I did though have a 6th sense feeling that at last something was going to happen and the hard work of the last four months on the lake may just pay off. I was pleased to pull into the lake not to find any other cars there and as it was dry at the time…

This has been one hell of a week! I was out of the country for a few days last week and upon my return at around midnight on Monday I realised that the River Severn was about to go into flood mode as it was right up to the top of the quayside a few…

Although I do not believe that we did much harm to the pike, having occasionally caught the same fishes at a later date with the gaff mark healing up, it did occur to me how, as anglers, our general attitude to our quarry has changed. I doubt if there is a single pike angler in…

Seriously, where we have had these problems to a great extent is at Willow Waters, Pocklington near York. The main lake on this venue is a hundred year old flooded clay pit with depths of up to twenty plus feet. In front of the owners, Tim and Denise Slights, house on the water is a…

M’lud glowers sternly at the raggle taggle bunch in the dock, clad in one-piece suits and moon boots.”Anglers, you stand before me charged with apathy,” he roars as their heads hang in shame. “How do you plead?”Angling’s on trial whether we like it or not. And they’ve got us bang to rights when it comes…

Obvious ones that are in daily use for example are herds, flocks, and shoals, but there are hundreds of names describing specific species. I was intrigued to learn that an animal which I think is of special attractiveness to most of mankind, the porpoise, and also the dolphin, have a social structure which includes similarities…

And so it was that I had my orders from above to stop telling you all about my latest love or alcohol enhanced evening and try to teach you all how to catch a fish. I could see his point, people don’t really click on to a fishing website to find out if the blonde…

Directions: From Camberley on the Surrey/Hampshire borders take the A30 towards Basingstoke. Turn off on the B3272 towards Reading go straight on at the first round about and turn right down the Sandhurst Road opposite the “Royal Oak” public house. The fishery is clearly sign posted on your right hand side.Ticket Details: This is part…

The great advantage of floating boilies is that, like conventional boilies, they are very resistant to the attacks of smaller fish. You do not need to worry about your bait not being there on the hook. There is also the added advantage that the bait, being hard, is unlikely to come off the hook when…

What has been described up to this point is a form of the Wallis underhand cast, but as I said, there are about a dozen variations. Instead of holding the lead to start, the underhand cast can be started with a free lead swung to the middle, left, or right of the angler. Instead of…