The Complete Book Of Legering (Revised) Chapter 7 – The Dink Dink
The Complete Book Of Legering (Revised) Chapter 7 The Dink Dink What a method this is. When first revealed in print in the Complete Book Of Legering I imagine loads of readers lifted an eyebrow and promptly dismissed it as a waste of time. It was their loss because I still get approached by [...]
The Complete Book Of Legering (Revised) – Chapter Five
Back in the early Nineties I wrote a book called the Complete Book Of Legering. It received tremendous praise from critics far and wide and very soon all 6,000 copies had been snapped up. And then the publisher decided to abandon the angling market. This left me with a dilemma. The book was still in demand but [...]
Big River Feeder Fishing
This is a bit of an experiment, but it’s one I really hope will work. If it does I’ll be in a position to share my entire back catalogue of articles dating back more than 20 years… The following article was published in David Hall’s Coarse Fishing magazine back in January 1992. At the time there [...]
Fisky’s Fantastic Feeders
Since last Friday’s appearance on Sky TV’s Tight Lines show I have been inundated with requests for information about Fisky’s Fantastic Feeders. These feeders are without any shadow of a doubt the best heavy duty feeders for use on big rivers that money can buy. The drawback is that everyone is hand made personally by [...]
2009 – Early March Blog
Well, the end is nigh. Another week and it’ll all be over on the rivers for three whole months, unless of course you’re an Angling Times reader because they think that a complete non-newsworthy story and a puffed-up readers poll can change things. According to the story a huge majority ‘of readers polled’ want [...]
The Complete Book Of Legering (Revised) – Chapter Three
Chapter 3 Static Feeder Techniques Critical balance Throughout this book you will find many references to the term ‘critical balance’, which relates to the amount of lead required for a swimfeeder or leger weight to hold its position against the flow of a river. Lead trim weights are attached to the swimfeeder until …
The Complete Book Of Legering (Revised) – Chapter Two
Before starting to fish on an unknown venue, tackle up a quiver-tip rod and attach a loz bomb to the line. Do not bother with a hook at this stage. Cast the bomb about 20yd out, directly in front of you. As soon as it hits the water, place your finger on the spool to [...]
The Complete Book Of Legering (Revised) – Chapter One
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 choice is paramount and you will [...]
The Complete Book Of Legering (Revised) Introduction
Here’s the introduction to the legering book Take A Leaf Out Of My Book Bob Roberts This section of Bob Roberts Online delves into the popular technique of legering. Back in the early nineties, I wrote a hugely successful book on the subject but it is now long out of print, yet still in demand, [...]
