SATURDAY21st October 2000

Enthused by a wonderful couple of days in March at Kiwayu, of the coast of North Kenya, when we had had fine sport taking Koli-Koli (aka Golden Trevally) on the fly, as they in their turn preyed upon the shoals of sardines, I dared to suggest to Belinda that we once again ventured down to…

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I no longer feel the need to keep secrets, a trait that resulted in me being refused admission to the Wimbledon PAC region. So during a recent lure fishing session on the Thames I babbled inanely at Neil Depledge. He listened to my tales without a whimper and resisted the temptation to jump out of…

Heavy groundbaiting is usually carried out with a large amount of breadcrumb as groundbait, either brown or white. I personally have never found any difference in either colour though brown has a more prominent smell to us as humans and there may be truth in the possibility that a carpet of white groundbait scares fish…

Catfish [Species Menu] [Catfish articles] Common name: Wels catfish Latin name: Silurus glanis Record weight: Weight recognised by the British Record Fish Committee is 62lb caught by Richard Garner from Withy Lake in Bedfordshire in 1997. This fish is unlikely to be ever beaten as although several much larger fish have been caught the record…

After a walk round, climbing a few small trees on the way, I saw nothing to inspire me so I plumped for the area of open water again. The days are much longer now so it is a luxury to be able to take my time getting the casts spot on before darkness descends. After…