Stick it out or Search? As with virtually any species on our canals, you can be as patient or as mobile as you like in pursuit of tench. You …
Tinca Tactics The number of baits that have been successful for tench is lengthy, but there are three offerings I wouldn’t leave home without: worms, casters and bread. Maggots …
Good Habits Although not essential, there are two strategies for tench that could catapult that early morning on the canal from mediocre to mind-blowing: raking and pre-baiting. A weed …
Why wait till June? Misty mornings and tench bubbles are all part of fishing folklore and any old textblog will tell you that the time to start is in …
TO STRIKE OR NOT TO STRIKE? Bream can be tentative biters on the quiver tip. When should you strike? If you’re expecting skimmers and the odd bigger fish, any …
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, …
Year-round Sport The keen roach angler will certainly not be short on variety in the fishing year. As the days shorten and winter approaches, tactics change again. Hooks and …
Changes of Style In a certain sense you have a straight choice when roach fishing: do I catch as many fish as possible, or try for fewer but larger …