WEDNESDAY25th October 2000

A slight dimple appeared on the calm surface of Lake Tahoma. With one false cast, the beaded pheasant tail nymph dropped with a slight plop. I made two one inch pulls then felt a good fish eat the nymph. My answering strip strike connected with a nice brown trout. Success at last I thought, as…

OK, so it is a bit of a generalisation. I am certain that it isn’t the fact that it is Monday which is important, and I am sure it won’t necessarily hold true for other rivers. However, by examining the potential reasons for this apparent bias it may help us to understand a little more…

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I even went to the extent of carrying out controlled fishing tests over a number of years where I fished a coarse fish dead bait on one rod with the other rod with identical tackle on a sea bait. To remove any swim bias, the rods were alternated every cast. The results showed that on…

Location: Take the A1079 from York towards Beverley and Hull. Travel for approximately 11 miles passing Pocklington Industrial Estate and the Gliding School on your left. Then look for the brown and white signs for the caravan park and fishery which is a turning on the right. This turn-off is virtually opposite the Yorkway Motel….

If you want the pristine places where the fish are relatively undisturbed then you must be prepared to walk for at least half an hour along a coastal path, find a path through gorse and bushes, perhaps do some careful rock scrambling. Surprisingly even on this crowded and overpopulated island it is still possible to…