Catch big roach on casters

Use the right hookbaits, and bites can come within just a few seconds of casting out...

CATCH UNTAPPED SILVERS ON THE WHIP

I see fish ‘tailing up’ by my feeder in shallow water, but I can’t get a bite. What’s wrong?

Matt Heyes shows how a modern-day approach can be the way forward when targeting big slabs

Matt Fernandez shows how switching from rod and line tactics to the pinpoint precision of a pole can really boost your catches

The roach might not be a tasty catch, but this sound and sociable shoal fish is so adaptable it can thrive in all manner of less than desirable waterways