Oakwood Angling (London)

The trouble is, they are just so cheap and tiny that often little thought goes into their purchase. Let me ask you this question? How many different hook patterns do you own? Obviously, the answer will depend on the species you pursue, but in most cases, the range of hooks I carry is more extensive…

For more than a fortnight the wind has been from the northeast and this has had quite an amazing effect on the fish. From one day to the next it is impossible to predict whether they will be feeding during daylight hours. Much of this is really down to the buzzers: If they hatch in…

On Saturday I went to Earlswood Lakes on the bream lake for the first time in a few weeks and drew peg 51 on the dam wall. Several weeks ago this was one of the best areas to be on the Windmill Lake with lots of big bream being taken. Unfortunately for me it would…

One of the most asked questions in my e-mail bag is “where can I get my favourite reel repaired??” and it is often evident from some of the mail that the cost of repair is an almost secondary consideration. The reel has become a familiar “friend”, a part of the day out.Most reel manufacturers have…

This one starts in New York, in the Time Life building on Sixth Avenue. I’d just got back from a six-week grind covering the 1990 World Cup in Italy, during which about 90% of the games were mind-numbingly boring – like, in fact, most football games. (My genes are rugby-orientated: down my way we call…

Firstly I’d like some dry weather to bring the river levels down and give me a chance of running a float down before the season comes to an end! Secondly I’d like West Brom to get maximum points over the festive period to keep up our promotion challenge! On Saturday along with 4,000 other Albion…