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The only things I would say is when you hook them, nick them very finely in the lump at the blunt end and they should not burst, the other thing is bursting tends to happen if you hold the maggot to tightly, its best to softly hold the maggot and draw it onto the hook as apposed to pushing the hook into the maggot. Hope this is helpful

Hi Flying Tench, They are called "Jellets" Jelly Pellets made by VAN DEN EYNDE, I used Halibut, and they are jelly like and hook and hold really well, Bit pricey at £2.50 for 150g but are great for picking out the bigger fish. They are a bit smaller than a pea. I tend to fish them on a size 14 with 4.4lb bs Line I have done well tench fishing with them as well. They come in a resealable bag, I always carry some with me and they last a long time if you only use them as the hook bait and feed with cheaper ground baits or pellets.

I fished the Avon In Stratford Last Night, I think I was the first this season due to the floods, Yesterday Morning I took a walk down the River, I saw that it was fishable in one swim only. So I came back around 5pm. I set up with a heavy feeder Rod and set up for Barble, I sat for 2 hours without a sniff, I noticed a lot of fish topping in my swim, and then I saw what I believed were big roach toping, I set up a Stick float and started to feed maggots, the action was immediate, I was catching skimmers and small roach. I knew there were bigger roach in the swim so I feed some small hooker pellets and changed bait to a jelly hookers, well what can I say I had an amazing session with at least 6 roach to over 2lb, I had bream to 3lb, I hooked a carp and was broken and I had a fish a chuck, It seemed that I was fishing the only calm bit of water for over a mile in each direction and every fish in the river was in my swim. I had small fish attached by Pike and Zander as I was bringing them in, it was like fish soup. Well I might try and get back tonight and target the predators, funnily I caught no perch? I guess I had over 80lb of fish, (I don't use a keep net) I also have some photos unfortunately I ran out of Battery just as I got fishing with the float. Great Evening and a great way to start the season. THE RIVER AVON 18/06/2007

I was flyfishing with my Brother in Sweden, we both had a boat each and were out on a small lake, My Brother hooked a good trout, it went on a blistering run jumped clean out of the water and landed in my Boat, Thanks bro a nice 6lb Rainbow landed cleanly at my feet. when we got back to the landing bay he could not convice the balif it was his fish, I just said he is a poor loser, he even has to make up really unlikly storys, The Balif just laughed and said something like, I have heard all sorts of stories but yours is the least likley.

well done I got to say that's one misrable looking Tench, It looks like its lost a fiver and found a penny.

A Bat when fly fishing, it took my fly on the back cast and a Swallow also when flyfishing, this took my top dropper when playing a fish into the boat. You will be happy to know both were released safley, if not a little shaken. (I also landed the fish)

The Tame is over the banks and not fishable, the Avon is also over the bank in places and unfishable, luckly the river Arrow is still fishable at the moment, so its dace, chub and roach O well at least I can wet a line

Hi Steve Im sure that will be the spoon, he used, the colour schem is as I remember. Thanks

A few years ago I bought a small folding chair from Argos!!! it was a last minuet thing, I needed a chair for my Brother who was flying in from spain for a visit and wanted to go fishing, he had no tackle so I provided him with evrything, the only thing I did not have was a spare chair, so I got one from Argos for a tenner, Now this thing was cheap and nasty, but on the plus side it was very light and easy to carry, I have used it ever since when Roving. Not sure if they still sell them. Cheers

Shakespeare Frog Spoon As a Kid in the 70's I fished alongside the late great John Sidley at Earlswood lakes, (Nr Shirley, west Midlands, It was Warwickshire back then), He used to cast out 1 or 2 Live baits and then fish with a “Shakespeare Frog Spoon” He swore by these spoons and said nothing could beat them, He Used to catch far more Pike on the Spoon than he did on the live bait, The other interesting thing was he never moved around and caught consistently all day from the same swim, and he always fished the same swim. Now my Question is, does anyone know if you can still get this spoon, (I don’t think it’s made anymore, I have not seen them on e-bay and have been watching for over a year. Does anyone have one and if so could they send me a photo? I am really interested in seeing this lure again as it has great meaning to me and was the holy grail of lure’s to me as a kid as I could never have afforded one. Thanks

Who, Your other Half or the Bride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hi my son caught this rudd last night , I was impresses by its colours, I thought you might like a look.

Last night I took my son fishing on a local lake, we were after tench and were float fishing bread flack fished over depth. I caught a Perch!!! the bait was static, The other strange thing was the perch had a bright blood red head. I have never caught perch on bread before and I have never seen a perch with a bright red head, I have been fishing fo 37 years!!! I can only think this has somting to do with spawning, Anyone seen anything like this before??

Headline: Sunshine and showers, these becoming heavy and prolonged. Warwickshire report sounds perfect, top up the rivers tonight and tommorow and falling Satuaday Sunday. Today: Most places will start dry with some sunshine, but showers will develop, these becoming heavy with thunder and will merge into longer spells of rain later, especially in the north and west. Tonight: It will remain cloudy with further rain at times, some of this heavy and prolonged, still with a risk of thunder. It will become breezy in the north. Thursday: It will be a cloudy and wet morning with further rain, some of this heavy. However, some drier and brighter weather should edge northwards during the afternoon. Outlook for Friday to Sunday: It will remain unsettled with further rain or showers, though a trend to drier, sunnier conditions is likely. It will be rather cool for mid June almost everywhere. BBC Weather Centre in association with the Met Office

"Fair enough blue, but was he really doing any harm? Maybe he WAS giving his son a few lessons. Should he have told the lad "sorry son can't do a bit of fishing today, got to get a license, and join the club, so best forget it? Wouldn't want your Dad to end up with a criminal record"" It was the close season, do you think it’s alright to teach your kid that rules can be ignored and it’s OK to fish on privet water out of season? I don't think so, You are entitled to think otherwise!!! But I think he would have been better off think along the lines below. He could have said to his son, “lets go to a day ticket lake, I need a licence we will just nip into the post office on the way, there is no season for still waters so we can have a great day and some great fun there, we will just have to wait until the 16th June till we can fish the rivers, “ Easy and Legal!!

Last close season I phoned the EA to report a man and his son were fishing the Avon at Bidford. I had told the chap it was the close season and that the water he was fishing was not day ticket but a club water. He said that he was only giving his son a leason and that I should mind my own buisness. (they were using bait) The person on the EA phone seemed a bit confused as what to do (it felt like he did'nt want the hassle to deal with the call) anyway he took the details. I waited to see what would happen. Nothing, no one showed up, they carried on fishing, (not catching by the way) a few tourist stoped to watch them, a few locals tutted and shock thier heads , but nothing happened. I was very disapointed, the man and his son fished for over an hour longer, packed up and went and had a picnic with the rest of their family. what a watse of my time. I am sure he would not have had a licence either.

Try some blue cheese paste!!!

The Avon , Arrow and Alne are all looking good in Warwickshire Can't wait

I can only tell you what the Bailiff told me, The only thing that makes me think its true is that Hanningfeild is well known for big rainbows, but they don’t come along like the number 11 Bus, you might get 1 or 2 a season. The show was about the big Hanninfield Rainbows and how to catch them, JW caught plenty of 3-5lb Trout and each one showed the take the fight and the landing. The 11lb was the only fish you did not see the take and when it was shown being played it was not far from the boat. I tend to think this Bailiff was telling the truth, I know him well and he is not the type Bull ****.

I know when John Wilson fished Hanningfeild trout reservoir He was seen to catch an 11lb Rainbow trout, at the time I had a season ticket there. The bailiff told me that for the show they took the fish from a holding tank, hooked it up and John Wilson is seen to play the fish in. In the show you don’t see the take just JW playing the fish. Since I was told this he has gone down in my estimation. However the TV Presenter I cannot Stand is Rex Hunt, I hate the way he wax’s lyrical about fish welfare and ensuring that there will be plenty of fish for the grandchildren to catch, then he catches a fish, wrenches the hook out (With a dirty great pair of pliers) and slings it back. The clue is in the title song “Catching them, kissing them and THROWING THEM BACK” He has been seen to bounce fish all over the bank, boat bottom and fishing piers. His handling is appalling. We should not have him on UK TV, how many kids watch his handling and accept it as the Normal.

I have caught several big Rudd up to 4lb, These were caught in a shallow lake in Latvia, (I worked there for 5 years) I found that there were plenty of small Rudd out in the open water but the large Rudd lived in the reed beds, You had to cast as tight as possible to the reeds (you get hooked up plenty of times) Firstly though spray maggots into the reads and to the edge of the open water. Keep the maggots going in a little and often and slowly reduce the amount that go into the reeds, this will draw the fish out to open water (about a foot from the reeds) when you have them competing for the bait (you will see the swirls) You need a very small light float and fish a single maggot on the drop with a size22 hook. Cast lightly in and the action will be almost immediate, I have had great days fishing this way (from a boat) and have had staggering amounts of big Rudd. The best weather is hot and sunny, not much else will be feeding but the Rudd seems to love it. Tremendous action and unbelievable sport.

What if you were in a boat? i guess it would be the same dilema

I used to catch stone loach and bull heads in the river Cole as a kid, my kids now catch them in the river Arrow and river Alne. There are also other loachs in the UK, I can't remeber there names though.

I never Crash about anywere!!!, Us midland anglers are not able to fish for seatrout as they don't run up the Avon or Seven ( well not worth the effort of hoping to conect with one) I shall be targeting Zander on the Avon, my juices have been running just thinking about it for the last few weeks. I will have to fight all the Barble boys for a decent swim, so I might even be on the bank at midnight on the 14/15 june. I have been planning a rig with just a large single hook and are going to leave the trebles at home. I really can't wait, I really am board with lakes, (just not the same as water with flow) I have been chucking the fluff up at drycote for the last few weekends, and have had some great sport. the buzzer hatch there 3 weeks ago was unreal, every time you breathed in you were spiting out flys, I have never seen anything like it. anyway started to ramble. can't wait