Improve Your Coarse Fishing is Britain’s Number 1 fishing magazine and is packed with expert instruction to help you catch more fish. The magazine also celebrates the best in UK fishing with stunning photography from the nation’s best fisheries and when it comes to buying tackle, they’re the home of honest reviews to ensure you get the very best kit for your cash.
Here’s a look at some of the great features inside issue 270, courtesy of the ‘Contents’ page:
GREAT BRITISH FISHING
Hemingray’s Way
Steve Hemingray is one of the nation’s best anglers and in this feature he reveals his secrets…there are none!
Hunting The ‘Gonk’ Paradise
Dom Garnett loves going in search of big gudgeon, but on this occasion he was beaten out of sight – sort of!
Cut And Shut Feeders
Chris Hall shows us the way to catch with his mini feeder tips that are truly staggering. He’ll teach you lots.
England Duty Calls
Grant Albutt took IYCF to a venue to test his feeder tactics and hoping for an international call-up into the bargain.
Three’s Company
Get to grips with sparse feeding this spring with the advice of scrooge feeder Craig Butterfield.
Trip To Paradise
The river shuts, so relive the memories of a spectacular session on the Teviot with James Robbins.
CATCH MORE FISH
Wayne’s World
Wayne Swinscoe bags up in the cold as he reveals how to chase down silverfish as the winter draws to a close.
Watercraft
IYCF’s new feature sponsored by Preston Innovations is packed with info and Lee Edwards’ Bait Calendar is a great place to start.
Make Your Own Feeders
Chris Hall shows you how to makes the feeders that featured earlier in the mag in this great ‘How to’ feature.
Ask A Guru
Adam Rooney gets the PVA leger bomb and uses it to catch some cracking Boddington Reservoir carp.
Rig School Secrets
Don’t think you can tie a carp rig? Think again. IYCF’s Rig School will tell you all the secret edges.
Tight Feeding
Chris Kendall reveals his sparse feeding tactics that will deliver goods in cold spring conditions.
Des Shipp’s Worm Bomb
Des spills the beans on how to make a chopped worm ball on the cheap – tips to help you catch and save money.
Thinking Carp
The big-fish men reveal more edges that make them better carp anglers, including back leading on canals, particle bait edges and using monster baits for monster fish.
NEW GEAR
The Latest Tackle
Two great new long casting reels from Wychwood.
New Gear In The Shops
A whizz round the leading manufacturers to see what’s new in tackle shops this month. Everything from hardware like seatboxes, bivvies and poles to a great new way of making tiny groundbait balls for catapulting and clever new kits for zig-rigging a fake bait.
On-The-Bank Tests
Dave Woodmansey tests three key items of tackle. He sets forth with a 13ft float rod from Drennan’s Red Range, an entry-level Maver Match This Competition pole and gets busy with the kind of short Korum feeder rod you’ll need on the commercials this year.
And The Winner Is…
Product of the Month.
STUFF TO WIN
Daiwa Mission
Your catches can win two prizes worth a total of £750.
Your Letters
And emails. Write in to win a fabulous Middy X-Flex 4G rod.
Crossword
Solve the mystery questions and win a Korum KZ-R Mini Pit reel.
READER OFFER
Save Cash On Great Gear
Take advantage of IYCF’s great feeder combo off with Chapmans Angling.
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