Shop bought peeler is always expensive, but sometimes spending a few pounds on good bait for a few hours fishing is part and parcel of todays pace of life. But, if you have the time, inclination and energy to go and gather your own bait from the seashore rocks and mudflats, then somehow the fish…

Lochboisdale Hotel Lochboisdale Hotel is a small family run hotel situated at the ferry terminal overlooking the harbour with splendid views across Minch to Canna and Rhum.We have 12 double/twin rooms and 5 single rooms all with ‘en-suite’ facilities. We offer a multi choice menu with daily ‘specials’ featuring the best of fresh local produce….

Carrying plugs festooned with treble hooks is a price that is inevitably paid by the penitent plug fisherman. Put your hand in a pocket or bag with a few loose plugs and it is as if the semi rusted hooks have been waiting in ambush for your saltwater softened fingers. New swear words minted fresh…

At that time some fisheries like Viaduct Fishery in Somerset were stocking with sebaco salmon. These are American land-locked salmon that originated from Sebaco lake in Maine. It is believed that during the ice age many salmon were trapped in the lake, as the rivers running from the lake to the sea became sealed off….

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Waveline Cruisers Untouched nature, clean air and clear water, this is the surroundings where it is very easy to forget about all your stress. Untouched nature, clean air and clear water, this is the surroundings where it is very easy to forget about all your stress. On some 300 miles the Shannon and the Erne…

The knots that we have traditionally used to tie our hooks, swivels and booms to monofilament are the all time favourite Blood Knot, and the Uni knot.Both of these knots consist of coils of monofilament jambing tightly against one another to provide the grip necessary for a safe and secure knot.When nylon monofilament is pulled…

The majority of the brown trout had been stocked as fingerlings as the reservoir filled in the early seventies. Although stocked as fingerlings we regarded them as “wild fish”.These trout appeared to spend most of their lives on the bottom which could be up to 90ft down. This called for lead core tactics with powerful…

I have used this static surface tactic on hot Summer evenings on many waters and found it particularly deadly on Meadow Tree Fishery at Hale in Cornwall, Dever Springs in Hampshire and Black Wool Farm in Sussex. All these waters are big fish waters, the fish responded well to the small suspender buzzer producing several…

Booking payments by most credit/debit cards. The Fishing The lakes are stocked with Brown & Rainbow Trout and Tavistock Fishery has held the ‘British Record’ for the largest cultivated Rainbow Trout at 30lb 12 oz (caught by Tony Flower from Newquay on Yellow Cat’s Whisker). The record Rainbow for the 2000 season was 26lb 10oz….