Fladen Flotation Suit – FISHMAG Reports Fladen’s flotations suits come in at a much more reasonable price than most on the market, and are substantial waterproof layers that keep out spray and wind. In the image below is the two-piece version, which gives you the option to remove the coat if you get too warm.
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Trying out YETI coolers for sea fishing in the UK Well, oily fish like mackerel start to spoil quickly – within just a few hours. Putting any fish straight onto ice is the best way to preserve freshness – even in the mildest of English summers! We also liked having our drinks ice cold, even
Fly fishing for chalk stream trout, a river keepers tips We reached out to Nick Parker, aka the @hampshireriverkeeper. His father won a job as a river keeper on a coin toss over 35 years ago, and today Nick is in the business of looking after chalk streams and guiding anglers. In this conservation we
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Targeting estuary bass on finesse soft plastics Marcus is a bass guide based in Chichester and former skipper and guide in New Zealand. He has developed a unique approach to targeting bass with carefully presented soft plastics. I called him on his day off—he was, of course, out bass fishing. What followed was a fascinating
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Fly fishing for pike on the chalk streams | With River Keeper Nick Nick has devoted much of his life to the Hampshire chalkstreams as a guide and river keeper. It was a pleasure to interview him and discuss how he targets pike on the fly, as well as learn from his observations managing rivers
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Wrasse on the fly, with multi-species hunter, Elijah Wait In this interview, we get into wrasse fishing fly tackle, the fly patterns that are best for wrasse fishing, and the methods deployed when targeting wrasse on the fly. Elijah Wait @eli_eli_oh__ is a team member at Learn the Land, and die-hard saltwater fly angler from
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Surf fishing for big bass with Samson Lures | Masterclass with Grant Woodgate Few people are as qualified to talk about targeting big bass as Grant Woodgate. He’s caught multiple specimens over 20lb and has landed tuna from the rocks to over 180lb. The caveat? He fishes in conditions almost nobody else would attempt, on
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Saltwater fly fishing in Norway with Frej, local guide FISHMAG reached out to Frej @frejonthefly – a saltwater fly fishing guide based in Kristiansand, a city on the south coast of Norway. As a local guide, he has spent countless hours introducing anglers from the UK and other countries to the joys of targeting cod,
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Finding the best boat fishing rods What does ‘line weighting’ or ‘weight class’ mean on a boat rod? This is the line strength, in breaking strain, that’s recommended on that rod. You can tell how powerful or ‘stiff’ a boat rod is by its line rating. On the side of the rod and in the
