Angling Direct Blog

One of the on-going debates within carp fishing centres around barbed vs barbless hooks, their pros and cons, and impact on fish care. Some anglers will swear by barbless, others will only fish venues that allow barbed, or micro-barbed hooks, such

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Your guide to getting your fish back into the water safe and sound. Even though fish fight hard on the end of your line, and the larger specimens can do some damage to your tackle, fish are a fragile species, that as responsible anglers we must take

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Fish care is an integral part of the angling experience, regardless of whether you’re a carp fishing fanatic, a regular on the coarse and match scene, or you enjoy hunting down big pike and other predators, fish care should be at the

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Shimano understood what an incredibly difficult task it was undertaking when it embarked on its mission to upgrade the much loved original Stradic GTM reel. After all, it is difficult to improve on something so close to perfection. With this

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With spring just around the corner, my attention like many other specimen anglers should be turned to tench fishing. However, until we are out of isolation we can just brush up on our techniques and prepare tackle for when we can get back

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