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Pole Float Choice
The tcf team looks at bristles, eyes, stems and bodies and selects some favourite floats and set-ups for rivers, drains and stillwaters… in the company of Advanced Pole Fishing’s Mark Williams The pole float is your visible connection to the fish that you are trying to catch. It shows up movements when the fish is […]
The Beautiful Brown Trout
All about our beautiful, beloved brown trout…. Fish Biology This might not mean a whole lot to you but it should if you are an admirer of the wild brown trout, if you are a hunter of the wild fish that have been with us since the retreat of the last ice age. Even if […]
Clean Ground Codding
If you want to catch more from the beach then read on as Total Sea Fishing reveals 10 top tips that are sure to improve your chances this season. COD are the most common target species along the UK coastline and every year anglers travel to their favourite venues in their masses to try for that elusive ‘big […]
Faking It
Big carp ace Dave Lane looks at how imitation baits can catch you more fish… Plastic Fantastic WITH the recent upsurge in results around the country that anglers have been having on artificial hook baits, I thought I would begin my new technical series – which is designed to complement my monthly diary feature – […]
Carp Care With Simon Scott
Simon Scott gives his views and advice on the essential issue of carp care. How can you best look after the carp you catch? IT’S vital for the future of our sport that we look after the fish we catch and the environment it lives in. In a day and age when angling is being […]
How To Tie The Grinner (Uni) Knot
One of the weakest links in any rig is when you attach your line or braid to another piece of tackle, such as a hook or a swivel. The connection needs to be secure or the line could slip against the metal, rub and weaken. And as most of us know to our cost, damaged […]
Mullet Man
Cornish rock-hopping legend Ed Schliffke is an ace at catching the elusive grey mullet. Crafty Creatures Mullet are notoriously crafty creatures. They’ve had many anglers stand in bewilderment, scratching their heads, as time after time they manage to take the bait off the hook without even moving the float. Lord knows how they do it, […]
How To Use VHF Radio
Have you ever been on board a boat when something drastic has happened? Well, what would you do if it was the skipper who was injured? Here’s the TSF guide to using a VHF radio properly… Picture the scene… It’s a beautiful summer afternoon. You and your pals take your small, fast, fibreglass angling boat […]
Knotless Knot
How To Tie A Knotless Knot Snake-Bite is Simon’s first choice hook link, whether fishing for 50-pounders at Yateley or 10-pounders at Roost Hole! Peel a length of Snake-Bite off the spool like this. You need to peel off around 16 inches in total. Thread on a hook. Simon uses the Continental Boilie hook because […]
Tare ‘Em Up
Gareth Purnell sets about proving that tare fishing is easier than many anglers believe and that stillwater roach can’t get enough of the stuff! HEMP and tares go together like strawberries and cream, or April and showers, yet it’s a mystery to me why I see so few anglers fishing with this deadly combination. I […]
Biot Backed Buzzer (Small Stillwater)
The inclusion of the orange goose biot along the back really works. This fly can be fished like a Shuttlecock Buzzer when treated with a bit of floatant. It can also be fished just sub-surface when left untreated. Fish it on its own, or as a point fly, with a couple of lightweight patterns on […]
Feeders Direct
FEEDERS DIRECT is the specialist online shop for anglers interested in selecting from an extensive range of top quality swimfeeders and feeder fishing accessories. Whether its plastic open ended feeders, block end feeders, cage feeders, inline feeders, rockets, pellet feeders, chopped worm feeders or more specialist items like pole feeders, jumbo cage feeders, pellet cones, […]
A Test of Floating Fly Lines
Total Fly Fisher magazine looks at some of the leading floating fly fishing lines on the market and what you should look for to suit the type of fly fishing you are planning. The Test For all-round stillwater use, a 7-wt line is the UK angler’s number-one choice. We took 14 of the latest […]
River Tame – Tamworth, Staffs
Word has reached us that the River Tame and the nearby Anker are fishing better than ever, so we joined local angler Scott Geens to find out more. There is a bit of a walk to your peg but there’s great float fishing at the end of it. DIRTY and polluted might be the […]
Head to head tackle review – Long Float Rods
Long Float Rods – Head to head reviews Extra long rods allow you to fish deep river swims, pick up line at distance for a clean strike and also have uses for big fish on commercials. Gareth Purnell of Total-Fishing.com takes a look at some of the best on the market… What To Look For 1) […]
