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How To Fish A Canal

editor — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 19:43:21 +0000

DID YOU KNOW? In old English, the word ‘gudgeon was slang for a person who is easily fooled, owing to their greediness to bite at anything edible. The gudgeon: a fish to delight all ages. Members of GUGGS while away a sunny afternoon in fine style. Gobio Mania So where exactly would we place the gudgeon in today’s fishing landscape? Perhaps these fish are enjoying a quiet resurgence as anglers grow jaded with stocked fisheries which do little to remind them of childhood. One of the most delightful of detours in the making of this blog was a fishing trip

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How To Fish Canals

editor — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 19:38:09 +0000

GUDGEON There might be those among the readers of this blog who will wonder why I have given the diminutive gudgeon his own little chapter. Can I be serious? Yes, deadly serious. They are beautiful little fish. Colourful, free-biting and fun, gudgeon are a delight to any true angler. ‘Gonks’, ‘gobios’, call them what you will, gudgeon are one of Britain’s forgotten coarse fish. Populations have diminished and anglers have become too obsessed with pounds and ounces to worry about such a small fish. And yet in more innocent moments of our past they were highly valued. We once ate

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South UK Canal Fishing

editor — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 19:35:39 +0000

Perhaps the best recipe for chub on the pole is the use of chopped worm and casters. An initial helping of 8-10 dendrobaenas and a few casters, mixed with a little soil or dark groundbait is capital, to be topped up at intervals or after every fish by a smaller amount of bait. A juicy worm, broken in half and presented on a size 12 hook, is an excellent morsel for chub, possessing both scent and wriggle. Chub will feed at all levels of the water. You might argue that they are happiest in mid-water, but baits fished on the

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Best Bait For Canal Fishing

editor — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 19:08:22 +0000

BREAM Another almost universal species on man-made waters everywhere, bream are a timeless favourite of the canal angler. For the weekend visitor glued to a float or quiver tip, a bream is so often the best fish of the day to grace the landing net; for match anglers, their presence offers the chance to build a winning weight. In some quarters these fish are currently rather taken for granted, even maligned. Bream are slimy and docile looking, admittedly. Nor do they fight especially hard, and in fact that bronze, lumbering frame and dozy eye only add to the impression that

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