TUESDAY29th February 2000

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The Spørring River is a small narrow river off of the Lilleå River and a subsidiary of the Guden River, one of the biggest producers of seatrout smolt in Europe. The Spørring River starts northwest of Aarhus, and continues towards the Lilleå River near Selling in the Hadsten community. The Lilleå River, in turn, joins…

As most of you will know, carp generally move around a lot less in winter than they do in summer. So the usual advice is to fish as close to them as possible, and keep your groundbaiting patterns, if any, very tight.

This is not only because I have never caught a really big one, but also because I am fishing for them on a rather special venue, where I can hope my dreams will be realised. A big gravel pit, with a not inconsiderable stock of tench, little fished for many years, are the reasons I…

I moved slowly upstream peering intently into the gin clear water, the bright sunshine allowed me to see every pebble, stick and even the minnows in the bottom of the pool. No breeze ruffled the surface. A shoal of bait fish hung close to a weed bed. Nothing moved as I peered intently into the…

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