Steve Ringer's Skills School - Winter carp fishing in the margins

Join Steve Ringer on the bank in the latest Angling Times Skills School video where proves that you can catch commercial carp down the edge in winter.

Steve fishes Lambsdown Lake at Meadowlands, nr Coverntry, on the pole - follow his guide and you'll catch more fish.

Read Steve Ringer's exclusive column in Angling Times every Tuesday.

 

 


How to catch bream at Castle Ashby Fisheries

Castle Ashby Fisheries is one of the best bream hotspots in the country, with 60lb plus hauls commonplace throughout the cold season. One man that knows how to bag up at the Northamptonshire complex is current veterans world champion Joe Roberts. The Sensas-backed rod has now revealed the simple yet deadly feeder tactics required to succeed at the venue.

 


How to fish island swims

A taster video of Maver Midlands’ Craig Goldstraw, who features in this week’s Angling Times at Longford Fishery near Derby.

Craig reveals why your float choice is particularly important when fishing in the shallow water of an island feature – it’s often the difference between catching a carp a chuck or foul-hooking them.

If you fish island swims this is a feature you cannot afford to miss!


Steve Ringer's Skills School- Getting the timing right for pellet waggler success

One, two, three, four, five - count them, as that's how long it should take you to get a bite on the pellet waggler.

This commerical carp tackle tactic is one of the most busy, fast action style of fishing you will ever try, and the harder you work the more you catch - it's as simple as that.

Steve Ringer shows you how to get it right in this video.

 

 


How to catch summer chub by spinning

The only thing greater than a chub’s inborn shyness, is their legendary greed.

Over the years, they have been caught on just about every bait you could conceivably think of. Thinking anglers have used everything from worms, maggots, bread and pellets through to slugs, raw steak and even livebaits.

It is the latter – using fish-type baits – which Mark Boyd has used to great effect in the past. By using small lures on his local river Cherwell, he has been able to lock into the chub’s predatory instincts.

Here he talks us through the gear he uses, the lures he will try and his general approach

 

 


How to make worms go further

Worms are undoubtedly one of angling’s finest baits.

In their minus column though, comes expense. Unless you are prepared to wander around the local playing field in the middle of a damp night, while wearing a head torch, hunting them, most people will have to use cold hard cash and buy them from the local tackle shop.

Sensas angler Ian Chadburn has come up with a way of stretching his worms to last all day, all the while losing none of their innate fish-pulling prowess.

We join him on the banks of Aston Park Fisheries to see how he does it…

 

 


How to catch big bream using PVA tactics

In the June 2012 issue of Improve Your Coarse Fishing resident big fish expert Julian Chidgey tackles the inland sea that is the Stoneacres fishery on the Linch Hill complex in Oxfordshire.

His quest is for a big bream, tench or carp from this daunting lake but he shows that a thoughtful approach with PVA bags packed with casters is a sure fire way to succeed, as you'll see in this video he bags some huge fish and in the magazine you'll read his entire story -- don't miss it!

 

 


How to fish Lochnaw Castle Loch

Home to huge redfins that have been unknown until very recently, in the latest issue of Improve Your Coarse Fishing top specialist Simon Ashton catches a string of huge fish for the camera and in the magazine we reveal the all important details about how you can fish this magnificent Scottish water. Watch this short video for a taste of what's in the article...