P & R Torbet

Articles by John Bailey John Bailey John Bailey is one of Europeís best known fishermen. Heís a columnist for Coarse Fisherman, Trout Fisherman, Improve Your Coarse Fishing, The Fly Fisherís Journal, Waterlog and Blinker and Carp Hunterís Magazine in Europe. He also contributes to The Field, The Independent and The Daily Mail. His pioneering features…

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I moved slowly upstream peering intently into the gin clear water, the bright sunshine allowed me to see every pebble, stick and even the minnows in the bottom of the pool. No breeze ruffled the surface. A shoal of bait fish hung close to a weed bed. Nothing moved as I peered intently into the…

You see, on some waters tench can become incredibly easy to catch, whilst on others they can really make you tear your hair out. There are a few factors which tend to give rise to easy tench fishing. A good head of fish is obviously important, but not always enough to make them feed on…

Tench [Species Menu] [Tench articles] Common name: Tench Latin name: Tinca tinca Record weight: Fifteen pounds, caught by Darren Ward from a Surrey lake in June 2001. Distribution: Because of its economic importance as a food source, tench have been spread right across Europe and Asia by humans. In the UK they can now be…

On some waters it is almost impossible not to lose some fish, as the weed becomes so thick that it is often easier to retrieve a rig with a fish on the end than it is without one! These days, I will tend to fish some places early in the year before the weed takes…