By a raft of good fortune and with a lot of help from friends, I am in the market for... Read More
Many of us were brought up in our fishing infancy by the wise words of Mr Crabtree, aka Bernard Venables.... Read More
Dave Coster – Big Winter Roach OFF PEAK At one time I thought tracking down big roach required privileged access... Read More
LOST IN LINCOLNSHIRE I started the New Year trying a new venue a fishing mate had discovered. It was a... Read More
We are pleased to announce our first competition of 2021, and it’s a great one! We have a selection of... Read More
Dave Coster – My Way with Bread IN THE BEGINNING My first proper acquaintance with bread as a viable bait... Read More
MISSING THE BUS Spalding is only 40 minutes’ drive from where I live, and behind a big shopping centre called... Read More
ICE AGE Rivers were flooded and stillwaters frozen, wonderful! But as always, my angling pal Dave Eastwood was as keen... Read More
HOOK DRAWER Hooks come and go, but a few special designs stand the test of time. I carry lots of... 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
Most of us will have heard of Fishing Breaks, Simon Cooper’s company that provides such superlative fly fishing on rivers... Read More
POLE POSITION Pole fishing is one of the most precise ways of catching fish. It allows feeding and tackle presentation... Read More
So here we are again in the midst of Covid Crisis and all we can do here at Fish and... Read More
This is a new series for Fishing Magic and the concept sounds a good one to us. Dave Coster is... Read More
Dave Coster – Fishing at Long Range HITTING THE HORIZON Match and pleasure anglers have discovered casting further can bring... Read More
CHALLENGING TIMES I’ve always enjoyed using a good degree of finesse in my fishing, so I’m not a massive fan... 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
I really need help here, and anybody out there who can give me pointers will be a friend for life.... Read More
Dave Coster – River & Canal Waggler Tactics TREADING CAREFULLY Something I have learnt about waggler fishing is not to... Read More
Edited by Peter Wheat Published by Frederick Warne, 1967. 18/- (90p) There are many copies of this seminal book on... Read More
Illustrated by Marvin Huggins. First published 2020. Available from Amazon at around £9.50 pp164 A strange one this. It is... Read More