This Rainbow trout (10lbs) was taken on a “Goldhead Damsel Nymph” at Coltsford Mill Fishery, Oxted, Surrey. It gave a good fight on a no. 7 fly rod, floating no. 7 line and a 12 ft 4lb b.s. mono leader. Using the light tackle I would easily compare the fight to a carp or pike of twice this size!!
Trophy Room for Graham Coles Specie: pike Weight: 17.2 1b Location: river Avon near BristolI catch pike like this most weeks from a cut off the river Avon near Bristol. This one was caught on Sprat dead bait in still water 4ft deep. She was 17.2 1b and put back alive and well. The week…
This is my main float for trotting medium to fast paced rivers. I use them in sizes ranging from 5BB to 1 OBB which in some parts of the country would be classed as very heavy but I am fishing flowing rivers like the Tidal Thames, Kennet, Test, Itchen, Dorset Stour and the Hampshire Avon….
You ask why? Well, I know there are not many ladies that fish – but there could be! Yes, there are hundreds if not thousands of women all over the country who would like to fish, or to accompany their partners and sit and soak up the atmosphere and enjoy the beautiful surroundings on balmy…
Roadford Reservoir is no ordinary trout fishery as it stocked with fingerling brown trout and naturals from the feeder streams. This is as close to a natural brown trout water as is practically possible. As such, the venue has an almost cult following and produces some of the best looking brownies in the country. Directions:…
The week started with my third teach in for juniors at Moorlands Farm. We had around twenty-five kids turn up and all the kids caught well as the day went on. Tangles were still much in evidence though and as quick as I could make rigs up there was someone else waiting with another destroyed…
At the time of starting this piece (mid Jan.) the fishing has been awful. Normally I don’t get my serious roach fishing underway until after Christmas, but the few recces I had before Christmas, consisting of 2 trips to the river Windrush, and 2 to the Hampshire Avon have produced just one roach, and that…