TUESDAY29th February 2000

A bit of a salty flavour in the water with this months edition of FISHING.CO.UK.We have our usual bundle of sea fishing writers of course. Mike Thrussell tackles the not so common skate and Russ Symons alerts us that the first cod are on the way. Freshwater favourite Barmey Bill Rushmer is also rabbiting on…

There are several ways of dealing with silkweed depending on its thickness. If the weed is relatively light then the simplest answer is just to lengthen the hook length so that the bait is able to free-fall onto it. The velocity of the bait can be reduced by using Solars dissolving foam over the hook….

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Water levels are as high as they could be, insects are starting to hatch, the fish are in and growing used to the lake conditions, and the boats will shortly be brought over from their winter quarters. However, I am looking forward to far more than trout this year.I have spoken at length with Bob…

Day 1: Like the rest of you, December and January had seen me catch very little and I was more than happy to try something a little bit different. Jeff Kennett had invited me to have a day out on the Thames in his boat and so at the crack of dawn I helped him…