Types of Fishing

Boat fishing at sea provides more places to fish for the angler. Fishing from beaches, piers, jetties and rocks can be limited and tidal movement...

Many of us like to go fishing but there are occasions when the weather is just too foul to sit on the edge of a river or reservoir waiting for that...

Fishing from the beach – especially when it’s an attractive one – has an appeal all of its own and it can often be the thing which first lures...

Fishing in and around rocks takes the angler into one the shore’s richest feeding grounds for fish. Here there’s no shortage of tasty snacks...

Knowing when you’ve got a bite is vital to a good fishing expedition – and over the years a range of indicating devices have been developed by...

For the majority of anglers float fishing is the most popular method. Watching a float can be relaxing and at times, almost hypnotic....

Mention the word "angler" and people form a picture in their mind; for some it will be a hunched figure crouched on a rain soaked bank, gloomily...

Legering is the method of fishing using a weight to keep bait on the river bed or deep in stillwater. Float fishing allows the bait to drift...

Maggots, sweetcorn and worm catch roach, dace and bream. Lures attract and catch large predatory fish. Lures are artificial bait made from...

Most shore anglers probably began their sport as youngsters fishing from harbour walls or "crabbing" in rock pools with hand line and limpet. As the...