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Autumn Fishing in Dorset and Chesil Beach

By Sean McSeveny On September 18, 2017 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Autumn is without a doubt the best time for sea fishing in Dorset. We still have all the summer species around, but the winter species are now starting to show, so you never know what your next catch will be. It could easily be a hard fighting Smoothound from Seaton or a tasty Cod from [...]
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Bass and Cod on Chesil

By Sean McSeveny On September 11, 2017 · 5 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I am guessing many of you have looked at the weather forecast for the next few days and thought I don’t fancy going out in that. I look at the conditions and it makes me almost tremble with excitement. I know that this is one of the best opportunities that I am going to get, [...]
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A Brief History of Slime: Fly fishing for Carp

By Corsican Dave On August 1, 2017 · 1 Comment · In Freshwater Fishing
At first glance, fly fishing for carp appears to be a very modern phenomenon; all deer-hair pellet flies and punk camo clothing. But you’d be very wrong! What if we told you that fly fishing for carp is probably as old as fishing itself? And the first reference to fly patterns specifically for carp date [...]
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Summer fishing in Dorset

By Sean McSeveny On June 30, 2017 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
With July only a day away we can finally start talking about summer fishing and what we can expect along the Dorset coast. Lets start with Chesil, which is everyones favourite mark. It certainly hasn’t been on fire recently, but that should start to change as the summer fish as now moving in. Gurnard normally [...]
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Review – Fladen Vantage Dropshot 5-20g

By Ben Bassett On May 22, 2017 · 3 Comments · In Reviews, Rods
With dropshotting as popular as ever, I was intrigued to see what this very reasonably priced rod from Fladen could bring to the table. Stop wait I said the F word, for a long time Fladen has been associated with cheap, almost disposable tackle but recently there has been a shift in focus, with the company [...]
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Turbot and flat fish surprise on Chesil

By Sean McSeveny On April 7, 2017 · 7 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Turbot are not a fish normally associated with Chesil, but for some reason they are showing on a number of different marks along the beach. Steve Parsons landed this lovely Turbot on crab and ragworm, during a daylight session. A number of larger ones into double figures have been landed on night tides. Local angler [...]
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Mixed Fortunes

By Tom Sheffield On March 29, 2017 · 2 Comments · In Reports, South Devon
Over the past couple of weeks the fishing has remained pretty hit or miss in the South Devon area. The weather has warmed up which has made things feel more pleasant to be out in. The catch rates haven’t warmed up a lot though. Last time I reported on how scratching techniques seemed to be [...]
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LRF Profile – The Long Spined Sea Scorpion

By Ben Bassett On March 23, 2017 · 1 Comment · In Reports, Species
Certain fish species are just icons for their respective scenes. The bass is the poster boy for heavy rock fishing, the carp for specimen coarse fishing and when it comes to LRF, one species is synonymous with the technique, the long spined sea scorpion. It’s easy to see why this species is so popular, it’s [...]
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Scratching in the surf

By Tom Sheffield On March 15, 2017 · 2 Comments · In Reports, South Devon
Now certainly is the time of year when the fishing around South Devon can be particularly tough. The whiting have all but gone leaving the main targets relatively small, not easy to find and you simply have to put the hours in to get great results. This is not exactly an inspiring time for the [...]
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Chasing Winter Silver

By Ben Bassett On March 7, 2017 · 5 Comments · In Plymouth, Reports
On a blustery and damp Monday night in February, I find myself searching for silver. The ‘Tamar Tarpon’ (I unfortunately can’t take credit for that excellent nickname) aka the Atlantic herring, rumoured to be in the river in huge numbers. An LRF angling opportunity on my doorstep I’d be a fool to miss. Not one [...]
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A rough weekend ahead

By Sean McSeveny On February 24, 2017 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The UK is currently being  hit by storm Doris and it looks like it will continue throughout the weekend and into middle of next week. As you can see from this vide shot by Izzy Ismet of Underwater Explorers, conditions on Chesil are pretty rough. This morning the wind has dropped and the beach is [...]
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Whiting Wonderland

By Tom Sheffield On February 16, 2017 · Add Comment · In Reports, South Devon
My fishing trips have been rather one dimensional through January. Following a successful trip first out finally locating a few winter flounder I decided to head out to the open coast for much of the month in search of dabs. These little flatfish have become scarce in South Devon in recent years. A few decent [...]
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LRF Profile – The Giant Goby

By Ben Bassett On February 15, 2017 · 3 Comments · In Reports, Tips
With the continued popularity of Light Rock Fishing, it perplexed me that there are not more detailed guides on mini-fish species. Having spent all of 2016 species hunting, I wanted to put my own mini-guides out there for the intrepid LRF angler, starting with one of the biggest and, in most places, rarest rockpool predator. [...]
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Late winter fishing options

By Sean McSeveny On February 10, 2017 · 6 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
February can be one of the worst months of the year for fishing, especially on Chesil Beach. It is hard to get motivated and leave the warmth of your home, to sit on a windswept and wet beach, just to catch a few Rockling and the odd undersized Whiting. Having said that, I would rather [...]
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A huge Bass and the Flounders are finally in!

By Leo Toms On January 19, 2017 · 5 Comments · In Poole Harbour, Reports
Since  my last post I have devoted all my fishing time to floundering, sadly the catches have not been good. Despite the many hours I’ve dedicated to this pursuit the fishing for myself and others has been dire! Over the Christmas period I fished my first ever match,  “The Hangover Open” run by Steve Lawrence  Expectations were [...]
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Finally Flounder

By Tom Sheffield On January 11, 2017 · 1 Comment · In Reports, South Devon
Long time no post! Apologies for the lack of reports leading up to the New Year. My first little one was born just before Christmas so becoming a new dad has taken up a lot of my time. I’m back out fishing again now and here are some reports from sessions before Christmas and the [...]
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