BREAD PUNCH Punched bread doesn’t work everywhere, but when you do find a venue that responds to it, this simple... Read More
HALFWAY CANAL First outing was an exploratory session on the Half Mile section of the Grantham Canal at Woolsthorpe. This... Read More
IN THE SHADE Weather forecasters were predicting bright sunshine and temperatures well into the seventies, so Willow Lakes at Foston... Read More
OFF COURSE My friend Steve suggested checking out a golf course lake just outside Lincoln, telling me it can be... Read More
I was never enthralled by the concept of the Broads, perhaps because familiarity breeds contempt. Because... Read More
ANGLING HAVEN In the quest for consistent winter fishing, many people might head for heavily stocked commercial fisheries. But there... Read More
A Love of Hard Lures THE TACTIC Growing up around boats and angling on the Norfolk Broads, I developed a... Read More
POWERHOUSE SWIMS Staythorpe power station at Farndon is a significant landmark on the River Trent in the Newark area, only... Read More
POPULAR PLACE I’d arranged to fish with a couple of mates at Staunton Harold Reservoir. Chris was already set up... Read More
EXPLORING NEW GROUND Renovation work on my local Grantham Canal continues, with yet another lock brought back to life. I... Read More
WEEDY SURPRISE Matches were due to start next month on the Fossdyke Canal, so I took a run up there... Read More
QUIVERTIP SCIENCE I like to have the top eye of a quivertip almost dimpling the surface when it’s calm, setting... Read More
BY THE GATES I’ve always been fascinated by the imposing locks on many of our waterways. When there is heavy... Read More
Fishing with Friends THE THOUGHT PROCESS A simple session, catching up with friends on the bank. It’s something easily taken... 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
GOING SHALLOW I began the month with a few sessions on the Specimen Lake at Woodland Waters, where the huge... Read More
FIRST FROSTS Scraping ice off the car for the first time this year, reminded me that tactics might need changing,... Read More
MEETING THE ENIGMA I was told there was an angler who regularly caught big bream from a local reservoir, but... Read More
As a bit of a birder, I was fascinated by the recent spat over in New York over the snowy... Read More
PURE DYNAMITE Dynamite is famous for its Frenzied range, which is built around ready-cooked hemp supplied in tins, along with... Read More
Chub: Trying to Track a Giant With the season well and truly under way, and the chub fishing steady, I... Read More