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That is a big question and even experienced anglers do not always get it right. A good idea is to go to a beach at the bottom of a Spring tide and take a small notebook with you so that you can make entries concerning sandbars that are going to break the surf and make…

For me, 2000 AD was the year of the bluefin tuna – you can read all about that in this sites archives. 2001, though, will be, I hope, the year in which I’ll take the first tentative steps toward catching the first broadbill by angling in the waters around these islands.

Disinfectants Can Kill As I look back over the past few months, my thoughts go back to previous seasons when I would have had three or four sessions a week on the rivers and streams casting a fly or nymph to a brown trout, especially during May and June. This year it didn’t happen. I…

This is another very effective specialist float, designed by float maker Pat Tarrant, that has accounted for some exceptional catches from larger stillwaters such as gravel pits. It is in my opinion the answer to fishing for large tench and bream on those rough windy days when the fish are stirred into action.

Recently, fishing off the Lizard for Ling, we ended up short of mackerel for bait. So it didnít take long to bump the feathers across the bottom in the vicinity of the wreck to find some small pouting and whiting, which, if anything, are even better than mackerel for Ling bait.These uncomplicated baits worked their…

I declined because I had been there before, in the days before I learned that cheap usually equates to lost fish and poor performance. The problem is that visually they are copy perfect with high grade swivels from the likes of Berkley and unless you buy your swivels in a branded and sealed bag to…

“Sir!” said Young Rodders. “Empty lager tins, old kebab wrappers, used condoms, discarded season tickets, clapped out reels, blunt hooks, deteriorating line” “Stop!” yelled the editor, “You’re talking rubbish again!”

Imagine a fish similar in size to a sea-trout, living in shallow tropical seas, takeable on lures cast with reservoir fly tackle, and whose first unstoppable run could be not far short of two hundred yards. No need to imagine – such a fish exists. It’s the Bonefish (Albula vulpes), often called “the grey ghost…

Like with any skilled trade, I believe that there is an apprenticeship to be served before becoming a competent angler. It is for this reason that my advice to newcomers is to start off float fishing. This, in my opinion, is the best way to acquire the tackle control skills that are so essential to…