Chub: A Lure and Fly Day The weekend approached and I couldn’t decide what to target. I had planned on... Read More
BY THE WALL I had been working for Hardy and Greys for several years, the only problem being they are... Read More
By a raft of good fortune and with a lot of help from friends, I am in the market for... Read More
The photos say it all really. How to create a weight for river barbel and chub (and stillwater fish come... Read More
Quite a few musings here, so I hope you’ll forgive my scattered thoughts. In fact, so scattered are they that... Read More
Chub on Lures THE DAWN OF A NEW SEASON, GLORIOUS WEATHER, WHAT TO TARGET? For many years now my summers... Read More
Dave Coster – River & Canal Waggler Tactics TREADING CAREFULLY Something I have learnt about waggler fishing is not to... Read More
ICE AGE Rivers were flooded and stillwaters frozen, wonderful! But as always, my angling pal Dave Eastwood was as keen... Read More
A Start to the Season June 16th came, and for the first time in years I didn’t fish! The 17th... Read More
A Deadly Tactic For Chub For many years now my summers have been spent wandering the riverbanks in search of... Read More
I enjoyed the privilege of fishing alongside Dave Coster a couple of days last week, just before rain drove the... Read More
CHASING SHADOWS Since moving to the Midlands I have discovered a wealth of lakes that hold chub. However, this species... Read More
TIME FOR A CHANGE Pellet feeders have been around for a long time, but like many anglers I have drifted... Read More
BREAD PUNCH Punched bread doesn’t work everywhere, but when you do find a venue that responds to it, this simple... Read More
Life eh? All summer we have have been bemoaning river levels too low then, in a trice, the Wye is... Read More
OFF COURSE My friend Steve suggested checking out a golf course lake just outside Lincoln, telling me it can be... Read More
As a bit of a birder, I was fascinated by the recent spat over in New York over the snowy... 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
It’s a cold, dank day, with a vicious Northerly wind blowing down the valley. Hardly what I’d expect for the... Read More
WORKING EVERYWHERE I got into fishing shallow with the pole down South on the regular sweepstakes Mick Toomer used to... Read More
Hard, soft or metal THE TYPES OF LURES I USE, AND HOW TO APPLY THEM TO PERCH FISHING Hard, soft,... Read More