Catch Reports

Just a few weeks ago I was writing my last blog and it was over 30 degrees C, a typical end of a summers day, here in France.  We have now suddenly jumped into Autumn with colder nights and wet and windy days, however, I must admit Autumn is a

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When Angling Direct tasked me with filming a video promoting the Shimano ST RB Baitrunner reels, I grabbed the 10-foot 3lb test curve Advanta carp rods and headed for the bank with videographer, Chris Ansell.   I was confident I would catch a

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This year has been a strange one for all of us, I am not sure life will ever be the same again after the upheavals of the last few months. Hopefully, we can return to as normal a life as possible as soon as is possible. I think we have all suffered

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With the river season well underway it looks like plenty of fish are being caught and the encouraging signs that lots of new anglers. It's great to see families going fishing together, especially around the beginning of National Fishing Month.

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I, unfortunately, must open this blog on a very sad note as my brother-in-law, Ben has sadly passed away after a long battle with the Coronavirus. Ben spent 8 weeks in intensive care but just could not fight off the damaging effects. I considered Ben

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