mvalias

Hi Try to hang on for a month and a half and search your area for the National Fishing Month. You may find that in your locality there will be a free fishing event. Here they should provide you with licence, tackle and bait, both for you and your kid. You might even be lucky enough to be given the kit afterwards. This will give you a taste without all the expense. So check out this web site http://www.nationalfishingmonth.com/events...shing-sessions/ I hpoe that's helpful Michael

Loose Lips Sink Ships Been told by my club to say nothing!

Can anyone help me please. Just purchased a bump bar for my box, unfortunately I've got hexagonal upright bars, and the contectors from the bump bar have large square holes. Now I know you can get inset adaptors, but can I find them on the tinterweb? No chance. Can anyone help? Thanks Michael

John Same as you on the Latham's comment. I was there the weekend before. The shop was busy and there wasn't room to swing a cat. I was looking at a new pole holdall, but the zips were sealed with a security tie, and I couldn't get a single shop assistant to help me. They lost my business. Michael

I'd recommend Fakenham town centre, either behind the mill leading out of the town to the west, there are fishing platforms dotted along the length. There is also the stretch running away from the mill, but I've not fish it myself. Chub and roach feature heavily, and you may even get the 2lb + fish. Totally free access to the wensum.

Mike Did you fish as well, or did you just dedicate your time to him? When ever I take someone with me with little or no experience I always fine that trying to fish myself is a waste of time. Lovely fish, and might be the largest roach he will ever catch, and it was on his first outing. Is the pond fished regularly, or was your Son's maggots the first they had ever seen? Keep encouraging him, and long may his enthusiam continue. Michael

Someone always owns the waterway, and therefore the fishing rights. Some are given over to free fishing, but they are getting fewer and fewer. As mentioned by Steve find out who does own the rights, and the reasoning behind the change.

How about trying to catch the American Crayfish if you are that hungry: The law surrounding the trapping of crayfish is very strict. This is mainly due to the Seventies crash of imported farmed crayfish when many North American crayfish escaped in to native waters. Our small white-claw crayfish have been threatened ever since, as the intruders are bigger, stronger and breed faster, and they brought associated plagues to which native species are highly susceptible. In June 2005 the Environment Agency (EA) introduced a list of crayfish by-laws that, under certain conditions, would allow the trapping of non-native crayfish in England and Wales. No one is allowed to trap native crayfish, only the larger “alien” varieties. Any fisherman who catches an alien crayfish must kill it rather than return it to the water. You need a licence, which is free, to trap crayfish and your local EA needs to know exactly where you will be setting your trap. Permission will be dependent on the situation and the EA will take in to account the possible effect that trapping could have on other species. As many water courses run through private property it would be your responsibility to obtain permission from the landowner before you start. All traps must be inspected every 24 hours. Give this ago, you'll be doing us all a favour. Michael

Dan Lure fishing's fine, but you can continue with the maggots actually on the hook, especially red ones for perch. If you can get a shoal of perch fighting over the maggots, I usually fish slight further down stream. You sometimes find that the bigger fish allow the smaller one fight over the free offerings and they just pick up the leftovers as they drift away. Worm and prawn are good alternatives, especially for the larger fish. Good hunting. Michael

I'm going to busy , I'm in Norfolk now, Reading in two weeks time, Uxbridge three weeks later and then Leighton Buzzard by the end of September. I try not to let the grass grow under my feet!

I love the quote: 'But the Angling Trust doubted if “purists” would use it and the British Records Fish Committee said it might not be fair.' What the purist doesn't used coloured maggots or flavoured boilies? Also I'm sure that the angler catching the fish of a lifetime not going to ruin their chance of a record by confirming their bait was a glowing worm. No the BRFC are never going to be told, are they? Agsin, this is marketed for the tackle tart, and there's a lot of them! Michael

I agree with a selection of the other posts that this is surely a roach, pale red fin, orange eye and rounded body. Good fish, well caught. Michael

Hi Everyone Up until 15th June I will be a member of the Reading & District Angling Assoc, then I will be moving to Leighton Buzzard. I've been looking at all the local angling clubs in that area, and at present I'm tempted by the Luton membership, mainly as they have the whole Grand Union Canal from Bletchley down to Ivinghoe. Would anyone like to convince me otherwise? Or even agree with my assumption? I'm more of a pleasure fisherman than anything else, and of course I will be living right on top of the canal. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Michael

The club now have a specialist match lake with the transformation of the old nursery pool into the brown-lee pool. A lovely addition to the ticket.