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Working With What You Have - There's a Lidl store just down the road from here. I can walk there easily, and often do. In town there's a Waitrose, but very rarely do I shop there. Yes,...
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If You Complain Nothing Happens! - The process of complaining is riddled with a lack of challenge. Degree of difficulty 1 out of 10. Zero being the good old, tried and tested, 'do nothing'...
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Dace (not) Ace - Complete contrast to yesterday, no wind and no freezing rain. Spent a couple of hours watching the kingfishers and chasing off a cormorant on the Fairly Cl...
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Lower Itchen Fishery – Nugging Houses and Nigmenogs - Now truffels, what do they taste like, well mushroomy doesn’t quite cut it. Truffles are utterly intoxicating; a heady scent that if you find yourself hook...
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11/12/2018 - Birthday ritual - This morning I headed off into deepest Staffordshire for what is becoming a bit of a birthday ritual for me - a day's grayling fishing on a small tributary...
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Just one more cast..........
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Like the progression.
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Last one...
Definitely last one...
One more cast...
Cheers guys
Yes, patience and experience are a must for pike fishing (and being able to "read the river").
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Paris
Reminds of when I used to take my son fishing as a boy
ReplyDeleteFrom a fishing trip in Ireland, I fondly remember these words of wisdom (and wit) in the booklet that came with the fishing license:
ReplyDelete"Show me a fisherman's bag and I will show you excess luggage. (But) do not attempt to lift my bag".