In the last decade or so, the net has really helped grow the angling communities – via MySpace, Facebook etc, it’s now painless to organise or simply attend a fishing contest or informal get-together, while swapping tips and advice on forums and blogs

Fishing is the most popular hobby in the UK, and here we introduce the contrasting styles of angling in Great Britain.

There are many ways to fish for pompano and you have a good chance of catching them if you just use some common sense and have a little knowledge about their habits. If you have a shallow draft skiff, you can find pompano schools fairly easily. Run along the beaches, close to the swash channel, [...]