Sea Fishing Success: Adapting Coarse Fishing Techniques

IN coarse fishing you often hear of carp anglers and match anglers taking certain elements of each other’s tactics to help them catch more fish. In fact, if

Fishing Clear Water Carp: Expert Tips from Julian Cundiff

Although many anglers complain about weed in the summer months, give me that anytime rather than the gin clear conditions you get at this time of year. With

Winter Roach Fishing: Expert Tips for Cold Weather Success

I DON’T know what happened to autumn this year. It still felt like summer a few weeks ago and now it’s more like winter up in my neck of the woods – t

Flooded River Fishing: Tips & Techniques for Success

AS I write this the rain is hammering down against the window and the local radio has issued some flood warnings – so an opportune time to talk about fishin

Effective Fishing Strategies: Simplify Your Approach for Better Catches

SOMETIMES I think we are all guilty of complicating our fishing. How often have you had a good day on the bank by concentrating on the basics and just one m

Floodwater Barbel Fishing: Tactics & Gear for Success

Floodwater tactics differ enormously from the usual low level methods. You can forget delicate 1 oz quivertips and tiny bombs and feeders, they are useless

Winter Fishing Strategies: Avoid a Blank & Catch More Fish

AS the weather changes from autumnal to winter so too does our fishing. The changeover between seasons may be a bit later this year but it’s still one that

Enhance Your Fishing: Effective Bait Dips & Glugs Techniques

Boosting a bait with extra scent is a great ruse when fishing a single hook bait for pressured specimens wary of large beds of feed. Even little mounds of f

Top Fishing Questions Answered by Experts - Your Guide to Success

FROM the many questions that we get sent in by readers, there are always some that are more popular than others. To answer readers’ questions fully we draw

Beginner's Guide to Pike Fishing: Top 5 Tips for Success

    CHRISTMAS and piking go hand-in-hand and even if there is a few frosts this festive period, pike can still be on the prowl – they do get caught thr

Pike Roving: Essential Tackle & Techniques for Successful Hunts

SOMETIMES just grabbing a pike rod and going on a bit of a wander for a few hours can bring a big reward. It was a few seasons back, but on the water I had

Effective Fishing Techniques: How Movement Increases Catches

  IF YOU want to earn a few more bites and put a few extra fish in the net…keep on moving! A still bait isn’t always the answer to catching more.

Winter Carp Fishing: Tactics for Finding Fish in Cold Water

  WATER temperatures have dropped dramatically over the Christmas period with many fisheries experiencing ice, especially those which are sheltered or

Winter Fishing Tactics: Top Tips for Successful Catches

  WINTER is a great time to be on the banks but you have to adapt your tactics in order to find action. There’s no doubt you have to work a lot harder

Effective Winter Fishing Baits: Increase Your Catch

  THERE always used to be a trend to think small in winter. Angler’s Mail blogger Colin Mitchell. No, not that! Behave…. we are not talking

Winter Predator Fishing: Expert Tips for Pike, Perch & Zander

  IT’S that time where anglers start to look at having a go for predators. The perch, pike and zander are getting ready for winter and getting bi

Winter Fishing Strategies: Essential Tips for Success

  Fine lines maximise your chances Dropping down hook sizes and line diameters really does make a difference, fish feed much more delicately in winter

Winter Fishing Strategies: Tips for Finding Fish When They're Slow

  AS I write this it’s the depths of winter and the fishing is very hard, but it can still be very rewarding trying to conjure bites out of nothing! A

Enhance Your Fishing Skills: Expert Tips & Techniques

  IT’S not what you know, it’s who you know! I’m claiming 2014 as a bumper year for me, angling wise. It was a year of some serious fish numbers,

Winter Carp Fishing: 10 Expert Tips for Success

  WINTER carping can be tough but it’s a fantastic feeling to get a carp of any size in these tough conditions. But follow these ten tips and you shoul