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02 nd September 2020
The Insider's Guide to Perch Fishing
With Autumn just around the corner, switching to perch fishing is ideal for the cooler months. If you are eager to try perch fishing, this guide can give you some tips to making the most out of the sessions out in the windy weather! About Perch
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26 th August 2020
Your Complete Beginners Guide to Fishing Hooks
Hooks are one of the most important pieces of terminal tackle you will have in your tackle box, but an item that is often overlooked. We, here at Angling Direct, want to guide you to the right hooks for your type of fishing, hopefully bringing you
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06 th November 2017
Top 5 Hemp Tips: How to Use Hemp to Boost Your Fishing Game
Hemp is probably one of, if not the best all-round fish attractor. Just about every species (including roach, bream, tench, and carp) finds it impossible to resist the pulling power of this rich nutty particle. Hemp is devastating on its own but
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23 rd October 2017
Top 5 Chod Rig Fishing Tips
The Chod Rig has helped revolutionise our ability to present hookbait among weed beds, silt, and other bottom detritus that could otherwise render our rigs useless to carp who feed in these areas. As we are now in Autumn, with increased leaf litter
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16 th October 2017
Top 5 Drop Shotting Tips
This ultra-light method of lure fishing, used mainly to target perch, is not only awesome fun but is also very cost-effective and addictive. Whether you have a couple of hours at the end of a day or a full day to yourself, here are some tips to help
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02 nd October 2017
Top 5 Tench Fishing Tips
Picture the scene, a clear summer morning at first light, mist rising from the mirror still surface and your rod bending double as you play the quintessential of British summertime course fish a tench. It’s what angling dreams are made of. Here are
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18 th January 2017
Beginners Guide - Float Fishing With Deadbaits For Pike
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
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19 th October 2016
How To Make Cheese Paste For Chub!
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
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05 th October 2016
Beginners Guide – How To Catch Bream
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
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18 th February 2016
Beginners Guide – Groundbait Part One
As seen in Coarse Fishing Answers Magazine… Groundbait 101 - The Basics To Feeding Like A ProThe 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
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