Fishing UK Specialist Angler & Angling Writer, Andrew Kennedy | Pike Perch Barbel Carp Lure Coarse British angler writing about fishing and specialist angling

This is a short instructional video showing essential pike handling techniques to enable safe unhooking. The terminal tackle used in the video is a wire trace with a single, treble hook. The unhooking tool is a standard pair of long-nosed forceps.

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Jungle Hooks – India “The second series of Jungle Hooks – Jungle Hooks: India, exclusive to Discovery Real Time, sees adventure fisherman Jeremy Wade once again tackle extreme fishing as he takes on his biggest challenge yet; to catch a variety of the largest, most bizarre and most dangerous fish he can find.” Intrepid Adventure Angler, Jeremy Wade I watched the first series of Jungle Hooks in amazement, as Jeremy Wade relocated to the Amazon, in search of a gigantic freshwater fish called the Arapaima. With exciting twist after exciting twist, the series, and the epic journey it chronicled, never failed to surprise me. So, when I heard that the new series of Jungle Hooks was set in the Himalayan region of Northern India, I was more than a little intrigued. Having fished in the region myself, I knew exactly the kinds of scenarios Jeremy would be faced with. It would be a difficult enough task just to film a series out there, but when you consider that the inhabitants of this region’s waterways are notoriously difficult to catch, you realise just how much of a challenge Jungle Hooks: India must have been. In the days of British control of …

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In the period between Christmas and the end of the traditional fishing season, I’ve struggled to catch over the last few years. Many species are at their largest, but they’re by no means easy to catch! I was hoping this year to buck this trend, but I’ve managed less late winter fishing sessions than I would have liked and the fishing’s been tough.  The unsettled weather has led to heavily fluctuating river levels, which made planning fishing trips very difficult. Despite this, I decided that my first session of the new year should be spent targeting chub on a prolific stretch of river… When I arrived, I found the river high, but falling. It was very coloured, but my confidence was boosted by news that an angler had landed a chub over 6lb on trotted breadflake earlier that morning. This was the size I was aiming for, to set a new personal best. Breadflake was a bait I didn’t have in my armoury; I opted instead to fish strong-smelling, oily baits, hard on the bottom. I fished hard all day, keeping mobile in an attempt to find the fish, but one very half-hearted take was my only reward. No fish, …

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