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Carp, pike, salmon or catfish will usually feature, depending upon the anglers range of knowledge. If a sea angler is there he will probably chuck in a shark or two. (Tell him to shut up though because there are no freshwater sharks in this country). You cant blame people for getting it wrong because there…

BarbelNovember can be the best month of the season for barbel if the water temperature is kind to us. If we donít have too many really heavy frosts and a few spells of settled conditions, and especially with a touch of colour in the river, sport with barbel can be hectic. It is the month…

Well, the reason is that after using braids for a whole range of different fishing over the last few years, I now see it as a bit of a mixed blessing. Yes, in the right hands it can be an excellent tool, but it is not a panacea for poor angling ability, and it is…

With so many of you readers now going abroad for a fishing holiday, I feel I have to start this months column with a warning. Remember what I said last month about losing baggage? Since September 11th everything has changed. On my last two flights I wasn’t allowed to take my rods as hand luggage…

In this article, I aim to produce a simple step by step guide that readers can follow to service their reel.Back in 1990, I was given a Ryobi Protarget fixed spool reel marketed by Masterline to review. It was the first reel I ever reviewed and I have used it regularly every since. In this…

It’s pretty hard to find any decent fishing in the UK without being a member of at least one club, unless you are fortunate enough to own your own waters or are a member of the royal family, and it’s been like that for many years, all of my lifetime anyway. Joining a club usually…