Beginner's Guides

25 th July 2020

The Best Fishing Venues in Norfolk - Norfolk Day

To celebrate Norfolk Day, Angling Direct have devised a list of the best fishing venues in Norfolk. We thought that our expertise of the Norfolk fishing scene would be particularly handy this year, with the county coming to terms with limited

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16 th July 2020

6 Tips for Fishing Urban Venues - Park Week

Earlier in the week, we shared some of our favourite park lake venues, we now wish to share 6 top tips for fishing parks lakes, as our second instalment of Love Park Week. Follow the Rules / Out of Bounds / Don’t Obstruct Pathways It may not be

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14 th July 2020

UK's Best Park Lakes & Urban Fishing Venues

With the rise in popularity of day-ticket venues, park lakes have largely been forgotten. However, in recent years they have been making a comeback with thanks to YouTube series such as Urban Banx, fronted by Nash’s Alan Blair, and several park

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17 th March 2020

Wednesday Review - Korda LE Beanie

Nothing quite beats a warm, comfortable and carpy hat thats great on the bank and for everyday use which is exactly what the Korda LE Fishermen Beanie Hats are offering. This LE beanie is the wooley hat that will keep you from shivering when fishing

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03 rd February 2020

Dave Coster's How To- Change Float Tip Colours FAST

With a low winter sun it can be tricky to see your pole float antenna, especially when the light changes so dramatically and quickly at this time of the year. A speedy way of altering hard to see float tips, when fishing against a backdrop of white

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Posted in: Beginner's Guides, News, All About Fishing, Fishing Tips & Tricks, Fishing Tackle Guides Tagged: How To, Dave Coster's How To- Change Float Tip Colours FAST, Fishing Tips
03 rd February 2020

Arezue Wright- Go Long or Go Home

It is very rare these days that I come across another angler using a longshank hook. Quite simply the longshank has long been forgotten, fallen out of favour and being replaced by more fashionable but not necessarily better alternatives.However, just

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Posted in: Beginner's Guides, Buying Guides, News, All About Fishing, Fishing Tips & Tricks, Fishing Tackle Guides Tagged: Korda, UK Fishing, Europe Fishing, Hook, Bottom Baits
29 th January 2020

Small STREAM FISHING - A Trip Down Memory Lane!

For this latest episode we’re back with the ultimate trip down memory lane! Re-visiting and fishing some of the small streams and tiny bodies of water we used to fish when we were just young lads.Back then, 20+ years ago, we thought we were the

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Posted in: Beginner's Guides, ADTV Specials, Catch Reports, News, Guides & Tips, Fishing Tips & Tricks Tagged: Coarse Fishing, Steve Crowe, River Fishing, Float Fishing, Roach, River Wensum, Roach Fishing, Dace Fishing, Dace, Stick Float Fishing
13 th December 2019

Dave Coster's Fishing Diary- November 2019

Yet another wet start to a new month saw rivers in the fields again and this time quite a few lakes in my area were heavily flooded out as well. One fishery had to close completely because even the stands had disappeared under water! I had been

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Posted in: Beginner's Guides, News, All About Fishing, Guides & Tips Tagged: Fishing, Dave Coster, Dave Coster's Fishing Diary- November 2019
04 th October 2019

Arezue Wright- Float Fishing For Carp

Float fishing is one of the most simplistic yet enjoyable ways to catch carp, however, for many modern anglers, float fishing for carp has fallen out of fashion especially as it is considered a small fish only method and many carp anglers want that

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Posted in: Beginner's Guides, Catch Reports, News, Fishing Tips & Tricks Tagged: Carp Fishing, Float Fishing, UK Fishing, Arezue Wright- Float Fishing For Carp
01 st October 2019

Dave Coster's Fishing Diary- September

After fruitlessly chasing the shadowy big tench that live in Denton Reservoir for much of August, I decided to try for this species in a venue that’s a bit easier, Buckminster Brick Pit. This attractive, horseshoe shaped club lake is a pleasant

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Posted in: Beginner's Guides, News, All About Fishing, Fishing Tips & Tricks Tagged: Tench Fishing, Bream Fishing, Dave Coster, Eel Fishing, Dave Coster's Fishing Diary- September