Before Xmas all the locks in this area of the K&A were chained up due to the lack of rain, the water sources that keep the canal topped up were extremely low, so British Waterways stopped all boats using the locks.My first thoughts when I heard was 'great' a canal with no boats, this stretch has a marina at Great...

There is no bloodworm and joker coming into the country again this week. It is also likely there will be none next week either.Ian Didcote is running a match to CIPS rules this week on the Gloucester Canal with B&J banned and punch allowed on the hook.If there is no B&J next week this is how we propose to run the league...

Sunday, I went to Gold valley and just like the last 2 weeks it was frozen solid, when we arrived in the car park the temperature was minus 3, that was positivelly tropical as a couple of nights earlier the temperature went down to minus 11, now thats COLD.Still, 30 plus keen, or mad, anglers were at the draw, hoping...

Thursday nights match was bitterly cold, the water was gin clear and it snowed quite a bit, but the usual names braved the worst conditions of the year and caught a few fish while most people were tucked up in front the fire watching the telly, real anglers.The match was fished by the mud dock and police launch areas of...

Brhhh, it was bl**dy cold last night, with temperatures down to minus 6 the docks fished surprisingly well. The 14-15ft deep water seems to be less affected by the cold and the skimmers continued to feed.Top rod last night was the legendary Pete Sivell, first win for a long time, with 12lb 3ozs consisting of 8 skimmers caught with liquidised...

Last weekend I fished the Basingstoke canal league at Ash Vale, just down the road from Gold Valley and very close to Willow Park, it was the first time I fished this stretch of canal and it was very good.I drew peg 43 on the day, near the wides in Ash vale, it looked very nice, with plenty of cover...

Thursday evenings match was one of the coldest of the winter, icy wind, sleet and  coloured water made the fishing very difficult. Once again the police launch was the area to draw.Dave Shore was the top rod on the day with 8lbs 2ozs of skimmers, roach and dace on poled maggot with groundbait, second was Rob Garland with 5lb 12ozs...

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Commercial Sense numbers 6 and 7 are now available, and they are Free.These dvds focus in detail on the methods used by some of the countrys top match anglers and explains the techniques used to keep those vital bites coming.Filmed on the Larford complex, there is over 90 minutes of fish catching action.Call in the shop and pick up your...

Thursday evenings match at Mud Dock and police launch, was a struggle for most of the anglers, the roach didnt feed and all the weights were made up of bream or skimmers.The top rod on the day was Adam Caswell with 4 bream on a groundbait feeder with maggot on the hook for 14lb 10ozs, second was Rob Garland 13lb 10ozs...