A pair of rods supported by a tripod aim skywards on a stoney beach. They look like big, tasty rods, maybe a pair of heavy beachcasters? Hung beneath them are a matched pair of multipliers loaded with strong line, 50lb braid by the looks of it. The rod tips nod gently with the current as…

Articles by Geoff Maynard Geoff Maynard geoff@fishing.org Geoff Maynard Born in East London 1950, raised in Essex, now living in front of a screen in Surrey with his wonderful posh wife, his punk daughter, his three boys who are too big to insult, and a doggie called Macs. As a small child, Geoff caught his…

Articles by Geoff Maynard Geoff Maynard geoff@fishing.org Geoff Maynard Born in East London 1950, raised in Essex, now living in front of a screen in Surrey with his wonderful posh wife, his punk daughter, his three boys who are too big to insult, and a doggie called Macs. As a small child, Geoff caught his…

Every year this fantastic show explodes into life bringing customers from all over the civilised world (i.e. S.E. England) and even from the very edges of the Earth itself(Wales, Cornwall, Scotland etc). Yet it always leaves me stupefied as to why the angling world does not give it the attention it deserves.Almost every other stand…

Articles by Geoff Maynard Geoff Maynard geoff@fishing.org Geoff Maynard Born in East London 1950, raised in Essex, now living in front of a screen in Surrey with his wonderful posh wife, his punk daughter, his three boys who are too big to insult, and a doggie called Macs. As a small child, Geoff caught his…

In this example, I have used a single legged carp rod ring to illustrate the process.1. File down the foot of the ring to give a smooth taper. This is not always necessary but should be carried out if required.2. Make a nylon loop. In this example I have used yellow Stren 15lb b.s. line…

Within two weeks of the start of the season over a dozen forty pound fish have been caught including a couple over the incredible 50lb barrier. Who would have thought that these results would be possible? It was 19 years ago that Chris Yates broke Dick Walker’s long-standing 441b record with his 51.06 from Redmire,…

One of the pools has 43 different fish over 30lbs and another, which is to open for holiday angling next year, has 1000 fish over 20lbs including a couple of hundred fish over 30lbs. Such is the stocking of this lake, the owners are at the moment removing fish instead of the normal practice of…

Now France is the place where it all seems to be happening at the moment, and despite the fact that you may not want to eat their beef, you will certainly want to catch their carp. As winter draws in over here in England, our minds cast back to summer and recall those red letter…

Gravel pits that have been excavated in the traditional fashion are relatively easy to ‘read’. Plateaux, bars and islands, flooded trees and gullies all attract fish and fish attract pike. However, locating pike is not all about finding feeding pike and I would go as far as to suggest that you’ll do much better if…