There May Be Trouble Ahead…!
Regular visitors can’t have helped but notice my web site has become a little unreliable in recent weeks, crashing on a regular basis. Fortunately it’s nothing to do with the site itself. The problem lies with an unreliable server which is being decomissioned today (Monday). Very little is available in terms of technical support other [...]
Caught In The Act – A Sneak Preview…
If anyone’s still wondering what Caught In The Act is all about then you can log on to the Sky Sports web site, go to the Tight Lines page and download last night’s show from the podcast section. By right clicking you can save it to your computer and watch the entire Tight Lines show [...]
Piking Guidelines – Part Three
More updates from those kind folk at the Pike Anglers Club. Just click on any of the images below and a new window will open up from my Scribd Pages where the original articles are stored. Because this allows you to open them up in PDF format you can increase or decrease the size or [...]
More On Otters, Mink and Ostriches
My article about the ten biggest threats to angling drew quite a response both here on this web site and on others, too, although you would be forgiven for thinking the entire article was about otters and the other nine categories were erroneous. Perhaps it’s because otters are currently flavour of the month, the threat [...]
Wye Coaching 2012 – Sold Out
I’m afraid it’s bad news if you were considering joining up with me and Steve Pope on the Wye this summer and you’ve not already booked. It’s already a sell out! Despite running two courses instead of one, thus doubling the number of available places, every single one has been snapped up! I am running a waiting [...]
Ten Key Issues That Threaten Angling
In my last blog I highlighted a letter in the Anglers Mail from Dave Tipping. Dave may be an accomplished angler but he refuses to recognise the threat posed by otters in particular, but also cormorants. It sparked quite a debate in the comments posted by readers. To be fair the blog piece was a [...]
Only One Place Left!
Apologies if this sounds like I’m pushing hard but there is just one place left to fill on my Wye Valley courses this coming summer and it would be nice to tidy up the loose ends. The first week is already a complete sell-out with a waiting list should anyone drop out. The [...]
Piking Guidelines – Part Two
Having the right gear when you go piking is essential for the safety of the fish but you also need to consider your own safety. These four articles have been provided by the Pike Anglers Club Of Great Britain and will get you started… Click on any of the images and the article will open up [...]
Groundbaiting For Pike
Groundbaiting For Pike by Alan Dudhill Groundbaiting is often associated with catching coarse fish but rarely considered when targeting pike. However, groundbaiting is a very effective way of attracting pike into a swim, which you intend to sit on for a day or more. Rather than you searching for pike, this method is intended to [...]
River Wye Coaching – 2012
The Wye Valley Experience How would you fancy a fantastic coarse fishing break , staying in a Grade II listed country house hotel (where you can actually fish for salmon, trout and grayling in the grounds, free of charge) and then take on the mighty River Wye’s chub and barbel shoals with a bunch of the [...]
