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ISSUE 1 ARCHIVES - TERRY HEARN

In a day and age where the ‘old fashioned’ close season is nothing more than a distant memory for many, and spring captures abound, Tel relives a recent tale to remind us why the build up and buzz of expectancy can be just as exciting, and why it is always worth the wait.

A RETURN TO MOROCCO BIN EL-OUIDAN - SAM JEFFERYS AND JAMES WEST  We've been following Sam and James for a long while, both capture their own angling lives and adventures in...

The final instalment in the Geoff Bowers story, and our favourite part. A no bullshit look at the scene, modern bait and Geoff's take on it all. Kettle on, kick...

Part two of the Geoff Bowers story continues, get the kettle fired up again and kick back for the next instalment. It's a good one..

Just a handful of b-roll shots from this spring on Stoneacres, shot by the editor Gaz, Tom Gibson, Will Bradley, Robbie Briers and Tim Rowland. We're saving the shots and stories for elsewhere, but this is a little flavour 

If you've been around the game a while, the name Geoff Bowers is synonymous with a couple of things - boilies, and a sense of humour. Anyone that calls their...

A short November's tale from the Ed...

‘They’re bait fish mate, they always come off the big spots,’ I was told. I knew they were, and they did, but if you equated the phenomenal amount of rod hours those big spots saw to the bites they produced, it told a different account of events, and one that with just two 12-hour worknight sessions a week to utilise, I knew just wasn’t good enough odds for me to bet on'

Brother Thib jumped in the van and headed off for 16 nights this summer to visit a few new countries, and sample the flavours of some other scenes and waters than that of his homeland of France, travelling through Germany, Austria and Italy to get to Slovenia, and then back via Holland and Belgium.. 7 countries, and 3000k later we grabbed five minutes with him to catch up and see how it was. If you didn't live that dream this summer, or ever have, live it second hand through Thib's buzz here. Next best thing!

The short tale of. capture that should never have happened. One from the Issue 1 archives from the ed, Gareth Fareham

Thib has been a friend of ours for years now and we've followed his angling and the amazing carp he's been catching with keen eyes. As a 25 year old fireman in Paris, he lives a life of high drama and intensity, and also a life outdoors, fuelled by the drive to catch big carp from wild waters, and on an ever-increasing scale of size, difficulty and challenge. Sit back and take a little look into his world.

Ever fancied something a little on the wild side and a bit more adventurous instead of the usual French holiday venue? We spent half an hour chatting to our friend Jakub over in the Czech Republic about the new venture he has set up with his dad and friend Radek. The Czech Republic might not be on your radar for places to visit, but the fishing and scenery offered is something special, especially from a boat.

ISSUE 1 ARCHIVES - THE GEEZER BEHIND SLYMEGRIPE - Glynn Gomersall Having studied art ourselves, and been involved in the drawings for 'In Pursuit', interviewing Glynn was a real pleasure...