Korum Articles
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Latest Articles
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Total Coarse Fishing
A very special day
Something very special happens at one of my local waters in late autumn. An annual event on Frensham Great Pond in Surrey sees shoals of hungry perch pack small fry underneath a tilted oak. For two or three weeks they feast on this natural larder before drifting off into deeper water.
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Total Coarse Fishing
As the light fades...
If you want a catch of clear-river bream, prepare yourself for a night session, says Korum’s Duncan Charman.
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Total Coarse Fishing
The best day-ticket water in Britain
That’s the bold claim of Korum’s Duncan Charman about Mill Farm Fishery, where dreams of record fish can become reality.
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Total Coarse Fishing
The heat is on
My favourite time for catching barbel in summer is after dark, so when I was asked to catch one in the heat of the day I knew I’d have my work cut out.
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Total Coarse Fishing
Dreaming of giant rudd
Wouldn’t it be fantastic to catch a huge rudd this summer? Top southern specialist Duncan Charman is your guide.
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Total Coarse Fishing
Hidden Silvers
Are the big roach in your local commercial largely ignored? Follow Duncan Charman’s advice and you can sort the men from the boys.
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Archived Articles
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Improve Your Coarse Fishing
Stay mobile for drain pike
Julian Chidgey believes that the miles of unfished drains which criss-cross the Somerset Levels offer some of the best pike fishing in the country.
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Improve Your Coarse Fishing
Fake baits with Julian Chidgey
Every few years a bait, method or tactic revolutionises our sport and challenges us to take a huge leap of faith to explore its effectiveness.
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Angling Times
Big roach hidden in a carp lake
Once in a blue moon we all stumble on a very special water, a place that sometimes defies all logic but contains what we are all looking for - quality big fish, and lots of them.
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Team Barbel
The Dutch Way - Frans Vogel
In Holland we have three main rivers with barbel. The Waal is the biggest, this river comes from Switzerland and Germany and in Lobith it crosses the border into our country.
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Improve Your Coarse Fishing
Target Lilies - Dr Paul Garner
Lily pads provide abundant food and cover and can be one of the most productive areas for species like tench and bream - but you have to know how to fish for them. Specimen angler and fish scientist Dr Paul Garner explains why you need to get 'on the pads'.
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Total Coarse Fishing
Bream Early Doors - Duncan Charman
With the rivers about to close, Duncan Charman gets ahead of the game and makes an early start on his spring bream campaign.
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Total Coarse Fishing
Piking Revisited - Duncan Charman
It’s six years since all-rounder Duncan Charman last went pike Þ shing and it’s not long before he rediscovers the frustrations of stillwater predator hunting in winter.
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Total Coarse Fishing
In search of a 21lb redfin - Duncan Charman
Tales of big roach have drawn Duncan Charman to Berkshire’s Kingsmead complex. But how does he go about catching one of its elusive two-pounders?
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Advanced Carp Fishing
Perfect Pellet Fishing - Mark Cole
Find out how MARK COLE uses a simple technique to get margin-cruising carp feeding hard on his trusty low-oil carp pellets.
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Total Coarse Fishing
Sub-zero Hero - Duncan Charman
Choose your venue carefully and there’s no reason why you won’t catch in sub-zero temperatures. Duncan Charman enjoys a day to remember on Hampshire’s River Blackwater.
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Total Coarse Fishing
Hidden Silvers - Duncan Charman
Are the big roach in your local commercial largely ignored? Follow Duncan Charman’s advice and you can sort the men from the boys.
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Total Carp
No Bivvy Required - Dr Paul Garner
Many anglers believe that you can’t have success without fishing long sessions. Dr Paul Garner reveals how you can catch good fish on day-only sessions using the simplest of tactics.
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Total Carp
Get the most from PVA - Mark Cole
Mark Cole explains when and why solid PVA bags work, which ones you should be using and how to get the best from them…
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Team Barbel
Double Dutch Action
An account of barbel fishing on the River Waal in Holland
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Angling Times
Korum Products Guide
Your four-page guide to Korum's top gear on the tackle shop shelves in 2009.
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UK Carp
June 2009 - Dr Paul Garner - Tactics On The Deck
Dr Paul Garner suggests some useful pin-down tactics to hide your line and stop it spooking those shy carp.
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Improve Your Coarse Fishing
May 2009 - Dr Paul Garner - Dawn 'Til Dusk
Mark Parker set his alarm for a dawn start at the prolific Bluebell Lakes and watches Paul bag-up on bream throughout the day.
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UK Carp
May 2009 - Dr Paul Garner - Tactics Groundbait
Dr Paul Garner revisits a tactic that he reckons will work just as well on big-carp waters as on the commercials.
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Improve Your Coarse Fishing
May 2009 - Dr Paul Garner - Dawn 'Til Dusk
Mark Parker set his alarm for a dawn start at the prolific Bluebell Lakes and watches Paul bag-up on bream throughout the day.
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Coarse Fisherman
June 2009 - Paul Billington - Tench & Bream, The Double Whammy
Can you target tench and bream effectively in the same session? Paul Billingto n believes you can, it’s just a case of picking the right conditions and areas to fish for each one.
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Coarse Fisherman
May 2009 - Duncan Charman - Winter Rudd
Like so many other anglers, Duncan Charman always felt the summer months were the best for chances of catching specimen rudd. But not any more, after a sensational back-end which culminated in a glorious three-pounder.
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Coarse Fisherman
April 2009 - Duncan Charman - Dreaming of Bream
This month Duncan Charman looks ahead to some lovely, lazy spring days, targeting bream. He has plenty of good advice for anyone wishing to do the same, and a list of waters you can target with a chance of a double!
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Coarse Fisherman
April 2009 - Chris Ponsford - Diary of a madman
This month the Pons explains the intricacies of tackling a double-yoke, triple-decker egg and bacon butty, recalls a new PB pike and becomes moist with anticipation at the thought of a chance to catch a double-figure tench!
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Coarse Fisherman
February 2009 - Chris Ponsford - Diary of a madman
Catching very little has been the Ponsford way of late. But he has still been busy, taking in trips to the Wye and Royalty fishery in pursuit of big kippers. He has also had his fill of foreign nationals taking too many fish from our waters, as he explains.
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