Dave Coster’s Fishing Diary – June
IN THE SHADE
Weather forecasters were predicting bright sunshine and temperatures well into the...
Dave Coster’s Fishing Diary – May
EXPLORING NEW GROUND
Renovation work on my local Grantham Canal continues, with yet another...
Dave Coster’s Fishing Diary – April
HALFWAY CANAL
First outing was an exploratory session on the Half Mile section of...
Dave Coster’s Fishing Diary – February
ICE AGE
Rivers were flooded and stillwaters frozen, wonderful! But as always, my angling pal Dave Eastwood was as...
Dave Coster’s Fishing Diary – January
LOST IN LINCOLNSHIRE
I started the New Year trying a new venue a fishing mate had discovered. It was...
Dave Coster’s Fishing Diary – December
MISSING THE BUS
Spalding is only 40 minutes’ drive from where I live, and behind a big shopping centre...
BORN TO FISH
Dave Coster used to design fishing tackle for Hardy and Greys, but has now moved on to working for French fishing giants...
Days of Wine and Barbel
In a radical departure from my normal barbel fishing break with a couple of grizzled old chums, combining fishing with a few good nights out, this year I went to the River Severn with my wife. She has a particular fondness for visiting National Trust properties, the more remote the better. We once went to stay for a week in a cottage in Wales that was half way down a cliff; I had to carry the luggage 400 yards, carefully avoiding boulders, steep drops and sheep shit. However, this one was very different; it was thirty yards from the River Severn.
Barbel Fishing – The Pope’s River Diary
Steve is back after his short break, seems he's brought perfect river fishing weather with him too...
Barbel Fishing – The Pope’s River Diary: July 2013
Steve Pope had a rather inauspicious start to the season, so what did July bring - apart from more scorching weather?