WEDNESDAY10th May 2000

With the end of the season upon us it’s good to look back upon past events for though I live amongst some of the finest trout angling in the UK this does not give immunity from drama, far from it. Learning as much from mistakes as from observation is the key to long term successful…

They are very competent people and we can manage without a deckhand. Beyond the drop-off I slow the Margarita, put the spread out and relax. The weather is hazy with a slow, long, oily swell from the west ; water 72.6°. Jonno is inshore with Angullla, unhappily day-tripping for barracudas along the coast. At 10.55am…

Fishing for Spring Cod deep in the Western Approaches a couple of weeks ago we were using Calamari squid festooned off some Silverfisken and Diamond jigs. Then, for one reason or another, the fish just turned off. No matter how we worked the jigs, bouncing the bottom, drag and lift, none of the usually deadly…

BioBait change and lunch at 1.45. Nothing to report. Client happy to steer where I tell him as I work cockpit etc. Feel more assured as time goes by without a touch. Water still cold, 70 – 71°, and stiff breeze comes up at 4.00. Head back from the west at 5.10 after another BioBait…

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…

So, what’s a “Brotel” then? Well, despite the name, a Brotel is not quite the offspring of a brolly and a hotel, but it’s a great piece of kit nevertheless.Basically, this is a lightweight fishing shelter which works in a similar way to a fan: it opens in just the same way, except that the…