NEW CHALLENGES Like everyone, I have my favourite venues, but I also love exploring new places and trying to get... Read More
HALFWAY CANAL First outing was an exploratory session on the Half Mile section of the Grantham Canal at Woolsthorpe. This... 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
Many of us were brought up in our fishing infancy by the wise words of Mr Crabtree, aka Bernard Venables.... Read More
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
OFF COURSE My friend Steve suggested checking out a golf course lake just outside Lincoln, telling me it can be... 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
QUIVER REST I liked the concept of a soft EVA foam rod rest, because with shallow multi-position quivertip designs, line... Read More
WEEDY SURPRISE Matches were due to start next month on the Fossdyke Canal, so I took a run up there... Read More
BALMY DAYS Summer has departed and memories of enjoyable days spent by picturesque lakes, pleasantly dotted with canopies of lilies,... Read More
Dave Coster – My Way with Bread IN THE BEGINNING My first proper acquaintance with bread as a viable bait... Read More
WORKING EVERYWHERE I got into fishing shallow with the pole down South on the regular sweepstakes Mick Toomer used to... Read More
GOING SHALLOW I began the month with a few sessions on the Specimen Lake at Woodland Waters, where the huge... Read More
MARCH: WINTER REMAINS First trip early March and it still felt like winter when I arrived at Birch Lake, which... 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
IN THE SHADE Weather forecasters were predicting bright sunshine and temperatures well into the seventies, so Willow Lakes at Foston... Read More
ANGLING HAVEN In the quest for consistent winter fishing, many people might head for heavily stocked commercial fisheries. But there... Read More
PERFECT MIX I mentioned a few weeks ago that I would take a proper look at punched bread fishing, a... 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
EXPLORING NEW GROUND Renovation work on my local Grantham Canal continues, with yet another lock brought back to life. I... Read More