Specie: Pike Weight: 22lb Location: Big reservoir outside Oldham, Lancashire

For anyone with a hint of feeling for the lovely business of fishing, rod selection is a decidedly touchy-feely meeting, perhaps leading to a partnership that will last a life-time. A dedicated angler may spend more of his life holding his fishing rod, than he does holding his wife. Neither is a marriage that should…

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Dropping a paternostered livebait into each slack along a given stretch of river will often produce at least one hungry pike. The fact that the river is in flood will mean that the pike will be pushed into a relatively small area so a catch of several pike from one spot can not be ruled…

The Fishing The lakes are stocked with Brown & Rainbow Trout and Tavistock Fishery has held the ‘British Record’ for the largest cultivated Rainbow Trout at 30lb 12 oz (caught by Tony Flower from Newquay on Yellow Cat’s Whisker). The record Rainbow for the 2000 season was 26lb 10oz. The record Brown Trout at the…

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We intended to stay for eight weeks so there was no need to rush, there was plenty of time to settle ourselves in before we got down to the serious business of fishing.The caravan had been left unattended for over six months, and we had left Spain thoroughly soaked after three days of continuous rain…