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Anglian Waters report: by Guest Contributor, Monday 14th October, 2002 Articles related by topic: Game/Fly Fishing, Venue Articles related by species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout Rutland Water Jim Moncur, Keith Malcolm, and Michael Soutar, from Perthshire, Scotland, spent five days at Rutland, mainly fishing from the bank and recorded forty fish, with rainbows up to…

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Over the years, my shark traces have evolved into a fifteen foot length of 400 pounds breaking strain monofilament, usually Japanese Momoi because it is the best. A heavy graspable swivel at the reel end and a 400 lb Berkeley Crosslok or 400lb Sampo Coastlok at the other. The three-foot hook-length is traditionally soft stainless…

It was also likely that the weed would (or at least should) play a part in any tactical decision, though as I really did want to fish the float I decided I would put up with endlessly removing ribbons of weed from the hook. I was to be there purely for the pleasure of running…

With the tremendous popularity of carp fishing, and the increasing number of anglers who are regularly using boiled baits, it was only a matter of time before these baits were used on rivers, and for barbel. I first tried them myself in the early 80’s, making them mostly from meat proteins as I thought that…

The main function of a fly reel is to store the bulky fly line. A typical fly reel Reel in position on the fly rod For that reason they, like rods, are rated by the A.F.T.M. line rating they are expected to hold. This is more difficult with fly lines as, on the reel, it…