The fishing tackle business (in which I play an active part) really does talk some crap at times. Most of the marketing hype is just a little bit of showmanship but every so often a trend develops which can damage angling. The trend that particularly worries me at the moment actually has more to do…
The trouble is, they are just socheap and tiny that often little thought goes intotheir purchase. Let me ask you this question? How manydifferent hook patterns do you own? Obviously, theanswer will depend on the species you pursue, but inmost cases, the range of hooks I carry is moreextensive than any other item of tackle….
There are a lot of big roach around at present and I’m praying for a good draw on one of the shallow roach pegs when the festivals get underway. My best ever roach catch came from the Portora stretch of the Erne back in 1992.That day I took seventy one kilos of roach on strong…
This month is generally speaking the last chance to make the most of warmer water conditions prior to the lower temperature of late autumn having its effect on water temperature and all fishes metabolic rates. With this in mind I will be continuing what has seemed to be a recent trend of introducing anglers who…
River Ribble – Good chub and barbel being caught on pellets and meat bait Anglers fishing with Muddler minnow in the fast broken water catching some nice chub.A perch of 3lb 3 ounces reported from Balderston by Manchester angler on three gentles fished on a size 14 hook but not confirmed. Sea trout being taken…
Rutland Water Best fish of the week, a superb rainbow weighing 7lb 8oz, was taken by Phil Hall from Maidenhead while boat fishing the main basin. Phil’s fish fell to a Diawl Bach on a floating line. Best brown of the week fell to Derek Edwards from Dolgellau in Wales. This fish also fell to…
The Tiburon is a clean and tidy Offshore 105 which is skippered alternately by Allan Bennett and Graham Hannaford who actually owns the vessel. Although Alís voice was breaking up on the limit of the mobile phone range, I cought enough of the call to understand that he would be in around half past five…
I took a flight from Baltimore’s International airport for Orlando Florida. One of the great things about flying in the United States is the cheap air fares, compared with rip-off Britain’s air fares, high airport taxes and of course the very high tax on fuel. My destination was the town of Titusville on the east…
Plug fishing is taking off big time in the UK and, as many of you are finding out, good plugs are the only ones that work, but they don’t come cheap. So it pays real dividends to look after them. Caring for plugs is simple, after they come back from a days fishing lay them…
Look out for new and extremely effective lures from Masterline, in particular their Mirage and Merlin lures. Eddystone have turned the clock back big style with a range of solid tin lures using some unique shapes to give some incredible action in the water. As a direct reaction to this new generation of salt water…