www.avonroachproject.co.uk A book review should be objective and the reviewer should be as invisible as possible. However, in the case... 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
ICE AGE Rivers were flooded and stillwaters frozen, wonderful! But as always, my angling pal Dave Eastwood was as keen... Read More
MARCH: WINTER REMAINS First trip early March and it still felt like winter when I arrived at Birch Lake, which... 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
POWERHOUSE SWIMS Staythorpe power station at Farndon is a significant landmark on the River Trent in the Newark area, only... Read More
GOING SHALLOW I began the month with a few sessions on the Specimen Lake at Woodland Waters, where the huge... Read More
Dave Coster – My Way with Bread IN THE BEGINNING My first proper acquaintance with bread as a viable bait... 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
As a bit of a birder, I was fascinated by the recent spat over in New York over the snowy... Read More
HALFWAY CANAL First outing was an exploratory session on the Half Mile section of the Grantham Canal at Woolsthorpe. This... Read More
EXPLORING NEW GROUND Renovation work on my local Grantham Canal continues, with yet another lock brought back to life. I... Read More
IN THE SHADE Weather forecasters were predicting bright sunshine and temperatures well into the seventies, so Willow Lakes at Foston... 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
Dave Coster – River & Canal Waggler Tactics TREADING CAREFULLY Something I have learnt about waggler fishing is not to... Read More
Many of us were brought up in our fishing infancy by the wise words of Mr Crabtree, aka Bernard Venables.... Read More
PERFECT MIX I mentioned a few weeks ago that I would take a proper look at punched bread fishing, a... Read More
MEETING THE ENIGMA I was told there was an angler who regularly caught big bream from a local reservoir, but... 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
Poles Apart is published by Coch-y-Bonddu Books, and hit our shelves back in 2013. In our view, it remains one... 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