The Angling Centre

Last week the river was coming up fast and, along with most of the regulars, I decided against fishing the KDAA Wednesday match as it looked like being a ‘no hoper’. Only a few anglers bothered to turn up and the match was cancelled but what followed was quite a surprise to me when I…

The tackle set-up is the same as that described in the previous piece, with a 9-weight outfit and floating line being my standard choice when targeting fish of double figures upwards. The leader makeup does however change, with my standard set-up being 18″ of 12lb mono, 24″ of 10lb mono 24″ of 8lb mono and…

In Part One I explained how over the period of a couple of years of pike fishing on the River Frome I adopted and developed the technique of wobbling deadbaits. The aim was to provide a mobile alternative to lure fishing, using an attractive bait which also has good hooking properties. However, a change of…

Rudd [Species Menu] [Rudd articles] Common name: Rudd Latin name: Scardinius erythrophthalmus Record weight: The oldest coarse fish record on the books. Currently held by a fish of 4lb 8oz taken in 1933 by Rev. E. C. Alston from a Norfolk Mere. Distribution: Found throughout Europe, but absent from Iberia. Extends into Northern Asia. Found…

Lochboisdale Hotel Lochboisdale Hotel is a small family run hotel situated at the ferry terminal overlooking the harbour with splendid views across Minch to Canna and Rhum.We have 12 double/twin rooms and 5 single rooms all with ‘en-suite’ facilities. We offer a multi choice menu with daily ‘specials’ featuring the best of fresh local produce….

Knowing this is a good time I pulled the stops out and got down the lake three nights during the past week. The first session was on a mild cloudy day, a stiff westerly wind was blowing down the lake during the day but by the time I arrived its effect had left the surface…