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The Nutstown Angling Association had decided to go against the grain by retaining the traditional close-season in order to give everything – anglers, fish and their waters – a well-deserved rest.
It was a particularly pleasant day in late May when the sun shone warmly through a fresh and intermittent breeze; the hawthorn were in...
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Drop-shotting – a welcome diversion!
Drop-Shotting
Apart from anything else we can thank the perch’s design for the tremendous sport it can give us when drop-shotting: the perch doesn’t muck...
THREE VIEWS ON THE RIVER CLOSE SEASON
Looking out at the unseasonably heavy snowfalls on the first Sunday of the river close season has made me almost grateful that I am...
Kev Perkins: ‘Lured’
This should probably be posted under the HDYDG? thread, but once I start a ramble.....
I actually got out to do some fishing the other...
Checks and Balances: Apex Predators and the Balance of Nature
There is currently on facebook a discussion about otters. This was precipitated by the discovery by Geoff Maynard and I of a comprehensively 'ottered'...
Trout at Altitude – with Attitude!
TROUT AT ALTITUDE, WITH ATTITUDE - Rod Sturdy.
Without a doubt, I am developing a taste for wilderness fishing. There is a massive attraction in...
Lure Design – we’ve never had it so good!
Recent innovations in lure design and materials constitute one of the most amazing developments in the world of tackle manufacture. I am of the...
As the Close-Season Looms…
So how was your river season this backend? Unless you lived somewhere with a benign micro climate I’ll wager ‘a pound to a pinch’...
The Trollernoster
If you’re a pike angler and especially If you’ve got a boat, this is for you…The Trollernoster is a method that’s accounted for a...