WEDNESDAY10th May 2000

I have used it at Dever Springs in Hampshire to stalk out big rainbows and browns. The technique is simplicity itself, just fish the bug on a shortish strong leader and let it settle on the bottom. When a trout swims close by lift the fly so that it leaves a puff of mud on…

After the enforced break we can all get back on the rivers and canals again and hopefully have some good sport. I know some people still take a three month break after March 14th but I reckon it’s time to completely review the close season across the board. The three month closedown is nonsense in…

Being on the inside of a bend, there was little flow where I intended positioning the baits, so I felt I could get away with a relatively short hook-link. Bait on one rod was a micro-waved Hi-Nu-Val boilie which was about as buoyant as a pingpong ball, and which I used because they make good…

Bream are found in very shallow water and often much closer to shore than we realise. The more noted marks for shore bream are the beaches at Brighton, Shoreham, Littehampton, and also the Isle of Wight, which offers both beach and rock fishing for bream. The rocks and breakwaters in the Channel Isles, especially Alderney…

The season opens on 11th February and closes on 31st October.Most of the pools are suitable for fly fishing if the water conditions are favourable. In February and March spinning with minnows is the most succesful method of fishing, but as the water warms up fly fishing comes into its own. Fishing with prawn or…

I went into the same swim and once again went through the process of wading out to the front of the swim and casting around looking for the essential clear areas amongst the weed. This done it was back out with the PVA bags of pellets and crushed boilies. I had run out of Gardner’s…