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1. Its that time again

   (Blog/General)

   Well its mid March and  its time to start doing the usual end of season clean up. With the River season drawing to close take the time to clean up you tackle bags and ensure you have all the required items ...

   Tuesday, 09 March 2010

2. Invasion of the Signal Crayfish

   (Blog/Catch of the Day)

   ... to do the right thing for the protection of the UK river ways and the good old native White-clawed crayfish seems blurred in a maze of Licenses and regulations – Clearer guidance from the Environment Agency ...

   Saturday, 13 February 2010

3. Your opinion on Avon versus Quiver Tip

   (Blog/Tips and Tricks)

   ... being on the Rivers, we have been trying out the quiver tip as an alternative to trotting, which has proved fantastic during the summer months when the rivers were slow and shallow - but now in the winter ...

   Monday, 18 January 2010

4. More Than fishing

   (Blog/General)

   ... time walking around lakes and up and down rivers on some occasions more than 6 miles so I hopefully and getting fitter with all this walking. Whilst walking I am carrying a huge bag of bat which is rather ...

   Friday, 15 January 2010

5. Its Snow Joke?

   (Blog/Adventures)

   ... session  Hopefully a good cuppa tea should thor him out ... Anyway, according to the weather forecast this Snow might be with us through the weekend, so there will be challenging times ahead on the rivers. ...

   Wednesday, 06 January 2010

6. Moorhen Trout Fishery

   (MyFoolsWeb/Fishing Locations)

   ... The 3 acre lake is fed by natural springs and is adjacent to the River Meon. Regularly re-stocked, the crystal clear water is full of lively and healthy rainbow trout ranging from 2lbs into double figures. ...

   Sunday, 29 November 2009

7. A Quick Read

   (Blog/Tips and Tricks)

   ... River Cottage Fish book”.  The book is rather large and contains a great deal of information regarding the current issues with fish stock levels and the types of fish to avoid, It also discus's the best ...

   Friday, 27 November 2009

8. Grey's Bewick Centrepin

   (Blog/Fishing Equipment)

   ... is important. Now my idea of river float fishing is looking for Roach, Dace and if at all lucky Grayling.   After much research I found that the Grey’s Bewick reel may be suitable, but it was still around ...

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

9. Blanking November

   (Blog/General)

   Well what can I say, it's been a very hard November for fishing - the weather has been absolutely atrocious with storms and heavy rains, and it's made getting out on to the rivers really traitorous ! I ...

   Saturday, 07 November 2009

10. Polarised Glasses

    (Glossary/Guides/Fishing Terms)

    Polarised Glasses are essential for river fishing, the glasses cut out sun light and reflected glare of the waters surface allow the you to see a fish through the water.  ...

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

11. BreadFlake

    (Glossary/Guides/Fishing Terms)

    BreadFlake is the fluffy dough of a white loaf which can be attached to the hook as a bait. Bread is great on rivers for fish such as Chub. ...

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

12. All in a Quiver

    (Blog/Adventures)

    ... shop to buy bait at around 7am, another 10 minutes and I was carry my gear down the by the Throop. I must just add here that if you intend to go fishing on a river go as light as possible because there ...

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

13. Okuma Aventa Pro Centre Pin

    (Blog/Fishing Equipment)

      I've been fishing allot more on Rivers this season, and while trotting a float down stream with the bale arm open on my normal open faced real does the job... I've been told that to truly appreciate ...

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

14. First Double Figures Catch

    (Blog/Catch of the Day)

    ... lots of fishing challenges ahead, with hopefully August and September giving me the opportunity to experiment more on the rivers, and you never know I might land my first chub / barbell...  ...

    Sunday, 13 September 2009

15. Fishing the Throop

    (Blog/Adventures)

    Well the closed river season has ended, so a trip down the local rivers was definitely in order ! After a previously hard session on the Bickley Mill stream (don't ask ) at ringwood, the Throop fisheries ...

    Wednesday, 05 August 2009

16. A new season

    (Blog/General)

    After some fantastic fishing on the local lakes, and within a blink of an eye the river closed season comes to an end meaning there are many more places to try out.   As the weather has been so good ...

    Saturday, 18 July 2009

17. Avon Float

    (Glossary/Guides/Fishing Terms)

    The Avon float is used when trotting in rivers. It has a larger top end to make it more bouyant in the water. It is a little stronger than the basic stick float so can be used different situations such ...

    Thursday, 18 June 2009

18. Trotting

    (Glossary/Guides/Fishing Terms)

    Trotting is a method of float fishing used on rivers where the float is allowed to travle downstream. The Idea is a certain points to stop the float so that nthe hook bait will rise up in the water so ...

    Thursday, 18 June 2009

19. Joining a fishing association

    (Blog/General)

    ... was made to join a very well respected fishing association, the Ringwood and District - now they certainly aren't the cheapest, but they have access to some of the finest lake and river venues on the south ...

    Monday, 13 April 2009

20. Chub Snooper bivvy lite review

    (Blog/Fishing Equipment)

    Since the new year I have had plenty of time to get out on the lakes and rivers. The cold weather has meant that the catches have been few but with the rain I have had plenty of time to try out another ...

    Wednesday, 28 January 2009

21. Running the Throop

    (Blog/Adventures)

    ... again most likely due to a frozen pond. After driving around the fishing the group decided to call it a day and plan something for the following day. After hours of research we all decided that a river ...

    Sunday, 18 January 2009

22. Records

    (Static Content/Records)

    ...    First person to fall in lake / river   TBC     Current target fish Paul James Double Figure Carp Pike of any size    ...

    Sunday, 18 January 2009

23. Back Again

    (Blog/General)

    ... frost and it was time for me to venture out on to a river, mainly because the lakes were all frozen over. At first the river seemed a rather difficult prospect, trotting a float down the stream is not ...

    Sunday, 18 January 2009

24. Fish are fussy about bait

    (Blog/Adventures)

    ... fishing fools heading out to Whinwhistle Fishery - had a really good morning catching small carp ( < 1lb ) on one of the swims on the top river stretch, due to a tip-off by the owner John Hardeley  must ...

    Thursday, 06 November 2008

25. BEGINNERS - What hook size and type

    (Glossary/Guides/Fools Guide to)

    ... "wedged" or you land a "whale" then the hook line will break before your main line, meaning the fish isn't trailing half your tackle around the Lake/River, and the fishery owner won't be shaperoning you ...

    Saturday, 25 October 2008

26. BEGINNERS - Basic Float Fishing / Waggler Setup

    (Glossary/Guides/Fools Guide to)

    ... the line, will determine how the bait travels through the different fish layers from surface to lake/river bottom.   Now as beginners, the most important thing for us is to catch a fish - any fish ...

    Saturday, 25 October 2008

27. Running the Throop

    (Comments)

    Easy walk to the river ! who you kidding :P You should of tried going over that bridge with bivi, quivver, and tackle bag :) ...

    Sunday, 18 January 2009

28. Okuma Aventa Pro Centre Pin

    (Comments)

    Excellent reel, used several times since recent purchase for trotting a stick on river for Chub and Barbel ...

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

29. Your opinion on Avon versus Quiver Tip

    (Comments)

    The avon is a great rod for those fast rivers like the hampshire avon. It is not as sensitive as quiver tip but most fish will pull the avon tip around. The quiver will also be good on lakes where there ...

    Monday, 18 January 2010