Just over 4 hours, didn't miss a take, didn't loose a fish - just goes to show the potential of the technique. Helped that the fish were bang on the feed as well!
Canal Roach - The Sisyphean Task ? Pt.9
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The deluge of rain the weekend during some thunder and lightning showed up
my hatred of DIY and the like, you see ones gutters were full to the brim
and we...
Constable Wallop Brook
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I picked this rod up at the Grayling Society Auction at the last
Symposium. What a cracking little rod !!! . I am getting increasingly fond
of the whole...
Can garden birding get much better?
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My choice of title is due to a crazy fifteen minutes I've just experienced,
pointing the long lens through the conservatory windows. A male Ring Ouzel
ha...
Windmill Fishery Open
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Back at Windmill again for the Sunday open. There’s currently two finals
later this year, one for qualifiers from Thursday matches, and one for
Sunday’...
Breaming of a Slime Fest.
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As the weather begins to warm so does the water and slowly but surely the
Bream will come to a point where they will go off and spawn, en mass. I
hav...
Just as Gr-r-reat
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Date fished 6/5/2024
7am until 12pm
A Monday that I didn't have to go to work, what could be better? I started
with a Gregg's sausage roll, cereal was for...
Urban River Carp Fishing
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I've been carp fishing since 2013. Like most everything that's worthwhile,
fishing for these freshwater fish has its up's and down's.Some days go well
and ...
A new nemesis?
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I had another session at Drumtassie Coarse Fishery on Wednesday, targeting
the small Siberian sturgeon that are in their coarse pond again. Chopped
worm ...
A TEST OF PATIENCE
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It's becoming hard to stop this blog turning into a non-stop rant
about the weather at the moment. In my photographs everything looks fine
and...
All Change
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I've caught next to nothing since the season ended and was flitting about
doing nothing very well.
A change was needed, so I packed the camper full of ge...
Portland Delivers
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Pre-booking two nights at a bird observatory is always going to be a
lottery. Will it be birdy fireworks, or a damp squib, or something in
between? It is...
Another year propping up the EFL
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Desperate times down in the basement of pro football at what the die-hards
call Cuckoo Farm. It had come down to the last game and just one point
needed ...
Jack Russell Cubism landscape
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Out before breakfast and walking Lucie across the farmland and I see
a landscape that warrants a photograph for the photo library. Then a
Terrier ...
April Tradition
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To mark the opening of each fishing season I take my family for a picnic
lunch beside the same secret and free to fish river. I'm not really one for
rout...
The strange and the familiar
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Saturday came around again and we had an awkward, middle of the afternoon
tide to try and plan around. In previous seasons we would probably have
fishe...
Back in the Red
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Over a decade ago the search for bigger canal roach commenced, inspired by
Jeff Hatt, author of the long defunct, "Idler's Quest", his methods and his
re...
Rain, Beautiful Rain
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I haven’t written anything since Christmas because, as is so often the case
in winter, I didn’t have anything useful to say. Now it’s April: the
salmon...
01/04/2024 - Bank Holiday bits and bobs
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Managed to get down to Pembrokeshire for Easter despite the weather
throwing everything at us on the way down, including a hail storm near
Merthyr. Had a...
IF CARLSBERG BREWED BEAUTY
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There are so many horrors in the world right now that I badly need some
mental medication and one way of recovering is to remember some of the
inspiring...
Mine Shafts, Floods and The Harwood Arms
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Happy New Year everybody,
Covid for Christmas, which is not what we asked for and resulted in a funny
forty eight hours of sleep, sweating and unusual d...
Het lange wachten
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Wat was het een natte winter. Er is afgelopen maanden meer regen gevallen
als normaal in een heel jaar. De visserij was dan ook slow en taai. Een
trip op...
Carp, Ciaran, and Catastrophe
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During the last visit to the surgeon he seemed impressed and decided that a
replacement shoulder could go on the back burner for a while. I even
bragged ...
Specimen roach quest
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I had never managed a really big roach. Like many, I had caught some nice
ones over the years but a 2 pounder had never graced my net albeit I had
never ...
I,m back
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As a lot of you will be aware, i had my van stolen back in mid july, with
over £4000 worth of tackle in the back, i got up on that sunday morning ,
looked ...
Differing days on the Wye
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*June 26th & 27th 2023*
• River Wye at Ashford on the water EA measuring gauge at .29 water
crystal clear
• Weather partly sunny short shower late after...
The first post of 2023......
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I have not fished many matches this year hence the lack of activity on this
Blog.
I did fish a match on the Gloucester Canal back in early January but I ...
2023 - A few trips so far
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After a fairly significant break from angling, I’m glad to say the bug is
well and truly back. For now, it’s just great to be getting out and going
for it,...
AWOL Again
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I won't dwell too much on the last 6 months of angljng inactivity. Fishing
has been sparse. Life's responsibilities, challenges and niggles all too
often...
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* HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS *
im very much still alive and ultra busy with flies so heres a couple of
videos from the last few months , please feel free to su...
A few hours..
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As close friends know & anyone who follows Bedale & Beyond on social
media, I have been out the game for the last 7 weeks with a torn ligament
in my kne...
Grindr
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Variety is indeed the spice of life and my lack of update here is
principally due to the fact I've been doing the same thing over and over
again for some...
A couple after the heat
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* 23/07/22*
Straight to the river after my last shift of a 60hr week, half a can of
Redbull on the way, the other half for the drive home. I was parked u...
Welcome back to sunny Thailand
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Welcome to our latest Exotic Fishing Thailand newsletter. I would like to
wish everyone good health in these unusual times. It's been a while since
our la...
Catching some for Dad
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The handle's a bit wonky but the dusty old Mitchell Match is still silky
smooth. The finger-dab bail arm flicks open as I do an air cast in my late
fath...
A Redtail Adventure.
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Having travelled to both Guyana and Suriname in South America on several
occasions I had decided that it was becoming much the same and I would no
longer ...
Top water fun.
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With the summer just about here and the plethora of lure matches drying up
I can feel the weed festooned lakes calling me. Soon I will able to think
of no...
A Pikers Autumn Morning Canal Session...
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A warm welcome to this week blog i hope i find well and your nets wet.
Autumn has certainly arrived here in the UK and with it has come the
blustery winds ...
New Target
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So it has been like for ever since I posted anything up on the blog, well
sometime absence makes the heart grow fonder.
To be honest the fishing and the ...
Swansong
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Opening day of the 2018 trout fishing season and a first blog post in
almost 18 months. It is also the last, a swansong of sorts as I admit
defeat and unde...
Unfinished Business — The Width of a Circle
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I assure you, the picture above is no joke. That is a real hook — the
'Mustad 39937NP-DT Giant Demon Perfect Circle Hook' — and one that will set
the big g...
New Rods – Making Moves
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I expect most keen coarse anglers own a rod or two dedicated to fairly
specialist tasks – perhaps a crisp, fast action float rod, designed solely
with long...
"Just one more"
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I know a place not far away, where I can have this solitude. I can wander
the fields, unhindered, locate barbel easily and catch a few of them with a
cer...
Boddington Bobbers Vlog
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I know what you are thinking "he'll use any excuse to purchase Boddingtons"
and that might be quite true as I am rather partial to a drop or two, the
fac...
Canal Tench - Something Green, Somewhere New
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In spite of living within relatively close proximity to the Grand Western
Canal for a decade now, there are still parts of it that I have not fished
proper...
All change for 2017!
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Greetings to all blog readers! It's not often I write in this location any
more, but if you're one of my old followers on this platform, or have just
di...
March Madness
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I feel that I really should fill in some gaps after my self imposed
absence. I had a difficult start to 2016 because of a severe chest
infection which re...
Ouch.....
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Popped down to the river for a couple of hours last Saturday morning and
conditions were pretty un-inspiring as they have been in general this
season. To ...
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*Riverpiker has moved!Be sure to check out the new home, riverpiker.com for
all your pikey related stuff. Lure fishing videos, articles and the shop.*
Rio
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Watching the Olympics reminded me of the blog that never got typed up.
Three years since I tackled the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio de Janeiro.
I wa...
Transition time
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Warming surf temps mean bait fish and things that eat bait fish are showing
up.
This 40Lb + Cownosed Ray gave a good pull. I flipped her over for a quic...
2016 Diary - The End
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*Date:* Sunday 13th March 2016
*Venue:* River Tone, Somerset
It might not be final day until tomorrow, but today was my last chance to
cast a line on runni...
Popped up herring tail does the business again
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Dawn was breaking when I arrived and a pike swirled on the surface in front
of the first swim I stopped at. A wind was blowing across the lake and this
w...
All Change.
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When September mornings arrive who's mind doesn't inexplicably turn to
autumn perch, barbel, chub, roach, and dace to come?
Summer is waxing and Autumn is...
Blimey I’ve not posted here for a while!
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I’ve been fishing a fair bit, but in my opinion badly. Blanking for tench,
carp barbel and big bream seem to have taken up most of my summer. It’s
been h...
Check it..
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I post a bit on face book these days and have a "This Angling Life" face
book page. It's far easier to use than blogger especially on a mobile or
tablet...
Early morning double
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My last session was again on the wonderful Wye, I arrived just before dawn
with a plan of fishing as the first rays of light for the day were popping
over ...
Mayfly Reflection
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There hasn't been much time for fishing recently - my degree has taken
priority over the last year and subsequently hobbies have taken a back
seat. I did h...
Suspenders!
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Now that the rivers are forbidden, we have to turn our attentions to lakes,
pools and canals. There's a very small pool 5 minutes drive away which,
despite...
How to combine two hobbies
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Here is how to combine two hobbies - I created a drying machine for my tube
flies out of the LEGO Technic blocks. The machine is remotely controlled,
it ha...
"Lean fourteen" to avoid a blank.
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After catching my very respectable 24.5lb pike yesterday in trying
conditions...i knew my window of opportunity was diminishing by the hour
(as is on the W...
Another Deer hair diver.
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A different color setup,
The black gives a good contrast against the light colors.
A good silhouette for Northern Pike to follow and als...
Tuesday 19th February 2013
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Weather -3c Start Brightening up later
I've managed to temp my son Dean out today for a rare midweek trip.
As usual we start the day with a full cooked brea...
04/03 Trent
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Recovery day following mates stag weekend...played 9 holes of golf then off
to the river. Was looking forward to a good days fishing with the weather a
bit...
Peter Green PAC Lifetime Achievement Award
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The PAC would like to congratulate Peter Green on his Lifetime achievement
award, which was awarded for his commitment and dedication to the PAC.
Peter h...
Barbel on the float!
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I was intending on posting sooner than this, however after a
few disappointing sessions this has led to me have little enthusiasm for
blogging.
A day trot...
Good day out mate, 8 is a cracking return. All look in great condition too.
ReplyDeleteJust over 4 hours, didn't miss a take, didn't loose a fish - just goes to show the potential of the technique. Helped that the fish were bang on the feed as well!
DeleteThat's a great day of fishing by any standard. Have you reached your target weight of Barbel yet?
ReplyDeleteBrilliant few hours, wish I had more time.
DeleteYeah I've beaten my target of 100lb of barbel, quick add up and it's 31 barbel for 137lb 4oz (not including the one that escaped from the net).
Another good results,can you see these fish or is it a known area brian?
ReplyDeleteCheers. Just wandering about looking for them, a lot of them are in spots you wouldn't think they would be.
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