Techniques

When the crane flies come off in September, stillwater trout lose all caution. Here is how to fish a daddy properly, why the wind matters, and the mistake that costs most people fish.

From late summer the biggest reservoir trout switch onto fry and become catchable in a way they are not the rest of the year. Here is how to spot fry feeders and what to put in front of them.

Cod move back within range of the shore as the water cools, and autumn is when the season starts. Here is what conditions bring them in, which marks produce and the baits that get results.

Bass fishing peaks in autumn as the fish feed hard before moving offshore. Here is how the marks change, why rough weather helps, and what I fish through September to November.

Big roach are an autumn and winter fish, and September is when they start to become catchable. Here is how to sort the better fish from the small ones and where they hold as the water cools.

Tench fishing is treated as a spring and summer game, but autumn produces some of the heaviest fish of the year. Here is what changes as they go off the feed and how to catch them before they do.

Bream shoal tightly in autumn and feed heavily, which makes them findable and catchable in numbers. Here is how to locate a shoal, how much to feed, and why patience beats moving.

Autumn carp feed harder than at any other point in the year, and the biggest fish become properly catchable. Here is how location changes as the weed dies back and what to feed them.

Barbel feed hardest through autumn, and the fish are at their heaviest. Here is how flow and water temperature change where they sit, and why the first floods are worth planning around.

Chub feed harder in autumn than at any other time, and rising coloured water is an opportunity rather than a problem. Here is where they sit when the river comes up and what to put in front of them.