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MONDAY9th October 2000 23:32 August’s angle weekly articles monthly articles Products gift ideas fishing magazines fishing bookshop product reviews My fishing email us trophy room clubroom free classifieds reader’s letters COARSE FISH RECORDS – CORRECTED – APRIL 1999 Species Weight Date Captor and Location Scientific Name Ibs ozs drms kilo-grms Barbel 17 4 0 7.824…

Trophy Room for Andrew Bullock Specie: pike Location: river SevernHere’s a pic of a pike I caught out of the river Severn last winter Had no scales with me damb !! I’d appreciate a guess at the weight. I keep looking at photo’s to compare it but I still would’nt like to have a guess…

Now, we all stretch the truth a little at times, but this got me thinking, that if such a well recognised company could come out with a statement like that (and a magazine publish it!) then perhaps people don’t understand how water works. Anyway, it put the idea in my head, so I thought I…

Approximately 20 anglers in the UK drown each year. Lifesavers, The Royal Life Saving Society UK, the countrys leading water safety body, has issued advice to anglers who continue to fish throughout autumn and winter. Di Standley, Chief Executive at Lifesavers, a West Midlands-based organisation, commented: “There are risks to anglers year-round, but in late…

Zander [Species Menu] [Zander articles] Common name: Zander Latin name: Stizostedion lucioperca Record weight: Despite growing to over twice this size in Europe, the British record has only slowly increased to 19lb 5oz 8 drams. This huge fish, caught by D. Lavender from a Fen Drain in 1998 is by far the largest zander ever…

The trouble is, they are just socheap and tiny that often little thought goes intotheir purchase. Let me ask you this question? How manydifferent hook patterns do you own? Obviously, theanswer will depend on the species you pursue, but inmost cases, the range of hooks I carry is moreextensive than any other item of tackle….