You see, to me, a canal is a stillwater, even though it does actually flow at times thanks to the openingof locks and the toppingup from compensation reservoirs. However you can fish canals in the closed season. They do not flood in the same way a river might and they only exist because of boats....

Bob looks back fondly at the good old days of fishing and indulges in a bit of name dropping…   Did Team Fishing Ruin Match Fishing? Team fishing was a real eye opener to me. At first I loved it. I was passionate and committed. Fishing for the benefit of others was a revelation. No matter w...

Bob Continues his tales from a very different era… A Dream Rod A pedantic reader might insist my first rod was the one I first fished with. In that case it was a split cane fly rod that had belonged to Ray’s dad. The first rod I actually caught a fish on belonged to Keith Gale but the f...

Chapter One TACKLE Much of the tackle used when legering is specialised and can only be used for legering. Fortunately, it is mostly available from your local tackle shop where you will no doubt see forests of rods made by many different manufacturers and every accessory imaginable. The correct choi...

Angling Now And Then Feel free to contradict me by all means but it seems like an awful lot of anglers are finding it difficult to raise any enthusiasm for turning out on winter days when they know in their hearts that they’ll be extremely lucky to get so much as a bite. Fortunately I’m not suc...