BACK ON THE CUT Canals didn’t figure in my fishing for a whole decade as they were too far away,... Read More
MARCH: WINTER REMAINS First trip early March and it still felt like winter when I arrived at Birch Lake, which... Read More
Dave Coster – My Way with Bread IN THE BEGINNING My first proper acquaintance with bread as a viable bait... Read More
BALMY DAYS Summer has departed and memories of enjoyable days spent by picturesque lakes, pleasantly dotted with canopies of lilies,... 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
Poles Apart is published by Coch-y-Bonddu Books, and hit our shelves back in 2013. In our view, it remains one... Read More
Many of us were brought up in our fishing infancy by the wise words of Mr Crabtree, aka Bernard Venables.... Read More
WORKING EVERYWHERE I got into fishing shallow with the pole down South on the regular sweepstakes Mick Toomer used to... 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
NEW CHALLENGES Like everyone, I have my favourite venues, but I also love exploring new places and trying to get... 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
WEEDY SURPRISE Matches were due to start next month on the Fossdyke Canal, so I took a run up there... 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
QUIVER REST I liked the concept of a soft EVA foam rod rest, because with shallow multi-position quivertip designs, line... 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
A Start on the Pike With changing weather and time on my hands, it was time to set out after... 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
POWERHOUSE SWIMS Staythorpe power station at Farndon is a significant landmark on the River Trent in the Newark area, only... Read More
I saw in yesterday’s Sunday Times (5th September 2021) that Lyng Mill, in Lyng, Norfolk, has come on the market,... Read More