeting fish of double figures upwards. The leader makeup does however change, with my standard set-up being 18″ of 12lb mono, 24″ of 10lb mono 24″ of 8lb mono and…