From Cornwall to Scotland, and especially around the Irish coast, the numbers of gurnards inshore within easy boat range has escalated with good fishing continuing right through to Christmas in some areas. What is also obvious is that the fish staying later tend to be bigger. If you lack a specimen gurnard in your species…

In a short, but awesomely brutal fight it is one of the few fish against which European sea anglers can measure their strength, stamina and fish playing abilities on a world scale of values.There is a dreamland scenario which feeds the aims and ambitions of dedicated Conger anglers where a big broadshouldered eel ventures from…

I recently read a piece by Alan Tomkins where he points out that most people do not ‘do something different’ (as many experts recommend) as what the other anglers are doing is usually the method that works. Therefor following what the locals or regulars do should make good sense. When I read that I found…

Bream are found in very shallow water and often much closer to shore than we realise. The more noted marks for shore bream are the beaches at Brighton, Shoreham, Littehampton, and also the Isle of Wight, which offers both beach and rock fishing for bream. The rocks and breakwaters in the Channel Isles, especially Alderney…

However, since at the moment all we’re doing is getting the boat into shape and rigging tackle until next week, I’m not going to bother you with an account of which bit goes where on a boat. Instead, I’ll give you the gist of a long conversation which I had with the venerable Peter B…

Usually there is a few minutes silence as the forearms take the strain, then the eyeballs begin to bulge and the cry goes up for a butt pad before his wedding tackle takes a pounding.It’s awesome when it happens for the first time, the line tightens, confidently the slack is taken up, reeling quickly to…

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There are places, and plenty of them, where you can catch as many carp in an afternoon as people used to catch in a season. These aren’t small fish either – I’ve only today heard of an angler who caught nine 20 pounders in a 24 hour session. Tackle has improved, and so has rig…

It’s been some time since I ventured into print on the technicalities of reels, though some of you may have read my article on the Wallis Cast last year (and hopefully been tempted to try it. Briefly digressing from the main topic of this piece, I’m hoping to be able to put up some film…

For those poor unfortunates born in the this soulless new Carboniferous period, I should explain that the Allcocks Wallis Wizard was a magical creature of the 1930’s. An eleven foot all-round fishing rod, made in three pieces. The butt was of whole tonkin cane, and the middle and top were made from proper split cane….