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03 rd September 2018
Monday Top 5 - Stick Float Fishing
Stick float fishing on rivers is a devastating method that can allow you not only to cover a huge stretch of river, but can also be used to target a huge variety of species, from dace through to barbel. Here are our top 5 stick float fishing tips…
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30 th July 2018
Ade Kiddell - July 2018 Blog
Just where has this year gone seems like yesterday I was hoping for a chub on a cold flooded river and now we are praying for a bit of rain as the river is hardly flowing and very warm. Luckily the level is holding up and as this part of the river
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26 th April 2018
Thursday Focus - SonuBaits
Tell Me About ItA good all-round groundbait that can be used dry in cage and open end feeders, or soaked in two pints of water for 45 minutes, and added to method feeders, this blend of meats, spices, fishmeal and pellets creates a uniquely potent
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28 th March 2018
Ade Kiddell - March Fishing Diary
I have always enjoyed fishing the last few days of the river season; over the years I have had some great catches, and, with that in mind I booked the ferry well in advance, with a trip to the Trent planned, and like a military operation I sorted
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17 th March 2018
Advanta Saturday - Advanta Discovery RVS Rod River Ambush
Good things certainly do come in small packages if the Advanta Discovery RVS Rod River Ambush is anything to go by! At 5ft 5” you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s something of a kids’ rod that no real angler would use; however those more
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23 rd February 2018
February Floods - Ade Kiddell
At the end of my last Blog I mentioned that my local river was in major flood, the major flood continued for a good few days with some damage to local properties and several roads closed due to flooding. The good thing was as the flood was caused by
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11 th January 2018
December Barbel Quest - Ade Kiddell
This time last year we were wrapped up against the cold wind, the river was low and clear and on a few occasions we struggled to fish as the line was freezing in the rod rings. At the lowest point the temperature hit minus 13, so its crazy to think
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14 th December 2017
Time On The Trent - Darryn Stolworthy
By the 3rd weekend in August it’d been a full month since I last did any sort of fishing, and I was really looking forward to a couple of days on the Trent again, going after barbel with Justin.Justin picked me up around 4pm, loaded the van and set
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30 th November 2017
Targets Set & Targets Met - Ade
After a busy season running a fishing guest house it was great at last to think about getting out and doing some fishing myself. We have had a very dry summer so the river has been low and clear with very little flow, hardly ideal barbel fishing
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17 th October 2017
October Cocktail - Ade Kiddell
So, the plan was to move to France, live by a river and go fishing whenever I wanted. Dreams are all very well, but the reality of the last few weeks has seen us working flat out both with repairs on the house and with plenty of visiting anglers keen
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