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River Mole Barbel Quest Part I. - Along with my pursuits on the K.Stour I've started to visit the R.Mole in search of my 8th different river double. I must admit upon arrival the fir...
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To my shame - Being fortunate to live in a wonderful neighbourhood, in the quiet backwater of Dumpton, which is part of Ramsgate on the Isle of Thanet, I am truly gra...
17 hours ago -
Warwickshire Avon - Hunchbacks and Hacktivists - How Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame came about is quite incredible really, it was released 25 years ago this month, and somehow a ratings board made up of...
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An Everyday Post - It's been a long time since I was last ill - certainly pre-COVID - so the horrible man-flu that clobbered me on Tuesday night was initially a bit unsettl...
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Thinking man's thinking cap. - Dad, can we go fishing? Why yes, of course we can. Just an hour and it just so happened to be the Next Nearest so I could don my thinking cap whilst guid...
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27/07/2021 - Pembrokeshire Part Two (corkwing chaos at Milford) - Got up bright and early again on Monday despite not having a particularly restful night's sleep. Had woken up freezing cold in the camper in the early ho...
3 days ago -
Ping! Woodcock and The Best Boy Ever - Ping! And as if by magic the shopkeeper appeared, Well that’s what I was brought up to believe would be the consequence of something going Ping! Seems ...
5 days ago -
Constructive criticism!? - Date fished 21/7/2021 17.00 until 22.00 The last few days have been red hot. This weather always makes me think of hot sunny days spent with Davey catch...
1 week ago -
Off to a flyer - The past year has been a challenge for most. With the ongoing pandemic, my work has dominated this past 15 months and rightly so as there's been a lot to...
4 weeks ago -
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February to June 15th - With Covid movement restrictions in place, the end of the river season drifted into a non event for me. The closed season didn't see much activity either....
1 month ago -
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Welcome back to sunny Thailand - 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...
4 months ago -
Rediscovery of a Seasons End - So, as I was, saying... The Discovery was retrieved from the insurance company's own repair workshop last week. Like new, it was. Immaculate, smelling li...
4 months ago -
new tying video dropped - * EASY TYE JERKBAITMANIA PIKE BAITFISH* *still here still churning out the flies , which is kinda why the blogs been a bit quiet so here is a new video o...
6 months ago -
Who Saw That Coming? - [image: Who Saw That Coming?] Bob's first blog of 2021 set's the standard. It's a cracker. Continue Reading →
6 months ago -
Catching some for Dad - 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...10 months ago
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A Redtail Adventure. - 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 ...1 year ago
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After work chub - I usually try and fit in a short session after work at least once during my 5 days on, usually arriving at the chosen river after 22:00hrs and setting off ...1 year ago
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Time to start updating again! - Six months since I last looked on this blog, with available time and fishing motivation failing me somewhat. I have been fishing, but often seemed to be fi...
1 year ago -
Summer Catch Up, a Lying Camera and a Sharky Finale - From now on my blog is going to be a catch-up series of posts and will be roughly season by season. I simply do not have the time to run a business, brin...
1 year ago -
Small River Chub Fishing - An Old Stretch Re-Visited - 10/9/19 (Video 127) - My latest video is now available to watch by clicking the link below. *Small River Chub Fishing - An Old Stretch Re-Visited - 10/9/19 (Video 127)*
1 year ago -
Top water fun. - 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...
2 years ago -
A Pikers Autumn Morning Canal Session... - 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 ...
2 years ago -
New Target - 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 ...
3 years ago -
Swansong - 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...
3 years ago -
Unfinished Business — The Width of a Circle - 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...
3 years ago -
New Rods – Making Moves - 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...3 years ago
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"Just one more" - 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...
4 years ago -
Boddington Bobbers Vlog - 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...
4 years ago -
Canal Tench - Something Green, Somewhere New - 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...
4 years ago -
All change for 2017! - 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...4 years ago
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March Madness - 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...
4 years ago -
Ouch..... - 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 ...
4 years ago -
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Rio - 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...
4 years ago -
Transition time - 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...
5 years ago -
2016 Diary - The End - *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...
5 years ago -
Popped up herring tail does the business again - 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...
5 years ago -
All Change. - 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...
5 years ago -
Blimey I’ve not posted here for a while! - 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...
5 years ago -
Check it.. - 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...
5 years ago -
Early morning double - 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 ...
6 years ago -
Mayfly Reflection - 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...
7 years ago -
Suspenders! - 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...
7 years ago -
How to combine two hobbies - 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...
7 years ago -
"Lean fourteen" to avoid a blank. - 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...
7 years ago -
Another Deer hair diver. - A different color setup, The black gives a good contrast against the light colors. A good silhouette for Northern Pike to follow and als...
7 years ago -
Tuesday 19th February 2013 - 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...
8 years ago -
04/03 Trent - 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...8 years ago
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Peter Green PAC Lifetime Achievement Award - 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...
9 years ago -
Barbel on the float! - 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...
9 years ago -
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*This was me and James the first time we put a bivy up (without reading the instructions).
ReplyDeleteI broke a pole last time out - it took a while to fettle a repair. TFGear are doing inflatables bivvies now, maybe it's the answer.
ReplyDeleteI'd never resort to reading the instructions though ;o)
Reading the instructions is cheating!
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