3MM ELECTRICAL TAPE I know of no other electrical tape on the market as good as this, and it has a variety of uses in fishing. One extremely useful use is to tape over the reel seat before attaching the reel (stops and prevents corrosion over a long period of time) and then, once the…

The big angler grinned his delight, slotted his rod butt into the belly pad, reeled hard to take up any slack line and lifted the rod to set the hook. The heavy thirty pound class rod heaved over into a carbon cracking hoop reaching its power thirty fathoms deep to pry the stubborn fish from…

The massive cod catches from Dungeness beach in Kent back in the 1960’s were the catalyst that spawned the dramatic development in surf fishing tackle and casting techniques that we witnessed through the 70’s and 80’s. Modified tackle and the pendulum cast gave us the ability to put big baits out well over 100-metres into…

However over the past ten years, the stocks of the River Thames have changed out of all recognition. Carp are now a major species with a large number of fish present with some, I believe, over forty pounds present. I personally know of two different carp of over thirty seven pounds. One of these was…

Not that I for one minute expected a bite. The deep cavernous banks of the river Teme had almost disappeared; drowned by the water from 3 days of continuous rain as the water raced from the Welsh hills towards Worcester.In Worcester an hour before, I had purchased a day ticket for the river. I had…

Each year some fish will die, and so it doesn’t take many years for there to be very few fish left. So the older and bigger you get, the less of your year class will be left. This does not always follow, some times conditions will lead to an exceptional year class being formed. An…

It could be said that these wonderful little fish migrate north from the Bay of Biscay and the temperate coastal waters of Spain and Portugal for something of a summer holiday – lasting from April through to the back end of October, sometimes even later if the Autumn weather remains warm.First indications that the bream…

THE 2ND FIPS-MOUCHE WORLD YOUTH FLY-FISHING CHAMPIONSHIPS 1999 DONEGAL, IRELAND AUGUST 18TH – 20TH.The five-man team and travelling reserve met at Stansted Airport with the three management team members at 5.30am on Tuesday 17th August. Checking in and an obligatory cup of strong coffee preceded our Ryanair Flight to Londonderry departing at 7.30am. Our short…

His progress was hampered because he was carrying something heavy and the rain had affected his glasses, so that he had only the most general view of his surroundings. The lack of any close range detail meant that he continually stumbled over tussocks of grass and slipped in cow dung. Even at a range of…

Any trout angler would be happy with fifteen trout on the fly and every pike angler would be equally happy with a 26 pound pike so, as you can imagine, Gordon Grace and I were both very impressed with our 30 trout up to 2 pounds AND a pike of 26 pounds ! The technique…