Southend Angling Centre

The tackle set-up is the same as that described in the previous piece, with a 9-weight outfit and floating line being my standard choice when targeting fish of double figures upwards. The leader makeup does however change, with my standard set-up being 18″ of 12lb mono, 24″ of 10lb mono 24″ of 8lb mono and…

We are trolling slowly homewards at the end of Major and Mrs. Bruce Kinloch’s two-day charter. It has been both a celebration of fifty years of marriage, and a quest to find a blue marlin for the Major, who – despite some forty years of service on the African coast in various civil positions –…

The water was very cold and clear, so much more like winter, with the end of the season now visible on the horizon now was the time to put some concentrated effort in, as I knew the carp would soon start moving and would be hungry. The winter on this lake had been a poor…

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Saltwater fly fishing in the Gulf by Martin James, Thursday 1st April, 1999 Articles related by topic: Abroad, Exotic, Game/Fly Fishing, Sea, Venue Articles related by species: Exotic In the distance I could see the birds wheeling and diving into the clear blue waters of the Gulf. I shouted to Hussain “Birds diving at two…

At 2pm I received a phone call – we had to board by 4.30. I hurriedly phoned my friend at work to see if he could leave straight away. It was difficult, but he managed it, and soon we were racing down the M4 hoping there would be no traffic jams. We made the ferry…