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Punch, flake, crust or paste – a guide to fishing with bread
In this modern day of hi-tech baits many anglers have long forgotten about the effectiveness of bread, in its many guises, bread as a bait has accounted for more than its fair share of specimen roach, chub, tench, bream, carp and pretty much every other species of coarse fish you care to mention.Read more
Dynamite mixing bucket and groundbait/maggot riddle review
I’ve had the Dynamite groundbait mixing bucket and the complementing Dynamite groundbait/maggot riddle for just over 3 months now and hardly a day on the river has gone by without both being with me. Let’s have a look at the Dynamite mixing bucket first.Read more
How to wobble dead baits to catch more pike
What do you mean by wobble? Quite simply it means to mount and retrieve a deadbait in such a manner that it mymics an injured fish. To do this is quite simple, read on to find out how.Read more
Latest tackle reviews
irigs – full review
I've had the irigs app on my iphone for a number of months now, and although I'm not a dedicated carp angler I've tested the app out thoroughly in … [Read More...]
iRigs – An iPhone App for carp anglers: In for review
The guys over at iAngler have kindly sent over a copy of their iPhone app, iRigs for me to review. Having recently adopted my wifes iPhone 3GS … [Read More...]
Drennan Brass Head Bread Punches – Review
With winter just around the corner and river roach fishing soon to be figuring heavily in my fishing sessions it's time to look to one of my favourite … [Read More...]
Latest fishing tips
Where to buy worms online for fishing
So you've read my articles on how to build your own wormery and how to collect your own lobworms but you would rather buy from a company on the … [Read More...]
How to wobble dead baits to catch more pike
Personally, I'm not one for firing out a couple of deadbaits and leaving them for a few hours in the hopes that a passing pike may take one of them. … [Read More...]
How to collect lob worms for fishing
I’m a big fan of natural baits with lobworms definitely being high up on the list of my favourites. Just recently I’ve used lobworms for perch on … [Read More...]
Latest news
Summer pike fishing, good or bad?
Angler’s Mail have a news feature on Summer Pike fishing and via their Facebook Page have asked the question, is summer pike fishing ok or not? On the whole the replies are pretty much for summer pike fishing with the caveat that handling of the pike needs to be done with care and the pike [...]
White bread banned as a bait
I stumbled on a Facebook post from Anglers Mail stating that a venue had banned white bread as a bait. At the time of writing this post there has been 55 replies already, some of which seem a little over the top, many believing it is stupid or that they will just continue to fish [...]
British Perch record beaten with a 6lb 2oz specimen, good or bad?
The fact that the British Perch record has been beaten (to be confirmed) with the capture of a 6lb 2oz specimen by Neil Stephen at Stream Valley Lakes in East Sussex is probably old news to most followers of this blog. I’ve had time to think about this and have debated writing a post at [...]
When is the river fishing close season?
The statutory coarse fish close season is between 15th March and 15th June inclusive. It applies on all rivers, streams and drains in England and Wales. A strange thing to post you say? Well, judging by the amount of people coming from Google ending up on one of my previous posts regarding the season coming [...]
A list of UK based internet coarse fishing forums
With the summer months and corresponding warmer weather well behind us (it feels that way in Norfolk anyway) there is often a sharp decline in the numbers of people out on the banks, their fishing tackle relegated to the back of the shed. This is a shame as many would argue that pike fishing comes [...]