State Fishing Tackle

Some people may just fancy a change from sharking (or is that rest from the physical exertions?) or a chance at yet more species unavailable from our beaches. A trip abroad is a big undertaking by anybodys standards, so whilst most of you will find it difficult to drag yourselves away from the sheer adrenaline-fuelled…

I paid my first visit of the New Year to the Lyttleton stretch at Stourport for the Marks Tackle midweeker and had a really interesting, hard winters match at peg 58. I switched between a twelve number four lignum stick set just overdepth in twelve feet of water and a straight lead to record a…

Portarra Lodge Address: Tullykyne, Moycullen, Galway, Ireland Tel: 00 353 91 555 051 Fax: 00 353 91 555 052 Email: portarralodge@tinet.ie Web: homepage.tinet.ie/~portarra/ A family run select accomodation set on the beautiful shores of Lough Corrib, in the west of Ireland. Portarra Lodge is a complete ‘Angling Centre’ as it has the facilities to cater…

We chose a misty day in late summer, arriving at the boat moorings just as the early morning sun rose in the sky, causing the cloud to dissipate in wraith-like fingers around Ben Vorlich and its satellite hills, illuminating the little village of Lochearnhead on the far shore. A ray of sunlight glanced off the…

Taylor’s Tackle Taylor’s Tackle136 Cotmanhay Road, IlkestonDerbyshire, England Midlands, DE7 8NZTel: 0044 (0)1159 301610Fax: Stockists of Nets, Mitchell, Abu, Keenets, Masterline, Daiwa, Shakespeare, Maver, Suppliers of Accessories, Bait, Bivvies & Tents, Clothing, Reels, Rods,

Now I wouldn’t go as far as that these days – not in Scotland anyway. But whenever I’ve been lucky enough to fish the Varzuga or the Ponoi in Russia’s Kola and hit one of those spells when I’m hooking 20 fish a day, I’ve felt that those old aristos had a point. Because the…