I saw in yesterday’s Sunday Times (5th September 2021) that Lyng Mill, in Lyng, Norfolk, has come on the market,... 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
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
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
Dave Coster – My Way with Bread IN THE BEGINNING My first proper acquaintance with bread as a viable bait... 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
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
FIRST FROSTS Scraping ice off the car for the first time this year, reminded me that tactics might need changing,... Read More
ICE AGE Rivers were flooded and stillwaters frozen, wonderful! But as always, my angling pal Dave Eastwood was as keen... 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
Dave Coster – River & Canal Waggler Tactics TREADING CAREFULLY Something I have learnt about waggler fishing is not to... 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
MARCH: WINTER REMAINS First trip early March and it still felt like winter when I arrived at Birch Lake, which... Read More
OFF COURSE My friend Steve suggested checking out a golf course lake just outside Lincoln, telling me it can be... 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