Session Report · Portugal · April 2026 There’s a version of this trip report where I tell you about the largemouth bass we stacked up across two Portuguese reservoirs, the zander that came out of that recessed arm at sunset,…
There’s a particular kind of silence that exists at 6am on a river you’ve never fished before. The sunrise was barely ten minutes old, the air temperature sat at a brutal 4°C, and I was standing at the edge of…
Saltwater lure fishing from the shore is one of the most accessible and addictive forms of fishing available in the UK. No boat required. No complicated gear. Just you, a rod, and some of the most aggressive predators in British…
Most anglers pick lure colours by instinct or habit. The chartreuse that smashed them in September stays on the jig head until March. The “natural” brown that looks convincing in the hand gets fished in black water where nothing can…
Saltwater lure fishing presents a fundamentally different optical environment from freshwater. The water is denser, often more turbid, and behaves differently with light. The species are different too — faster, more explosive, and often hunting in conditions where precise colour…
New to lure fishing? Here’s what you need — and more importantly, what you don’t. This list is built around UK freshwater conditions: canals, rivers, reservoirs. Target species: perch, pike, zander, chub. It’s designed to get you fishing well without…
Lure fishing is one of the fastest growing disciplines in UK angling — and for good reason. It’s active, technical, and every session teaches you something. You’re not sitting waiting for a float to dip. You’re reading water, changing approach,…
My first fish was caught from a well. My grandmother’s garden, somewhere in my single digits. I’d tied crochet thread to a stick, bent a pin into a rough hook shape, and pinched a bit of bread on the end.…
