Throughout the winter months, the pike has to be one of the most popular coarse fish in the UK. As the weather cools and the prey fish begin to shoal up, the pike goes on the prowl and anglers up and down the country set their stall out to target
It is that time of year again, when we reflect on the previous 12 months and all the angling joy they brought us. We’ve once again asked all the shops to nominate their favourite tackle items – here’s what they have decided is their Top Tackle
For this latest episode we took the camera’s down to Kessingland on the Suffolk coast, to try and catch a few fish from the beach.Now it’s no secret that the winter fishing around our coastline has been very poor so far this season, the codling
For this latest episode we headed to Reepham Fisheries to try a bit of cold water pellet waggler fishing.Now the pellet waggler is generally associated with the summer months and a method that is only used when the waters at it's warmest, however
Winter will soon be here and, to me, that means chub! Since I am at work for most of the daylight hours during the winter, I'm usually restricted to fishing in darkness!I like a big smelly bait. Cheesepaste is my favourite bait for after-dark chub
Beach fishing has come a long way where reels are concerned. The earliest reels in common use by beach casters were wooden centrepins, often referred to as Scarborough reels. Simple, and quite useful in the hands of an expert caster, but nowhere near
The month of October can be an excellent time to get out on banks to target a few bream.Now the bream, a deep bodied shoal fish, isn’t everyone’s favourite, but feeling the heavy thump of a big slab on the other end has to be one of the most
For this latest episode we headed to the banks of our local river Wensum to do a spot of Chub fishing and to hopefully explain a little bit about watercraft.As the saying goes a few minutes in the right place is better than 24 hours in the wrong
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
Last time I promised to let you in on the rig I use for most of my barbel fishing. The rig I am about to describe works for me all over Europe and has accounted for 1000s of barbel from over 20 rivers around Europe.Over the years I have seen some