Improve Your Coarse Fishing

Improve Your Coarse Fishing magazine is Britain's best-selling coarse fishing magazine that helps you put more fish in the net with expert advice, gear guides and tips and tricks. Whether you’re new to the sport or have been fishing for years, you’ll find clear and easy to follow advice and expert instruction to help you catch more fish. Stunning photography is backed up with a friendly writing style and all the inspiration and practical help you need to really enjoy your time on the bank. Covering pole, waggler and feeder tactics on a range of different venues, there’s something for all anglers of all abilities.

Welcome…

TEAM IYCF's MONTH

5 REASONS TO… USE EXPANDER PELLETS AS METHOD HOOKBAITS

Bream in the park • Michael Buchwalder returns to the venue where he started his feeder fishing journey back in the nineties, and explains how to get among the lake's impressive bream stocks

Modern day commercial winner • Adam Bowen & James Davies fish a complex where tactical nous and careful decision making are essential to keep the carp coming

5 BRILLIANT COMMERCIAL CARP WATERS

Winkle them out with a window feeder • Natural water expert Cathal Hughes shows why this approach often outscores a cage feeder when silverfish are on the agenda

Become river rover • Darren Starkey shows how staying mobile can be the key to locating the biggest fish in your favourite running-water stretch

HOW TO make meaty PVA bags

How To fish in the city: SWINDON • This month Tom heads to North East Wiltshire with his trusty whip to sample a variety of different angling opportunities

Steve Ringer's 10 deadly late summer tips • The England star reveals the edges that will help you maintain your bagging rhythm at the back-end of the warm season

HOW TO TROT A FLOAT THROUGH A RIVER SWIM • Get to grips with the flow early-on in the session and you'll soon be reaping the rewards of working a peg with a stickfloat

Foot them with a feeder tweek • Alex Dawson shows how switching what you load your Method frame with can fool carp that have faced a summer of angling pressure

HOW TO MAKE A MULTI-COLOURED METHOD BALL

Slow down your shallow fishing • Mat Linforth shows how deviating from the rule book can pay off when bagging on the pole in the upper layers during late summer

CHUBBER FLOAT RIG • There are few more satisfying - or effective - ways to target big fish on an autumnal river than trotting with big baits

Speedy's Tactical Masterclass • From reservoir bream to commercial carp, Nick Speed shares his extensive know-how to help you put more fish in the net every month

Q&A YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY EXPERTS…

Long, strong and remarkably versatile! • Tony Grigorjevs runs the rule over Shakespeare's latest float rod, which promises to be far more than a oe-trick pony…

New Gear

8 OF THE BEST SEATBOXES

THE ADVENTURES OF A FISHING FAMILY • From charity matches to holiday sea fishing excursions, it's been another busy month for the Cooper gang!

YOUR IYCF

Improve Your Coarse Fishing

The Big Angling Puzzle Break • Make yourself a cup of tea, grab a biscuit and see how many of our fishing puzzles and questions you can answer correctly in this months mag!

KEEP THINGS SIMPLE FOR NEW WATER SUCCESS • James Furness outlines the twin bait approach he uses to cover all bases when fishing a lake for the first time

Fluoro D-rig • This simple presentation is tangle-proof and hard for carp to deal with – so can you afford not to have a few tied up?

CARP Q&A Your carp questions answered by Sticky's expert anglers…

Bob Roberts My monthly

GLOSSARY OF COARSE FISHING… • A swift guide to the...