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Author: Phil Spinks
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21 st February 2025
Catching A MASSIVE Test Grayling! Specimen Series
Welcome back to another installment of the Specimen Series! This time, I’m heading to the legendary River Test, a beautiful stretch of water that’s home to some truly special fish. If you’ve followed the series, you’ll know I’ve had my fair
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26 th December 2024
ADTV Specimen Series - Christmas Best Bits
Welcome to a special episode of Specimen Series! It’s hard to believe but the series began around seven years ago, and over that time, Chris and I have had the pleasure of sharing our passion for fishing with all of you. Through each episode, we've
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22 nd November 2024
ADTV Specimen Series - Big Weir Barbel
As Autumn sets in, there is no better time of year to fish for Barbel and for this edition of Specimen Series, I have decided to come back to the River Trent, but rather than fish some of the more prolific stretches of river, I have got one thing in
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30 th August 2024
ADTV Specimen Series - How To Catch Catfish
Catfish fishing in the UK has really grown in popularity, with several venues up and down the country now home to several catfish to massive proportions, with catfish being landing in this country to nearly 150lb! Not only that with the warm weather
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28 th August 2024
Pimp Your Zig Floats!
This is for the anglers who use adjustable zig floats and is a way of making them even better! All you need to do is remove the little buoyant stem that is supplied with the float and replace that stem with one of the Korda Marker Stems. The reason
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24 th August 2024
Use Marker Elastic!
This fishing hack is for anglers using wrap sticks to fish accurately and will save you having to wrap the rod out every time you want to have a recast. If you mark your line up with some marker elastic, once you’ve had a fish, all you need to do
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20 th August 2024
Use Offset Hooks When Lure Fishing
This is a great tip for anglers using offset hooks for lure fishing. Whether you are fishing for zander, perch, wrasse, bass or pike, this hack will help you hook more fish. When using offset hooks you do get a problem when fishing through weed or
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16 th August 2024
Fish Accurately On Deep Venues!
One of the key aspects to catching more fish regardless of the method is to ensure that your hookbait is amongst your free offerings, especially when fishing deep water as accuracy is so important. So, when I’m fishing to a line clip and I
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12 th August 2024
Swap Clumsy Bulk Shot For An Inline Olivette
This fishing hack is for those who enjoy a bit of float fishing, but detest having to use big bulky shot on the line when you need to get your hook down to the bottom of the river or the lake. So instead of a string of clumsy split shot, use an
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08 th August 2024
Use PVA Tape On Your Adjustable Zigs!
Do your adjustable zips keep tangling? Fishing with adjustable zig floats can be devastating for carp, but equally they can be a nightmare to cast at times. In the past, to prevent it from tangling. I’ve used a PVA nugget that I’d lick
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