Tag: thames and severn canal
KEEPING TIDY ON THE TOWPATH With cyclists, dog walkers and joggers, canals can be hazardous places for delicate items of tackle. Always keep your kit tidy and lay items …
Whips Shorter poles, or ‘whips are an ideal tool for catching fish at short range on any canal. Most are telescopic and tend to be cheap, although you could …
TACKLE If canals themselves present a huge variety of settings and species, the same is true of the equipment found on towpaths nationwide. You could spend a small fortune …
A Captive Audience? Finding concentrations of fish is one of the primary objectives of the canal angler in what could be miles of similar-looking water. This can take some …
Key areas on the canal Near-margin and shelf: Don’t assume you have to reach the far bank to catch fish on a canal. The bottom of the near-shelf is …
CANAL CRAFT When you consider that over half the British population live within five miles of a canal, it’s a curious fact that so few of us are even …
Trivia Legging it A phrase now used for making a speedy, and often dodgy, getaway, has its origins on the narrowboats of Britain’s canals. When boats passed under tunnels, …
Rebirth If we owe the birth of the canals to the vision of wealthy industrialists and the graft of the navvies, we owe their revival, and in many cases …