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How to tie a leader (Daiwa Sokkou Knot Tool)

By Adrian Crawford On July 6, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Reviews, Tackle
The Daiwa Sokkou Knot Tool If like me your hands are not as dextrous as they used to be this handy little tool does one job and one job only, namely it makes the tying of leaders to mainlines an absolute doddle. It used to take me 15 minutes to tie a leader, sometimes more [...]
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2018 Update – Minimum Landing Sizes (MLS) and protection status for common UK Marine fish

By Adrian Crawford On March 16, 2018 · 23 Comments · In Reports
We have updated the MLS page to reflect the new Bass rules for 2018.   The dust has now settled over the new Minimum Landing Size (MLS.) for Bass so we thought it might be interesting to test your knowledge of the MLS. and protection status of some of our most common UK Marine fish. No [...]
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Calling all Sea Anglers

By Adrian Crawford On November 29, 2016 · 1 Comment · In News, Reports
If like us you are fed up with getting the rough end of the stick when it comes to fishing restrictions and bans, here is an opportunity to fight back and help show quite how important sea angling is to the UK. Seaangling.org is has launched a project called Sea Angling 2017 which aims to collect [...]
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Searching for Cod Bass or Plaice

By Adrian Crawford On October 10, 2016 · Add Comment · In Admin, News, Reports
    Sorry no post from Sean today due to personal reasons, so instead I get to talk about some new and some not so new  additions to the site that may have passed you by. First you may have noticed we have a new search option which replaces our old one which was pretty [...]
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Last chance to win

By Adrian Crawford On September 30, 2015 · 4 Comments · In Admin
Today is the last chance to enter this month’s free prize draw where you can win Henry Gilbey’s Ultimate FIshing adventures book which Sean reviews HERE To enter the prize draw all you need to do is subscribe to our newsletter and that’s it! You can subscribe below or on any page on the site!
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No.1 M2 Waterproof smartphone review

By Adrian Crawford On August 13, 2015 · 6 Comments · In Reviews, Tackle
This review was scheduled to be a special report from France featuring huge waves, Atlantic storm beaches, sun, sea and heavy metal (well Dexter wedges and Megabass Vibe lures) what could be better? Unfortunately for reasons that will become clear later it has morphed itself into a waterproof Android smartphone review. Android or IOS First [...]
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Berkley NanoFil – Review

By Adrian Crawford On July 24, 2015 · 8 Comments · In Reviews, Tackle
I’ve now been using Berkley NanoFil line exclusively for all my lure fishing since it came out in 2011,  so I think is fair to say I’ve tested it long enough to give it a review! So what is it? To quote Berkley “Not a mono, fluoro or braid — The Next Generation in Fishing Line! [...]
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The Wall of Articles

By Adrian Crawford On July 6, 2015 · 6 Comments · In Admin, Reports, River Cottage
Sean is running his River Cottage course today  so no Monday report, which gives me time to give you an update on new developments on the site. You may have noticed google maps popping up all over the place, we had them in Beta for a while and they are now going live on posts where a [...]
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The Bass are back…..

By Adrian Crawford On May 18, 2015 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
….as predicted the Bass turned up over this weekends spring tides and Sean was out to meet them lure rod in hand. Sean is out guiding so no report from him today but a full report will be posted tomorrow. I know the best tides for lure guiding are already getting booked up so now [...]
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Seaspin Stria 95 – Review

By Adrian Crawford On March 11, 2015 · Add Comment · In Lure, Reviews
My second lure review and my second review on a Seaspin lure, and no I’m not on the payroll they just make good reasonably priced lures which are a bit different. So what is it about the Stria that makes it different, quite simply its wiggle!. Even at slow retrieves this lure puts on a serious [...]
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Fresh fish of the week

By Adrian Crawford On February 10, 2015 · 4 Comments · In Freshwater Fishing, Guiding & fishing lessons, Lure, Reports
You may have noticed an increase in freshwater reports over the last few months as we continue to look at how it can be a viable and cheap way to pass the long winter months when sea fishing can be tough! As part of this crossover initiative  our own pike fishing expert Nathan Edgell invited myself and Sean along [...]
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Bass get some protection – at last!

By Adrian Crawford On January 28, 2015 · 2 Comments · In Reports
After many years of campaigning by the likes of B.A.S.S and the Angling Trust the EC have finally recognised the folly of allowing commercial trawling during the spawning season! In an unprecedented move they have banned palegic trawling with immediate effect in the North, Irish and Celtic Seas as well as the Channel Islands. “The European Commission has announced measures [...]
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Do you think Chesil will be fishable on Saturday?

By Adrian Crawford On February 7, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The answer of  course is NO! Windguru says, we are going to have 60mph winds from the SW on Saturday which means more of the same as we had on Wednesday. Just in case you have any doubt in your mind take a look at the photos below from this week. Find a sheltered spot away [...]
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Another battering for Chesil Beach

By Adrian Crawford On February 5, 2014 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Just when you thought things could not get any worse, today’s storm turns out to be bigger than our previous monster! Watch what happens 24 seconds into this video  
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Lure review: Seaspin Pro-Q 90

By Adrian Crawford On October 2, 2013 · 9 Comments · In Lure, Reviews
The Pro-Q 90 was my first introduction to Seaspin as a company early in March 2012, Sean had been raving about its big brother the Pro-Q 120 but as I prefer smaller lures for a lot of the fishing I do I decided on the 90. My favorite top water lure at the time was [...]
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Site upgrade

By Adrian Crawford On August 7, 2013 · Add Comment · In Admin
We have updated the site in preparation for some new features we are planning to add over the coming weeks. The changes are mostly in the background so you should notice very little difference to the site, however we have updated the gallerys and added a new Fishing Marks menu item which Sean will talk [...]
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March Fish of the Month

By Adrian Crawford On April 10, 2013 · Add Comment · In Fish of the Month, Gallery
    The winner of the first  Fishing Tails fish of the month competition is James Lane with his Haddock. Well done James, you will now go into the fish of the year competition. So here are the rules: Fish must be caught during this month and all entries must have at least one accompanying [...]
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