I suppose I always liked his writing, talks and his general outlook on carp fishing. This is what gave me the confidence in the late seventies to initially buy his flavours additives etc. New bait company’s have come and gone in the meantime, but I have to say Rods gear has always been consistent and…

This quotation is from Doctor Ken Whitaker’s paper presented to a symposium on Salmon Conservation, held at Cappoquin House on November 13th, this symposium was organised in association with The Blackwater Salmon Development Group and hosted by Sir Richard Keane. Doctor Whitaker said that the most affected corrective is a halt to the killing of…

Where to start then? If at all possible I would urge a newcomer to pike fishing to ask an experienced piker if they could tag along for a session or two. There are several reasons for this. First and foremost, it is to be shown how to handle a pike on the bank. It is…

Even the rivers are losing their mystery to some extent, many of the big fish in them having a ‘name and address’ and being caught time and time again by anglers who camp in the swims, then parade their photographs in weekly angling papers. There are of course exceptions, particularly with big rivers such as…

Articles by Martin James Martin James Martin James. International salt and freshwater angler, consultant, writer, author, broadcaster and TV contributor was born in 1937 in Kent, at Canada House, a nursing home for Navy officer’s wives. Martin caught his first fish in 1941 during a German bomber raid on his home county of Kent. As…

Crayfish pick up the wrong signals Scientists are using the pulling power of pioneering ‘sex traps’ to lure invasive alien crayfish from British waters. In an innovative research project sponsored by the Environment Agency and English Nature, alien North American signal crayfish are being tricked into thinking they’ll be shown a good time if they…

Tuesday 10 December 2002 Press Release MINISTER GIVES GO AHEAD TO BRITISH DISABLED ANGLING ASSOCIATION Minister for Sport, Richard Caborn MP has given the green light for the British Disabled Angling Association (BDAA) to become the organisation that will provide access to angling for nine million disabled people. The Minister has confirmed that all sporting…

Well funnily enough it’s quite appropriate for this piece for a variety of reasons. What I want to tell you about is a technique for pike fishing that I’ve been using for several years now. One which, like the old Spike Milligan song from which I took the title, is a little bizarre but which…

The pike pool Many years ago when I was aged 13, a friend and I used to fish together. He lived on a farm near Lechlade, Buscot to be precise for anyone who is familiar with the upper Thames. His father was a great shooting buddy with Lord Faringdon, who had several lakes that only…

We also attend every Anglers World Holidays Roadshow and set up our stand to show the angling public our Products and, more importantly, make ourselves available to answer any questions. Over a period of time it seems that the same questions tend to crop up. Of all the questions that my colleagues and I have…