We have a calendar at work that gives you a ‘thought for the day’ on each page, some witty, some poignant, mostly naff. Today’s message warranted repeating though I thought, it read, “Give someone a fish and it will feed them for a day, give someone the knowledge to fish and you will feed them for a lifetime.” I don’t know who wrote it but I do know he didn’t fish Wraysbury!
The Flapper bait is very simply a whole fish bait with its backbone removed, so that the two side fillets, well they “flap” in the tide, giving the bait movement and releasing a scent rail down the tide. Originally the shark boats out of Looe pioneered the flapper bait for shark, but it did not…
Articles by Alan Tomkins Alan Tomkins He’s been fishing longer than he cares to admit and writing about it since the mid-seventies, initially for Angling magazine. After the demise of Angling, Alan wrote for the various iterations of Coarse Fishing, and for several years was a regular contributor to Carp World magazine. Fishes, or has…
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…
Articles by Chris Gardner Chris Gardner Chris Gardner is 27, and has been fishing since the age of 9. Growing up and living virtually on the banks of the River Nene introduced Chris to all aspects of coarse fishing. Match fishing for a while, he made the under 19 England international squad three years running,…
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