Don’t be afraid to ask your tackle shop if they have any old stock floats to get rid of. They...
Category - Coarse Fishing Articles
Bubble Wrap
A sheet of bubble wrap can improvise as an unhooking mat. Particularly practical for roving...
Keeping In Touch – 1
Touch ledgering is a proven technique on running water, but I find it equally effective on still...
Keeping In Touch – 2
Touch ledgering demands concentration and can be a bit wearying. Use a chair with arms, so you can...
Spaghetti
Always keep some dry spaghetti in your tackle box – you can use it as a hair stop or as a...
Twitching For Tench
I find Tench, in particular, really respond to a twitching bait. Free-line for them in the margins...
Don't be Square
How many square things do fish see ‘naturally’? Very few, I should imagine – so...
Pinkie in the Middle
If the fish are up in the water and taking maggots ‘on the drop’, then don’t hook...
Hold Back
The surface flow fo a river is always faster than the flow near the bottom. So when trotting...
Rake It In
I must admit I’ve only just become confident of this ‘age old’ advice for tench...
Extra Rubber
When stick float fishing, always use 3 float rubbers so if one snaps you don’t have to tackle...
Alluring Lobworms
When fishing with big lob-worms just nip one end of the worm off thus adding flavour and smell to...
