Former editor of many a fishing magazine, owner of Total-Fishing.com and MD of a pest control company!! Author: geepster
Former editor of many a fishing magazine, owner of Total-Fishing.com and MD of a pest control company!! Former editor of many a fishing magazine, owner of Total-Fishing.com and MD of a pest control company!! 
UK Crucian Waters: The Catalogue
The weather or time of year might not be quite suitable for catching crucians in misty, weed fringed ponds but members of the National Crucian Conservation Project have been using the break from fishing for their favourite species to pull together a catalogue of known crucian waters in the UK. The list attempts to grade […]
Preston Offbox 36 Slimline Tray
The Preston Offbox 36 Slimline Tray is billed as ‘the most versatile tray Preston have ever produced’. It was designed as a secondary tray to be mounted to the rear of your box, ideal for wading applications and just for reaching behind for accessories or resting your rod but on. Easily fits in your net […]
Wayne Swinscoe wins at Evesham
Wayne Swinscoe topped the latest open on the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham with a quality double-figure bag of chub and roach. “It’s been a good few years since I fished a winter match at Evesham, but I decided to visit after hearing they’d started catching some decent weights on both bread punch and bronze maggots,” […]
Cornish estuary netting ban welcomed
The Angling Trust has welcomed the successful procession of a new byelaw effectively banning netting in Cornwall’s rivers and estuaries proposed by the Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (CIFCA). The River and Estuarine Fishing Nets byelaw 2017 was agreed by the CIFCA committee on 16th September 2016 and subsequently went out to statutory consultation. […]
Packington Trout Fishery report 8th Januray 2017
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 01676 522754 FISHING REPORT – WEEK ENDING 8/1/17 Last week 49 rods caught 107 fish for an average of 2.18 fish per rod It was a more difficult week last week with Cocks Close and Park Meadow being frozen over for a couple of days as well. The biggest fish of the week […]
Packington Somers results 8th January 2017
SOLIHULL CHRISTMAS MATCH – All pools 1. Steve Daley (Ridgemere) 52 – 9 Peg 9 GRATUITIES 2. Phil Canning (Frenzee) 45 -10 3. Roy Beasly (Packington) 30 -15 4. Dean Young (Tornadoes) 30 -10 STARLETS VETS (MOLANDS/CRESCENT/REEDY BAY/FIRST BAY) 1. Phil Hull (Packington) 30 -10 Peg 4 FIRST BAY F1’s on Pole & Maggot 2. […]
Daiwa Hallcroft results 8th January 2017
8th January 2017. Daiwa Hallcroft Silverfish open Moat/Bridge and Croft (32 pegs) B Holmes, Dynamite. Bridge Outer 26. 34-11-0. Ben Holmes continued his good form With an impressive 34lb. Ben fished maggot over groundbait for mainly skimmers . A Oldham, Frenzee. Bridge Island 22. 25-7-0. Andy Oldham fished pellet and maggot forfor skimmers and roach. […]
Tunnel Barn Farm results 25th December 2016
Date: Monday 19th December 2016 MONDAY OPEN Pools: HIGH No F/Man: 24 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO 1st P Moore Rugeley Miners 102 – 0 15 2nd A Harper Mosella 72 – 14 42 3rd R Kings Jnr Mosella 43 – 13 27 4th A Edge Tusses Tackle 49 – 12 44 5th G […]
Dick Clegg MBE hangs up his Angling Trust rods and reels
The Angling Trust has announced the retirement of three of its long standing volunteers from the Competitions Team – Dick Clegg, Terry Fell and Brian Hull. Team England’s Dick Clegg, the man who led England to their very first world match fishing gold medal, stood down from his role as International Event Manager on December […]
Ban on deep sea trawling in Atlantic Ocean
The European Parliament is throwing its weight behind a ban on bottom trawling at depths greater than 800 metres in the North-East Atlantic in a move that will make the practise illegal. Tougher checks at sea and transparent data collection rules will also come into force and new regulations will also restrict deep-sea fishing to the area […]
Meet the Saber Tablet Holder
Perfect for carp fisheries with wi fi or 3G/4G, this tablet holder from Saber has been designed to clamp firmly to the frame of your bivvy and allow for ‘hand free’ viewing! The adjustable clamp allows the holder to be easily and securely fixed to your chair or bedchair frame. A fully-adjustable goose neck arm and rotating […]
Daiwa Hydrolastic Lubricant
Daiwa says it has developed this new lubricant specifically for Hydrolastic. A blended silicone lubricant, during testing their experts say it improved the further the elastic travelled to deliver ‘consistent stretch and smooth fish control’. Supplied in 200ml pump spray bottle and slso suitable as a line floatant. Expect to pay around £8.99. RETAILER LINKS […]
Canal Pairs Championship Dates 2017
Britain’s biggest canal angling competition, the Canal Pairs Championship, is once again being held along the nation’s waterways, with Wales, Scotland and Ireland also included alongside English canal venues. The 2016 event was a great success and proved really popular with anglers from across the country and I’m expecting 2017 event to be just […]
Guru Pure Fluorocarbon Line
A new, incredibly supple fluorocarbon from the Guru team, this line exhibits the low visibility characteristics you need from a fluorocarbon line, while also being tough and abrasion resistent, and easy to knot. Available in 0.14mm, 0.18mm, 0.22mm and 0.25mm at £6.99 for 50 metres. RETAILER LINK https://poingdestres.co.uk/guru-pure-fluorocarbon-line
DH No5 Bolo Float
This new pattern is perfect for river swims from 5ft to 12ft where the flow is slight or where there are a lot of fish present and you are getting bites quickly. Like our other bolo floats, it is best fished with a bulk in the form of an olivette about 18in to 2ft from […]
