Lure V Bait – My 3-Year Verdict

LET’S start with a story about the sort of day Robbie Northman and I have shared perhaps 250 times over the three years that we have been fishing together.

Hybrid Fertility

The well-travelled freshwater biologist and top angler brings you his fascinating weekly insight into the secret lives of fish.

Hot Hauling Holiday Contest At Cretelakes

Billy reports on how he and Jamie caught a stack of big carp during a week-long contest.

Hair Change Cheat

LOOKING for an easy 'cheat' that will help you to change your presentation, hook bait and hook size without having to retie your carp rig?

Dead To Me

Britain’s leading all-round angler loves taking on challenges at all kinds of venues. Read his triumphs and disasters, warts ‘n’ all, exclusively in AM.

Bridge Pool Less

IN 1975 I left the world of industrial chemistry to become a chemistry teacher, having completed a postgraduate teaching qualification.

A Taste For Perch

PIKE and perch have an interesting relationship.

Wise Up To Wary Pike

NEVILLE FICKLING Britain’s best-known pike angler, angling historian and carp fishery boss reveals all in this fortnightly column.

Flexible Approach For Specimen Perch

East Sussex all-rounder Tony King loves coarse and sea fishing. He’s a qualified angling coach and an ambassador for the Angling Trust. One of his favourite species is perch, a fish that often thrives because they are largely ignored by carp anglers. He has developed what he calls a ‘flexi rig’ to catch them.

I've Got A Lob On!

STEVE COLLETT Britain’s leading all-round angler loves taking on challenges at all kinds of venues. Read his triumphs and disasters, warts ‘n’ all, exclusively in AM.

Fangtastic Footage, Thanks To Matt Hayes

JACK PERKS The natural history photographer has filmed all 53 UK freshwater fish species, and this week he looks at barbel and shad.

Creuse Carp Crusade

MIKE SALISBURY The ace angling coach is here in the Mail for an exclusive series revealing his on-the-bank lessons and views on modern fishing.

Cold Weather Feeding Patterns In Practice

JOHN BAILEY You’ll always learn loads and be inspired by this vastly experienced traditional angler, who also relishes exploring the latest coarse techniques… with help from his friends.

Seeking mini monsters with Jeremy Wade

The natural history photographer has fi lmed all 53 UK freshwater fi sh species, and this week he reveals how he went about capturing ruffe.

River rumble in flooded jungle

LOOKING through my old diaries, I can see that I predominantly fish for barbel in the autumn and early winter months.

Is this the best-ever haul of big UK perch?

8 giants over 4 lb 5 lb 2 oz stunner Contest win, too

Fooling finicky bream

As temperatures fall, bream become trickier to catch, often giving false indications when conventional groundbait feeders are being used. All is not lost though, as I’ve sussed out a way to fool these finicky fish with a simple pellet feeder rig.

Dream ‘20' for Fred

Jamie helps a veteran angling pal catch a yearned for fish

71-Pounder Smashes British Carp Record!

What a high for Lowe! Martyn Lowe’s magnificent mirror carp scaled 71 lb, but he won’t be claiming it as a British record.

The Perfect Recipe For Chub Success

Leighton McDonnell makes the headlines in Angler’s Mail every winter, as he’s a master at catching big chub, especially from the Great Ouse. The chartered surveyor from Tring, in Hertfordshire, who penned the books Fishing On The Edge (2006) and Pulling Against Fish (2016), describes the approach that has banked him 17 chub of over 7 lb.

River Masterclass Debrief

JOHN BAILEY You’ll always learn loads and be inspired by this vastly experienced traditional angler, who also relishes exploring the latest coarse techniques… with help from his friends.

Confidence Trickster

STEVE COLLETT Britain’s leading all-round angler loves taking on challenges at all kinds of venues. Read his triumphs and disasters, warts ‘n’ all, exclusively in AM.

Zooming In On Barbel And Shad

JACK PERKS- The natural history photographer has filmed all 53 UK freshwater fish species, and this week he looks at barbel and shad.

All Eyes

Ridgemonkey Winner

Sour Grapes Over Breaks

IN CASE the Environment Agency doesn’t respond to John Duncan’s letter (AM, Oct 1) I feel I should say a few words here.

Go Big Or Go Home

ANDY BLACK fishery scientist is passionate about predators, having caught pike to 3pch to 5 lb 1 oz, zander to 18 lb 8 oz and eels to 7 lb 2 oz.

Tales From A Tamar Thriller

Despite no fairytale ending, this week’s Mail match columnist Darren Cox wishes that every match could be like the recent Feeder Masters Final, at Upper Tamar Lake.

Billy & Jamie - Corny Cats & Carp

Long-time pals Billy Flowers and Jamie Londors are two of the World’s most consistent carp catchers. The two England Carp Team members share their sessions and insight in Angler’s Mail.

The Function Of Fins

The well-travelled freshwater biologist and top angler brings you his fascinating weekly insight into the secret lives of fish.

Bill Rushmer - Preparing For The Pits

With a little help from his friends, in this mini series Bill reveals how he’s managed to get back on the banks after beating prostate cancer.