WEDNESDAY25th October 2000

Angus Stuart Angus Stuart60 High Street, Grantown-on-SpeyMoray, Scotland, PH263EHTel: 0044 (0)1479 872612Fax: Stockists of Nets, Mitchell, Abu, Masterline, Daiwa, Shakespeare, Suppliers of Accessories, Bait, Books, Clothing, Reels, Rods,

A quick look in my local newsagents reveals around a dozen. I reckon that with the internet and regional magazines there are probably over thirty. That is around four hundred articles each month, something like FIVE MILLION words each year! Add to that catch reports, match reports, venue guides, editorial, and all the other bits…

Rutland Water The weekend of 4/5 May will be special for hundreds of people around Rutland Water as they celebrate 25 years since the first fishing season started at the reservoir. Since that time around one million anglers from all over the world have fished here and this weekend they have the chance to catch…

What is it about a fish that will take a free swimming live bait, plugs, fly, spinners, float fished baits or a substantial fish, crab or squid bait legered hard on the bottom. Could it be that the Bass is a fish which allows you to fish however you want to, or is it the…

Equally, a landed conger can be as placid as the householdcat, but the next one goes ape and can be a real handful, especiallyin a tight place. But they grow big, fight hard and are a realchallenge, plus have always been a cult fish attracting specialistconger anglers.Pick most cliff type rock marks in England’s Southwest,…

Last Saturday I fished the match at Bewdley and when I drew peg 115, the pipe swim, I really fancied my chances of a big weight. I won off this peg on the first midweek match of the season with sixty-one pounds of barbel; I’ve had a successful magazine feature off it and done some…