Floodwater Barbel
Now and then I get this irresistible urge to put the record straight. Okay, it might ruffle a few feathers but if I don’t do it who else will? Anglers are worse than washer women for repeating old wives tales. Read fishing articles for long enough and you’ll hear the same old dogmas repeated over [...]
Early Season Gravel Pit Tench
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 flesh, nor had I ever been close to a fish of such immense proportions. It was huge! Looking back, that one fish planted a seed [...]
Winter Barbel
I don’t know how I would cope without television weather forecasts, especially the Sunday farming bulletin. I tend to tape that one because it gives me a pretty accurate idea of what the week ahead will bring. If, like me, you are in full-time employment and have no choice but to fish at weekends, evenings [...]
Back-end Perch
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 are predictable. Big perch are nomadic in summer, as eager to swim in the fastest current as haunt the deepest eddy as they seek out [...]
