EXPLORING NEW GROUND Renovation work on my local Grantham Canal continues, with yet another lock brought back to life. I... Read More
MINI BEADS Small beads are ideal for slider fishing. I always thread one on the reel line between the float... Read More
CHASING SHADOWS Since moving to the Midlands I have discovered a wealth of lakes that hold chub. However, this species... 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
PERFECT MIX I mentioned a few weeks ago that I would take a proper look at punched bread fishing, a... Read More
As a bit of a birder, I was fascinated by the recent spat over in New York over the snowy... Read More
BACK ON THE CUT Canals didn’t figure in my fishing for a whole decade as they were too far away,... Read More
HALFWAY CANAL First outing was an exploratory session on the Half Mile section of the Grantham Canal at Woolsthorpe. This... Read More
Partly because I was a teacher for many years, and partly because of my two TV series ‘Fishing In The... Read More
I quite frequently receive emails that demand a reply in some depth, and I feel might be of interest to... Read More
MARCH: WINTER REMAINS First trip early March and it still felt like winter when I arrived at Birch Lake, which... 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
MEETING THE ENIGMA I was told there was an angler who regularly caught big bream from a local reservoir, but... Read More
I had a dream. Three years ago, I managed a 97 acre wetland site in mid-Norfolk. I called it ‘Snow... Read More
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
Over the years I have found that there are some columns that write themselves, and others that are a struggle... Read More
Little by little the boxes of books are being unpacked and placed in their new Herefordshire bookshelves. Many are, of... Read More
Jack Perks wants your help to uncover Britain’s hidden underwater world THE PROJECT Britain’s fish are often overlooked and under-appreciated,... Read More