On Fishing In Wales Co I’m always looking for simple, repeatable ways to find fish without relying on luck. One method that’s become a staple of my shore approach combines old-school observation — gull behaviour and foam lines — with a modern assist: a cheap drone camera. When I line these...
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Fishing kelp banks for cod at night is one of my favourite challenges — the...
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I’ve spent more early mornings than I can count sitting on slick rocks in...
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I’d been fighting kite-tailing for months on exposed pebble spits before I...
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I walked the pontoon at low tide the first time I noticed how lights change...
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...
I fish a lot of tidal ledges for cod around the Welsh coast, and fresh crab is one of my go-to baits when I want to put a reliable, natural scent in front of bigger, wary fish. Over the years I've settled on a simple, sturdy rig that presents crab...
I love long casts. There’s something about watching a rig ride the tide five or six marks out that makes a cold dawn feel worth it. So when my distance drops — sometimes gradually, sometimes overnight — it’s maddening. Over the years I’ve...
Cliffs and high banks are some of the best places to fish on the Welsh coast — they give you height for longer casts, often hold productive currents and can put you above productive ledges. But those benefits come with responsibility. Before I...