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Category - Coarse Fishing Articles
Travel Light
Roving sessions on the river demand a mobile approach – try and get by with a rod, net and a...
Doing The Double – My first double figure bream
Having never caught a Bream over 3lb, as you may expect, the thought of a double-figure fish was...
Hooks For Soft Baits
When using a soft bait use longshank hooks to allow better hook retention and the ability to...
Hemptastic!
I get agro when cooking hemp at home from the wife because of the smell, so now what I do is using...
No Messing With Groundbait
This tip will not catch you more fish but will keep your bag clean. Fed up with ground bait bag...
Trotting Along
This is a basic tip, but one many anglers ignore or forget. When trotting and catching fish that...
Swivel It!
Prevent line twist when trotting by putting a swivel between your hook length and main line...
Ditch The Bait Dropper
It’s important to get your hemp in the right place and loose feeding on a fast river is a bit...
Shy Bites
If bites don’t develop move the bottom shot or ledger weight away from the hook. Steve Burke...
Twitch For A Bite
When bites aren’t forthcoming, twitching the bait a few inches can make a huge difference...
Blank goes in search of Spanish Kippers
Our party had been to Mequinenza, an old Spanish mining town where the rivers: Ebro, and Segre...