Some of you will have heard of the Barbel Society’s recent petition to remove otters from this country’s protected species... Read More
Dave Coster – My Way with Angling Myths BREAKING BREAD A message that was drilled into me when I first... Read More
Let me give you a bit of background because I genuinely need some help here. I began fishing the Wensum,... Read More
Dave Coster – Forgotten Floats BODIED WAGGLERS Browsing through the vintage float sets on the Thomas Turner website brought back... Read More
Many of us were brought up in our fishing infancy by the wise words of Mr Crabtree, aka Bernard Venables.... Read More
For a long time I have been brooding about a barbel technique I flirted with around 1998/1999. In short, to... Read More
Dave Coster – River & Canal Waggler Tactics TREADING CAREFULLY Something I have learnt about waggler fishing is not to... Read More
Easter Sunday was so mellow I spent it discovering hidden rivers around the new house and planting a seven foot... Read More
As some of you may know, I returned to the River Garry after a gap of around twenty years. Now,... Read More
Little by little the boxes of books are being unpacked and placed in their new Herefordshire bookshelves. Many are, of... Read More
By a raft of good fortune and with a lot of help from friends, I am in the market for... Read More
Dave Coster – Big Winter Roach OFF PEAK At one time I thought tracking down big roach required privileged access... Read More
Most of us will have heard of Fishing Breaks, Simon Cooper’s company that provides such superlative fly fishing on rivers... Read More
Dave Coster – My Way with Bread IN THE BEGINNING My first proper acquaintance with bread as a viable bait... Read More
I quite frequently receive emails that demand a reply in some depth, and I feel might be of interest to... Read More
Over the years I have found that there are some columns that write themselves, and others that are a struggle... Read More
As a bit of a birder, I was fascinated by the recent spat over in New York over the snowy... Read More
Dave Coster – Fishing at Long Range HITTING THE HORIZON Match and pleasure anglers have discovered casting further can bring... Read More
I’m fascinated by all the posts that come in, but the recent one mentioning Tenkara really caught my eye. Personally,... Read More
I really need help here, and anybody out there who can give me pointers will be a friend for life.... Read More
So here we are again in the midst of Covid Crisis and all we can do here at Fish and... Read More