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Changeable weather has taken its toll, but the fishing is improving with reports of skimmers and bream on pole-fished caster and large punch bread behind the British Legion, the Expressway Bridges ...

MAINTENANCE work on the canal at Cross Keys upset the fishing for Pontymister AC and the best effort in the club match at Hall’s Road was 2lb 15oz of small bream caught on pole and punched bread by ...

FISHING the candle method? Brilliant that's all I can say to this method. What is it? A plain white wax candle cut in half with the wick taken out. Put a bead on your line, thread the candle onto your ...

Taking a clear victory was Bromsgrove top rod John Miller, who was halfway between bridges 35 and 36, where he pole fished punched bread for two skimmers plus Roach for 4-4-8.

He said: "I baited with punched bread on a small 18s hook, expecting to catch some small roach. "But my pole float suddenly disappeared and I had a fight onmy hands." ...