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13 th September 2016
Tackle Tuesday... FishSpy Underwater Camera
Reviewed by Carpology Magazine… ‘I SPY WITH MY LITTLE… MARKER AND SMARTPHONE’I’ve heard about FishSpy, but what the hell is it? To look at, FishSpy is similar in appearance to a marker float: aerodynamic with a camo green body and a
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12 th September 2016
Ladies World Championships – Jeannette Halliday
This year the Ladies World Championships were held on the River Guadiana, Merida, in the southwest of Spain. As a bank runner, I chose to accompany Dave Brooks and Jason Kirk in the van that takes the ladies kit to the venue so I left my house at
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12 th September 2016
Chinook III Charter Fishing Report – September
The last fortnight has seen settled weather and this has allowed the charter boats to get out and give their anglers some excellent sport.The bigger Smoothounds are hanging around much longer than normal due to the warm water, the fish that spend all
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07 th September 2016
Wednesday Review... Fox NTXr Bite Alarms
Having used the old Micron RX Digitals for many years, which apart for some battery life issues were the best alarms I have ever owned, I fell out of love with Fox’s alarms for a long time when they were no longer made. The EOS phase in this period
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06 th September 2016
Tackle Tuesday... Vass 175 Smock & Bib & Brace 'Khaki Edition'
Reviewed by Carpology Magazine… ‘Carpy’ Body Cladding. Readying yourself for the spring showers as well as being able to take on the harsher conditions of the British winter can be tough. But when Vass delights us with this ‘Khaki Edition
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30 th August 2016
Tackle Tuesday... Solar P1 Worldwide Pod
There are undoubtedly some good pods out there and there are certainly some cheaper ones too. However, I challenge anyone to find one better than this.Okay, it’s a lot of money, but you absolutely get what you pay for. Precision British engineering
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26 th August 2016
Boat Fishing For Smoothound In The Thames Estuary
For this latest episode we headed back down to Essex to fish with our good friend Phil White, aboard his boat the Chinook III, with one species in mind... the Smooth Hound!The summer months of June, July and August are peak times to target this hard
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25 th August 2016
Introducing The AD Specialists... Justin Grapes & Darryn Stolworthy
We, here at Angling Direct, would like to extend a warm welcome to our very first AD Specialists – Justin Grapes and Darryn Stolworthy, who will be on hand to tell us all the latest news from the specialist fishing scene.If you’re local to the
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24 th August 2016
Wednesday Review... Wychwood AVX Bite Alarm
We’ve never had it better in terms of fishing tackle. Gone are the days when you had to pay extortionate amounts of money to get stuff that actually worked. Nowadays, with quality manufacturing and design so freely available, we can pick up very
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23 rd August 2016
Tackle Tuesday... RidgeMonkey Bivvy-Lite Duo IR
After having extensively used the original Bivvy Lite Duo, I was keen to receive the IR version. Let me just say I am only recently converted to bivvy lights, and just how handy they are.Basically building on the best-selling bivvy light, Ridgemonkey
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