Rutland Water fished as no other fishery in the country could possibly manage for the two day final held last weekend. On Friday, the first of the days, conditions looked hopeless as the sun blazed out of a cloudless sky and the wind grew in strength throughout the day – yet anglers caught fish consistently and at the weigh-in the rod average was a remarkable 4.59 fish per angler.
If you are putting long lengths of heavy monofilament lineon a centrepin, it is possible with some of the lighter and more finelybalanced reels for that line to contract and completely ruin the reel. The forces generated can be surprising – I’ve had a plastic Abu spool from aCardinal 55 completely crushed under the pressure…
There is no doubt that fishing when the fish are most willing to feed gives you a mighty edge. For carp, bream and barbel this can be almost obligatory, but how do you get started? Is night fishing so very much more difficult than fishing during the day? Night fishing for me developed out of…
Freddie produced all his own easy-to-follow illustrations which are published in the book. Its reference is ISBN 0 7153 6952 0 – I expect it is now out of publication but you might be lucky and get one at a second hand book shop.The Epsom Salt is really a cross between a lure and a…
Articles by John Olliff-Cooper John Olliff-Cooper John started his writing career with Angling magazine in the late 1960’s, since when he has contributed to most of the better-known hard copy magazines. Flirted with modernity for a few years, then panicked at the shallow hype of it all, and fled through 180 degrees. Having been properly…
Articles by Henry Gilbey Henry Gilbey Henry Gilbey has been fishing since the age of seven and has lived in Plymouth for the last nine years; this is about the perfect base for a fanatical sea angler. He currently writes and photographs full time for various angling publications, as well as being the presenter of…
If you are like me rather than ledgering or going on the feeder, if the opportunity arises on the float then that’s what I’ll use, and for deep water it has to be the slider.Now, back in the Sixties when I first got interested in sliding float tactics there was only one available, the Billy…