floating bread, with a lead running bomb.
It all stated around Christmas, I had a phone call from Geoff. “We’re going back out to the Ebro in May, do you fancy it?” A short pause followed. “I can’t really afford it,” I said without thinking too much about the costs involved. When you work for the Environment Agency as I do this…
At Warren Park you will have a lodge situated at the edge of the New Forest. All the lodges are about 25 yards from the lake where a hundred pound plus bags are not that uncommon. Accommodation: is in one of four purpose built lakeside lodges with two bedrooms. In high season, lets run from…
As the water was still very cold I returned to the small, relatively easy estate lake to get a bend in the rod. I turned up on a mild afternoon. I parked the car and went to see what winter had done to the lake. All looked pleasant enough, the lake now totally free of…
Floods obviously curtailed my angling activities somewhat and I’ve been really busy with our company trade shows over the last three weeks. We’ve got a week off now before the last one in London so I’m going to make the most of it and get out fishing every day if I can! On Monday I’m…
I’ve always thought of chub as being something of an enigma. ….and another big fish to the fourteen year old maestro Proof that fishing “on the bounce” is child’s play. My son Joe with a super chub A good chub that fell to the “bounce” method On big, powerful rivers like the Ribble, the chub…
?tspecialist tackle shops sell pike flavourings amongst their vast range of carp bait additives. These flavours include smelt, tuna, grayling and freshwater eel. All of these flavours work well throughout the year as they are not oil based, though they contain glycerol which acts as an emulsifier for the colder waters. Smelt is a personal…