Pressure? What pressure? Air pressure, that’s what, and it’s what I’ve been thinking about this week… I noted a chance remark by a respected angler on social media, and coming from Mark Parker, a long time contributor to several of the biggest angling publications, and someone who knows his stuff, a comment about air pressure […]
If, like me, you spend a lot of your winter fishing time in search of pike then you may have considered boosting your deadbaits to try and get more bites. There are several ways that you can do this, from making your hookbaits more attractive, to attracting more pike into your favoured swim over weeks […]
I’m still rambling on about single hook pike rigs again this week, but in truth, I’ve been surprised by just how much interest there has been since I started my investigations. I’ve tried the single hook rig on a few different waters now, and most of the time, it’s been a success and on the […]
There is no doubt that deadbaiting is the number one method used to catch pike in the UK. Look at the reports of gigantic fish caught from venues such as Chew Valley Lake and the same baits keep tripping up these fish time and time again. Whilst we tend to think of pike as the […]
At last! It’s pike season again! Hurrah! I can’t tell you how much I’ve been looking forward to sitting on the bank waiting for the line to ping from the clip, and slowly spool off the reel as a toothy adversary picks up my deadbait, and luckily, I’m off to a good start already! This […]