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Swivel It!

Prevent line twist when trotting by putting a swivel between your hook length and main line. Particularly important if you're fishing double maggot/caster, which spin
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Trotting Along

This is a basic tip, but one many anglers ignore or forget. When trotting and catching fish that then appear to stop feeding, try ...
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No Messing With Groundbait

This tip will not catch you more fish but will keep your bag clean. Fed up with ground bait bag splitting in your bag? ...
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Hemptastic!

I get agro when cooking hemp at home from the wife because of the smell, so now what I do is using an old flask ...
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Hooks For Soft Baits

When using a soft bait use longshank hooks to allow better hook retention and the ability to increase bait size. Graham E  ...
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Twitch For A Bite

When bites aren't forthcoming, twitching the bait a few inches can make a huge difference. Steve Burke  ...
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Sunken Float Paternoster

The sunken float paternoster rig is an extremely effective method of presenting a static live bait. If you’re fishing from a boat how do you ...
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Dead Good Bait!

Dead maggots are a very effective bait, often outscoring live ones. They're cheaper too as none of them crawl away! A good way to kill ...
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Heavy Is Good

Too heavy a float is nearly always better than one that's too light. In particular, a light float when trotting on a river can ...
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Lure Hooking

Pointing your rod almost down the line will much improve hooking when lure fishing. In windy weather, point the rod slightly downwind to avoid ...
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Terry-Doe Born 18 July 1956, in Berkshire, Terry is a Romany Gypsy, who spent his formative years hunting most things that ran, crawled, swam or flew, in and around the gravel pits, fields and streams of Horton and Wraysbury. Terry began writing for various magazines in 1987, and these days a publishing company employs him full-time as a technical editor. A former U.S. National, European and British shooting champion, Terry rediscovered fishing about two years ago, and having retired from the competition shooting circuit, he now lists angling as his ‘main retreat.’ Carp and pike are Terry’s species of choice, although he’ll ‘have a go at anything that gets me next to a lake, stream or river.’ Terry Doe makes no claim to expert angler status. He catches some decent fish - mainly thanks to his ability to hunt-out their locations - but he’s an absolute master at enjoying what he does. He says, "For me, fishing’s about being out there, among the life of a lake, rather than just going after what’s in it. If I can teach my boys that there’s more to see in a stream than there will ever be on a television screen - then I’ll be happy."