Over the last few weeks Matt and I have recently discovered our love for jig fishing after those wily summer perch. Armed with our Sonik Light Tec 6ft spinning gear, 1-8g and boxes full of jigs, we have been hitting the rivers as much as possible
In my last post I gave you an insight into how I get the best out of what can be a tricky time to catch barbel, in the first few weeks of the new season. There’s nothing better to prove that my tips work than to tell you about a huge early season
With all the preparations finally done for our next round of the British Carp Angling Championships (BCAC) it was time for Stephen and me to load the van and make our way down to the famous Linear Fisheries in Oxford, to fish Brasenose 1 for the Semi
Getting down the lake after work on a Saturday afternoon I could see that the lake was quite busy. I had a walk around to see which swims were left and I was very surprised to see that there was no one in the new swim at the bottom end of the lake.
A couple of weeks into the new river season, once the rivers have settled down a bit, is a great time to get on with some early season barbel fishing. On most rivers the barbel have now spawned, the heavy rain of the past few weeks has passed, and
The weather has been settled over the last fortnight and this has allowed the charter boats to get out to the marks and give our anglers some fantastic sport with a variety of species.There are plenty of Smoothounds around with reports of fish over
Back on the 23rd June we heard the first of the River Yare match reports from Beccles store manager, Jeannette Halliday. Jeannette is back this week to fill us in on all the action since then and to keep us up to date with the fishing on the Yare.
Team AD member Phil Spinks is here to fill us in with his latest reports from his most recent trips to the water. The first of these celebrates the end of the closed rivers with Phil’s first rudd of the season. The second trip takes us out off the
After a slow start of the year I finally got into some fish down on Lodge Lake at Bawburgh, starting with a lovely fat common at 24lb 8oz I managed to wiggle out one Sunday after fishing the weekend elsewhere in the lake. The wind had just changed
Even through the river season has only just started, Beccles shop manager, Jeannette, has already managed to get out for a couple of matches. Here’s her report from her first two outings on the Yare for the new season.From turning your own