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30 th November 2020
Top 5 Tips for Spodding & Spombing Tactics
What is Spodding/ Spombing? Spodding/Spombing has revolutionised our ability to accurately feed our chosen fishing spot with even the smallest lightest food items at extreme range. This is all done with maximum efficiency, ensuring minimal bait is
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27 th November 2020
Barbel Fishing in November – With Ade Kiddell
Sadly, like the UK, out here in France we are back in lockdown. Luckily, this time fishing has not been completely stopped, however, I have to remain within the constraints of the lockdown rules. For France, the fishing rules are; sticking to a
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23 rd November 2020
Complete Beginner's Guide To Fishing Groundbait
The first thing to understand about groundbait is that there’s a varied menu on offer. Over the last decade we anglers have been spoiled by numerous manufacturers creating a multitude of types, flavours and colours, to give us a smorgasbord of
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18 th November 2020
All You Need to Know About Feeders - Top 5 Feeder Fishing Rigs
The humble feeder is an important weapon in your coarse fishing armoury; it can be used to catch a variety of fish in a diverse number of conditions. What is Feeder Fishing? A feeder is a type of bait application tackle that allows
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16 th November 2020
A Beginner's Guide - How to Use Pole Elastic
Elasticating a pole and pole elastic in general are confusing areas of angling. You can always pop yourself down to a tackle shop, or contact the AD team with your tackle queries. As a novice angler, you’ll see a myriad of bungs, puller kits,
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11 th November 2020
Spooling a Fishing Reel - 5 Top Tips
It's that time of year when we look to refresh our tackle. One main element that is often changed first is our line after a season or more of service, but are you spooling your reels correctly? A correctly spooled reel will reduce tangles, improve
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09 th November 2020
The Ultimate Guide to Fishing Pellet Perfection
If you’re serious about catching a lot of fish from commercial waters then you really do have to fish with pellets. We’re not saying that they’re the only bait you can catch on but these commercial fish are born to eat pellets and if you can
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04 th November 2020
Bagging Up On Commercials
Commercials fisheries can be prolific, whether it's F1s, carp, bream or silver fish you're targeting these venue play host to countless weekly matches as well as pleasure/coarse angling sessions. Generally with the commercial venues being well
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02 nd November 2020
Top 5 Bivvy Tips for Long Session Angling
With the temperatures dropping this time of year, especially overnight, your bivvy is a place of real sanctuary away from the cold, wind and wet. There are a number of things that you can do to maximise your comfort; so we thought we would help out
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26 th October 2020
10 Tips for Autumn Coarse Fishing
Autumn is among us with all the unpredicted rainfalls and temperature drops. Cooler waters require stealthier tactics and adapting your approach and tackle to best suit autumnal coarse fishing. If you are new to angling or are considering autumn
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