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Modern carp fishing is still in its infancy over there but though the British influence has been a major factor in the development of French carp fishing, the French themselves have been quick to embrace the concept of the bivvy, bedchair and boilie approach to carp fishing and nowadays a widespread No-Kill policy is strictly…

Go into any good tackle shop these days and you will be confronted with a huge array of pole floats in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colours. Some designs it has to be said leave a lot to be desired but several companies now produce really good quality floats designed specifically for today’s pole…

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The Tiburon is a clean and tidy Offshore 105 which is skippered alternately by Allan Bennett and Graham Hannaford who actually owns the vessel. Although Alís voice was breaking up on the limit of the mobile phone range, I cought enough of the call to understand that he would be in around half past five…

A sure sign that Winter has beaten a welcome retreat is when the soft Spring sunshine spotlights the first Plaice of the season rising toward an eagerly extended landing net. It is a certain omen, if you like, that Spring has finally banished the gloom of winter, the uplift in spirits brought by the start…

Colnebrook LakeThis gravel pit, at the time, was around 50 acres, was very long and about 80 yards wide. It had an abundance of features though with five small islands and many gravel humps and small bars. It was stocked heavily with tench but the average size was quite high, around 6lb. I believed it…