WEDNESDAY25th October 2000

One of the biggest developments over the last couple of seasons has been the introduction of low diameter braided lines. Although braided lines have been around for many years, and had until recently, lost favour with most anglers, the new generation of braided lines have many advantages which anglers are only just coming to grips…

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Its a fascinating life, I can tell you. What I can say is that down the hill, at the bottom of what I euphemistically call my garden is a lake of unparalleled beauty. Each morning I have my curtains drawn to reveal my wake-up-tea, and beyond, a glistening expanse of jewel-like water. If the lady…

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Some of them are good, others not quite so good – and a few are really bloody terrible, providing only the bare essentials and little caring if their customer is satisfied or not. The really bad ones are those surly fellows who look down their noses at their land-lubber customers, treating them with contempt and…

Take the current trend amongst certain groups of anglers for using huge amounts of bait. A new technique? No, the professional barbel anglers of the Thames half a century and more ago habitually baited with many stones of groundbait and thousands of worms to keep the best lays filled with fish. The old pro’s were…