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Directions: From Camberley on the Surrey/Hampshire borders take the A30 towards Basingstoke. Turn off on the B3272 towards Reading go straight on at the first round about and turn right down the Sandhurst Road opposite the “Royal Oak” public house. The fishery is clearly sign posted on your right hand side.Ticket Details: This is part…

Articles by Russ Symons Russ Symons Russ Symons has been an angling Photographer/Writer for over thirty years, the last twelve of which, writing about and photographing the sea and its fish being his full time occupation. Progressing from a black and white darkroom in the attic of his Plymouth home, to the exacting colour requirements…

The saying ‘use a big bait to catch a big fish’ is generally attributed to carp bait pioneer Fred Wilton. Now while there is more than a grain of truth in this, there are many times when large baits will not score. For the most part, even large fish fed upon quite small prey and…

I went back to Poole Hall fishery last Wednesday and had a really good four-hour workout on peg 25. By the end of the session I reckon I’d taken around eighty pounds of fish with more than three-quarters of the weight made up with tench!

For some reason, up until that time I had not really considered fishing for big bream, but this year everything clicked into place and I just HAD to have a little try. No extensive campaigns or anything like that you understand, just a few days out to try and break my duck. My good friend…

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…