Tag: Dave Coster

First Sunday of December was bitterly cold and there was a club match just up the road at Willow Lakes, Foston. After I’d scraped the frost off my car, I drove to Grantham services for a coffee and bite to eat. There was an icy wind howling across

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Although many pole anglers get by with placing their spare top kits to one side, very often on the ground, this is a risky thing to do. They can get trodden on by passers-by, trampled over by free running dogs, or your rigs can get tangled

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After fruitlessly chasing the shadowy big tench that live in Denton Reservoir for much of August, I decided to try for this species in a venue that’s a bit easier, Buckminster Brick Pit. This attractive, horseshoe shaped club lake is a pleasant

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My mate Andy was around for a few days and said he would like to try Hornbeam Lake at Homeclose Fishery, where I caught some big perch in July. I didn’t mind visiting the quiet Rutland countryside again and we only discovered a couple of other

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 Pellet feeders are a lot easier to use than method designs, not requiring any moulds or fussing around to get the loadings right. The most basic and effective set up is to have the reel line running through the in-line tube and tail rubber,

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