Back End Barbel
As we neared the end of a recent season I sat down with three of my fellow Don Valley Specimen Group (DVSG) mates and discussed prospects and tactics for the final onslaught. These are the musings of Matt Brown, Lee Swords and Adam Roberts… Bob: Hi guys, only a couple of weeks to go before the season [...]
Matt Brown’s Guide To Spodding
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 practice. I use the Daiwa Emblem Spod reel because it casts as well as anything out there but has a super fast retrieve (over 1.22 [...]
Travelling for Tench – Matt Brown
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 trips as a special treat – something to look forward to. Some people would be put off by the travelling but when you look back over [...]
Super Sensitive Bite Indication – Matt Brown
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 can get dropped runs and run the risk of the fish swallowing the hook. The trick seems to be to minimize resistance while maintaining the most [...]
2010 – Early June Blog
Not so much a blog this time as practically an entire magazine’s worth of ramblings. This is the longest blog I’ve ever written but you’ve got to admit, says he smugly, it’s a bloody good read – and it’s free! If anything’s out of date already I do apologise but it was written a couple of [...]
2009 – Early October Blog
Low water conditions have had an impact on the fishing but that hasn’t stopped Bob giving his chief detractor both barrels. Batten down the hatches as the insults fly!
Tench Fishing Special
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 illustrated article exactly as it appeared in the magazine by clicking on the link below which, providing you’re patient, will open up as a printable 5-page [...]
2009 – June Blog
Welcome to the June angling blog. If you’re a new visitor then I hope you enjoy it. I try to tell it as I see it and occasionally inject a little bit of wicked humour but do beware, there’s an odd swear word here and there in the graphics if you pay close attention, so please don’t continue reading if you’re the type [...]
2009 – Mid-May Blog
As the days lengthen and the thermometer rises I find I’m buzzing around like a blue a***d fly. There’s so much to do and I haven’t even renewed a single club ticket yet. Mustn’t make the same mistake as last year, eh? Lost out on a ticket I seldom used but it was nice to [...]
2009 – Mid-March Blog
Well, the curtain has fallen on another river season but could it be the final curtain? Well, some seem to think so. Personally I don’t think so but we’ll have to wait and see but I do think the closed season is the wrong length and it’s at the wrong time. Let’s be [...]
