Trophy Room for Andy Shattock

While the incredible 90 degree heat might have threatened to bring the many thousands attending to their knees in a state of exhaustion the event was a credit to the organisers who had to change venues at short notice because of F&M. Then there was the personal thrill for me of a first time experience…

There are no secrets in my life any more. When you have seen the elephant, so called secrets become irrelevant in the great scheme of things. So I tell these curious anglers precisely where to go, exactly where to park their car and the lures to use. Funny how when I go fishing at these…

‘WHOAA !!’ shouted Jeff at the top of the ladder beside me and I whipped around from peering into the fishfinder. ‘LONG CORNER !!’ and he was gone down into the cockpit. I saw the fish clearly then, bill out of the water, the fish acting like a sailfish at a teaser. The fish faded…

First of all let me pay tribute to the team of anglers that I was leading. What a great bunch and how important this is when you’re going away to a far-flung destination. If there are guys with any hidden agendas they pretty well soon come to the surface. What you really want to have…

The most useful item is a buttpad strapped around your waist, so that the butt of the rod is held in a comfortable position, your reeling hand falls comfortably to the reels handle and the hand gripping the rods foregrip is in an optimum position to pump the rod. Many rod makers in recent times…

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