Angling Direct Blog

11 th January 2022

How To Guide - The Ultimate Natural Spod Mix

Carp fishing can feel like hard work in the winter months when bites can be few and far between. One tried and trusted method in these situations is to opt for natural baits, food sources the carp would in naturally, in the wild. Baits which

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Posted in: How-to Guides, Bait, Season
10 th January 2022

A Beginner’s Guide to Dead Baiting for Pike – With Phil Spinks

It is now that time of the year again when my freezer is full of dead baits, and my enthusiasm is high. Without a doubt, I have an obsession with pike fishing and they are my main target species each winter. My approach to catching pike has changed

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Posted in: Beginner's Guides, Species Guides, Seasonal Guides Tagged: Pike fishing, Deadbaits, Phil Spinks
17 th December 2021

The Specimen Series - With Phil Spinks

In this blog entry, Angling Direct’s very own Phil Spinks reflects on his success and filming on his Specimen Series on the Angling Direct Youtube channel. Filming the Specimen Series is something I'm very passionate about. I’ve always

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Posted in: Species Guides, Discipline, Catch Reports Tagged: Specimen Fish, Tench, Chub, Grayling, Phil Spinks
15 th December 2021

Winter Fishing Trips - With Ade Kiddell

It has been a busy few weeks since I last wrote a blog piece to keep you up to date with my angling adventures, so with a lot to catch up with let us get going. Visiting the UK With Covid making travel very difficult for almost two

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Posted in: Seasonal Guides, Catch Reports Tagged: River Fishing, Ade Kiddell, UK Fishing
09 th December 2021

Advanta N-Fused Prepared Particles 5ltr Bucket - Advanta Thursday

Advanta has created a bait that is sure to get the attention of fish everywhere. Their particle bait is designed to look and smell like food that fish love to eat. The Angling Direct team was able to test this bait out on the bank when fishing

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Posted in: Product Reviews, Bait Tagged: Bait, Advanta, Particles
08 th December 2021

Top Christmas Gifts for Anglers

The want list of an angler may be very long but if you are looking for something ‘big’ to celebrate the festive season, check out our lineup of bivvies, gadgets, rods and more. We want to help you wrap up something great for the angler in

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Posted in: Seasonal Guides, Accessories, Buying Guides Tagged: Christmas, Gift Ideas, Xmas
03 rd November 2021

Reservoir Zander - Phil Spinks

At the start of September, the Anglian water reservoirs such as Rutland water and Grafham water allow predator fishing with lures. For several years now I have tried to have a couple of zander fishing days each Autumn. I’m definitely not the best

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Posted in: Species Guides
01 st November 2021

Autumn Fishing in Belgium and Holland – With Ade Kiddell

Although it has only been a few weeks since I last wrote a blog, I am happy to say that in that time I have done a lot of fishing that consisted of a nice mix of fish and many fishing situations! Barbel Fishing in Belgium Let’s start this

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Posted in: Discipline, Season, Catch Reports Tagged: Carp, Tench, Ade Kiddell, Barbel, Autumn Fishing, Holland, Belgium
29 th October 2021

The Spookiest, Ugliest, Scariest Monster Species - Halloween 2021

Image A - 'Piranha' illustrated by @blenchi.art With Halloween just around the corner, we thought it would be a good time to cover the scariest and ugliest fish species that you can catch...if you really want to, although many of the species on this

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Posted in: Species Guides, Seasonal Guides
18 th October 2021

Big Autumn Perch - Phil Spinks

With the temperatures now starting to drop, Summer is turning into Autumn, which is a great time to start targeting perch. One of the most appealing aspects of chasing big perch is the variety of methods you can use. Different methods suit different

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Posted in: Tackle, Bait, Discipline, Location, Season, Fishing Tips & Tricks