I read, or at least glance through, most of the angling publications on the market, and one of the things I read most often are the vivid descriptions of spotting fish in midlands and southern chalk streams.
Articles by Dr Paul Garner Dr Paul Garner Despite being born in central London, Paul Garner comes from a family who’s history has been intertwined with angling for generations. During his teens Paul spent most of his time match fishing with local clubs, travelling to such exotic venues as the Hampshire Avon and Great Ouse…
If you are fishing deep water these days and need big sinkers from 12 ounces and upward, it makes sound economic sense to make your own, especially if your club has a plumber amongst its members.If not, a visit to a scrap metal merchant will often provide you with a source of old lead pipes…
I tally all of the flies that have been successful, so that I can be sure that I will have a good supply for the coming season. A pattern certainly builds up over the years, and in many ways this almost negates the need to keep going on the diary. However, it is a habit…
This fly does not appear to be at its best when it is pulled fairly quickly; rather fish it static or slowly.The main problem is obtaining the distinctively marked silver pheasant flank feathers as they are not stocked by the majority of tackle shops. To obtain these you will need to approach a specialist fly…
The night was upon me but at least I had sorted out the mud problem by putting wood under the bedchair legs to stop me sinking into the soft ground. Despite the line bites the first real bite did not occur until just before midnight when the rod cast to the bush gave a few…
A bit of a salty flavour in the water with this months edition of FISHING.CO.UK.We have our usual bundle of sea fishing writers of course. Mike Thrussell tackles the not so common skate and Russ Symons alerts us that the first cod are on the way. Freshwater favourite Barmey Bill Rushmer is also rabbiting on…
Hopefully the new web-page design will allow you to search our archives and investigate our databases in an easier than ever manner. Browse around, the benefits should be obvious. At least – they will be when we get the bugs out! Give it time, remember that Wapping wasn’t built in a day. Or was that…
John Cooper is in Sweden sampling the guided fishing, Martin James is at the 4th Lapland World Cup, and I’m in Finland running around in circles, but more of that in the Last Cast piece. Also abroad was Roger Linn, who has finally managed to find time to write us another piece about his annual…
This month we have yet another competition, tackle and fishery reviews, plus the usual feast of articles for you to consume. There is, as always, something for everyone here, from the dedicated big game angler to the guy under the green brolly on the canal. Please, don’t just read about your favourite discipline, because you’ll…