I’ve lost count of the times I’ve watched a bait roll helplessly along a tidal ledge, or seen it snagged on the next swell because my sinker was either too light to hold or so heavy it bounced the bait into the weed. Getting sinker weight right on tidal ledges is one of those small, technical...
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I’ve spent more mornings than I can count standing on Welsh cobbles, watching...
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I won't pretend there's a single magic trick to pull double-figure rays off...
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I always get a buzz when the harbour lights start to bleed into the water —...
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I spend a lot of spring mornings standing on low, wind-scoured sandbanks,...
I’ve spent more mornings than I can count standing on rocky points and pebbled coves, watching the water and the birds and waiting for a clue. Learning to identify feeding lanes from shore is one of those skills that transforms aimless casting...
Winter cod in shallow Welsh bays have become some of my favourite early-morning prizes — slow, methodical fish that turn a quiet tide into a proper chase. One of the techniques that consistently helps me get more bites during the colder months is...
I fish a lot of different beaches around Wales, and over the years I’ve learned the hard way that local rules and simple common sense make the difference between a great day’s angling and a trip that upsets landowners, wildlife or other beach...
I can tell you a lot about a mark before I even put a lure in the water — sometimes just by the colour of the weed and the foam sitting on the tide. Pollack aren’t random predators; they follow food and structure, and the visual cues left on the...
I get asked a lot what I tie up when the swell is building off a rocky Welsh shore. For me, those days are equal parts opportunity and caution: bass move, feed and use the extra water to creep into gullies and over submerged reefs, but the risk of...
When I'm standing on a windswept Welsh beach at dawn, the difference between a frustrating day of short casts and a session where the rod tip hums with every long-distance drift often comes down to one invisible choice: the braided line on my reel....
Late summer in Wales is a magical time for bass in estuary mouths — warm water pushes bait in, tides concentrate fish, and the right soft plastics on a light rod can turn a slow session into a string of smiles. I fish these edges a lot, and over...
Rays are some of the most rewarding targets from the shore — deceptively powerful, graceful and excellent sport on light tackle. Over the years along Wales’ varied coastline I’ve learned a few reliable methods for turning a screaming run into...
Heading out for a night surf session along the Welsh coast is one of my favourite ways to blank out the day and chase a quiet bite. But the tide at night is a different beast — shadows hide features, the beach can change shape after dusk and a...
I love the simplicity of a standard running ledger — a weight sliding on the mainline with a short hooklink trailing behind. It’s one of the first rigs I learned on the Brittany rocks and it still bags me pollack and bass on the Welsh coast. But...