Mayweed Mayhem On The Dirty Wall

You all know those sessions, the ones where in the back of your mind nothing can go wrong, where even before you step out of the house to make your way to the beach you are secretly thinking you are going to get some good fish?? Well this was one of those nights, in my…

Grauvell Vertix ECLIPSE VITESSE Rod

3 Sections 13.8 ft Length 100 – 225grms Rating 420 grs Weight RRP £799   The little brother of the amazing Vertix Eclipse rod, with a blank made of 46 ton Japanese whisker carbon this is another lightweight beauty of a rod from the Vertix stable. Finished off in a sleek black colour, this rod…

Grauvell Teklon CHINU IZU Hook

Improved Tensile Strength Low Friction Offset Barb Available in sizes: 2, 4, 6, 8 New Japanese hooks, laser sharpened with a PTFE coating RRP £ 2.95 ….. 25 Hooks per pack   PTFE coating technology has been applied for many years to certain ranges of hooks. Only Teklon however has succeeded in mastering this technique…

Making Memories On Orford Ness

Addicted2Anglings Steve Chambers took his dad over to Orford Ness for a days fishing, they knew the fish were there but would the dreaded mayweed put pay to their days fishing!! Here he writes about his day over the Ness with hounds, rays and lots and lots of weed. I hit Orford Island today with…

Grauvell SPARTA LC-MT Rod

Sections – 3 Length – 4.2 mts / 14ft Rating 100 – 200 grs Weight 620 grs RRP – £115   This rod is at the lower price end of the Grauvell Vertix range but do not be fooled by the price, you are getting a lot of rod for your money. Coming in 3…

The Suffolk Sole Hunt: Vol 1

As summer arrives there are lots of different species that turn up on the UK shores that tickle our fancy, be it the big shark species like tope and blue sharks or the tiny species that can be picked up on the LRF tackle like the beautiful dragonette. One of my personal favourites though has…

Grauvell Vertix DIVINE Reel

Graphite Body CNC Aluminium Machined Body Infinite Anti Reverse 1 X Extra Spool 730 grs RRP £159.95 The Vertix Divine is a long cast surf reel designed for modern surf fishing. The excellent line lay gives long smooth casting and the two spools give you the option of a traditional high capacity spool or a…

B IS FOR BASS!

We have all had those days, the ones where you are really buzzing for an upcoming session on the beach and then something comes along and puts a halt to what you have planned. With the Smooth-Hounds turning up in numbers on the Norfolk coast we had devised a plan to get up there on…

The Portugeezer!

Summer is here at last, those cold, dark depressing days are now a distant memory in the anglers mind, we are now packing our sunglasses and shorts rather than woolly hats and thermals and the beaches are alive with people trying to soak up those warm rays of sunshine. This is all well and good…

Rough Ground For The Hounds

This spring has been pretty poor over here on the Suffolk coast, with the beastly Easterly storms we had this past winter gone the fishing has been a bit of a non-starter. The rays have not turned up in the numbers we saw the last couple of years, the bass are sporadic to say the…