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This competition is always held at this prime time of the year and great catches are generally assured. The club boasts a huge proportion of International fishermen and any win or even placing in the club events is a hard won honour. Chew had been fishing well leading up to Sunday. My friend Tony Baldwin…

THE 2ND FIPS-MOUCHE WORLD YOUTH FLY-FISHING CHAMPIONSHIPS 1999 DONEGAL, IRELAND AUGUST 18TH – 20TH.The five-man team and travelling reserve met at Stansted Airport with the three management team members at 5.30am on Tuesday 17th August. Checking in and an obligatory cup of strong coffee preceded our Ryanair Flight to Londonderry departing at 7.30am. Our short…

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Replacing trebles on plugs can cause all sorts of problems if you do not replace them with virtually the same style and weight of hook. The manufacturer of the lure will have finely balanced and tuned the plug to ensure that it “swims” correctly with the original hooks. So it makes a lot of sense…

I suppose I always liked his writing, talks and his general outlook on carp fishing. This is what gave me the confidence in the late seventies to initially buy his flavours additives etc. New bait company’s have come and gone in the meantime, but I have to say Rods gear has always been consistent and…

Articles by Geoff Maynard Geoff Maynard geoff@fishing.org Geoff Maynard Born in East London 1950, raised in Essex, now living in front of a screen in Surrey with his wonderful posh wife, his punk daughter, his three boys who are too big to insult, and a doggie called Macs. As a small child, Geoff caught his…