From Carbology to Zangling – Lee Swords
I love fishing the Trent; it is a passion of mine that has never waned but often wandered, sometimes far off the beaten track of accepted wisdom and common practice. Continue Reading →
Chub, Roach, Bream, Perch, Zander, Etc, this is where you’ll find them
I love fishing the Trent; it is a passion of mine that has never waned but often wandered, sometimes far off the beaten track of accepted wisdom and common practice. Continue Reading →
Last winter I spent a fair bit of time chasing perch on my local canal network and I have to say it proved to be a particularly tough slog. In Continue Reading →
Par For The Course – Carping with Allan Parbery It’s a few years since I did any serious carp fishing but I have to say I do enjoy it, especially Continue Reading →
For a change, a guest article by Jon Wood, author of the recently published book, Carp Fishing Science. It’s a remarkably complex and detailed read that will pretty much tell you Continue Reading →
A purpose design spod rod and big pit reel will allow you to throw a fully loaded, full size spod very far indeed and with great accuracy after surprisingly little Continue Reading →
Every couple of months or so I take a couple of days of work and venture south in the hope of catching a really big fish or two. I see these Continue Reading →
Over the last couple of years I’ve been doing quite a bit of perch fishing, mainly using lobworms. One of the problems with perch and fishing with lobworms is that you Continue Reading →
Sywell Spectacular An article describing how Matt Brown and I tackled the spectacular tench shoals of Sywell Reservoir in Northamptonshire. First published in Coarse Fisherman, you can see the full Continue Reading →
By way of a change, here’s a guest article by my good friend, top bloke, brilliant chef and ace angler, Lee Swords…. In search of Emeralds……Big fat slime covered Continue Reading →
The perch is an enigmatic species. Bold, aggressive, yet exquisitely beautiful. In clear water the colouration of a perch is a delight to behold. You’ll never mistake it for any Continue Reading →
As a match angler back in the 1980’s I never really hankered after catching a big carp. Okay I would frequently pick up magazines and newspapers to gaze in Continue Reading →
My love affair with tench probably began nearly forty years ago when I witnessed the capture of a four-pounder from Arksey Railway Pond. I’d never actually seen one in the Continue Reading →
Anyone who is a relative newcomer to fishing and reads the papers avidly will be labouring under the impression that seven pounds chub are pretty common and that sixes are Continue Reading →
When I hear anglers making out they know how to catch big bream it brings a smile to my face. Big bream are frustratingly unpredictable. For weeks I had been Continue Reading →
During the final weeks of the season it is probably easier to catch a big river perch than at any other time. Why? Because location is easier and feeding times Continue Reading →