The biggest mistake normally sees the wrong choice of float size for a given situation. In addition many anglers, especially newcomers to the sport, use the wrong shotting patterns down the line. When selecting a waggler I always adopt a very simple equation. That is sensitivity versus buoyancy. I always ask myself “What am I…
Yet there is something about this time of day which has a magic of its own. For those unfortunate souls who have never encountered those clear still moments one can only feel that somehow they are missing out on nature at its best by not sharing the aesthetic beauty and enchantment that is fishing.Such mornings…
The seasons turned and the years swept past. Lots of years. Over a period of centuries, the oak had witnessed the footpath become a trail, then a cart track and more recently a road. It had seen the travellers on the route, first strangely dressed soldiers then friars and monks, later farm labourers and villagers….
These were: 1.Carrying Agent/ Texture2.Binders3.Attractants4.Food NutrientsThe Fifth Element is Water, the amount of which depends on a combination of:1. The type of mix you choose to use.2. The type of venue, conditions and fish that you are trying to catch.Water determines the finished texture and weight of your mix.There are four extremes when adding water.A…
I attended their latest event at Wraysbury Two and was very pleased with the organisation and support that they had received. This was a pike fish-in which is not every anglers cup of tea. However there were over eighty participants on the day which I thought was excellent. The venue had been donated completely free…
The situation is also inflamed by the increase in breakdowns in marriage, resulting in more boys and girls without a father to teach them how to fish. This is further aggravated by the increased demands placed on the teaching profession so that the anglers in its ranks have not got the time to teach parties…
Tench have grown in popularity in the last 10 years on small stillwaters. I’m not talking about the magic 6lb plus specimen that many ambitious anglers claim to have caught but the small hard fighting fish of 6 oz that provide great sport for thousands of us each season. With us having a mild winter…
It was another of the IAC fund raisers for charity. The Internet Angling Club hold these ‘fish-ins’ as they call them, for the slightest excuse. This occasion was in order to settle an argument on the carp email list about who were the better carp anglers, those from the North or those closer to civilisation….
Articles by Alan Tomkins Alan Tomkins He’s been fishing longer than he cares to admit and writing about it since the mid-seventies, initially for Angling magazine. After the demise of Angling, Alan wrote for the various iterations of Coarse Fishing, and for several years was a regular contributor to Carp World magazine. Fishes, or has…
Articles by Alan Tomkins Alan Tomkins He’s been fishing longer than he cares to admit and writing about it since the mid-seventies, initially for Angling magazine. After the demise of Angling, Alan wrote for the various iterations of Coarse Fishing, and for several years was a regular contributor to Carp World magazine. Fishes, or has…