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Saundersfoot - Squaliformes and Squatterarchy - Saundersfoot for our weeks family holiday is a small seaside resort in Pembrokeshire, and one of the most popular holiday destinations in Wales. It has two...
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Better late than never - On Saturday, because of some pressing chores that needed attending to, I didn't get out in the garden until 12.30 hrs. It was a horrible grey day with ve...
7 hours ago -
Horsing around - Date fished 23/10/2021 7am until 1pm Some last minute changes of plan and I was due to take mini me for a horse riding lesson at 4pm. With Ellis unavai...
23 hours ago -
Of the Season - The local glut of gulls didn't last long. Two days after the swarming mass documented in the previous post, this was the scene from the West Bay harbour ...
1 day ago -
Caster blaster. - Lovely mild autumn afternoon and a pint of casters to use up. Throw in a tin of hemp and that's a good recipe for roach. Wind over my shoulder and nice c...
6 days ago -
Grayling in Paradise. - After a long awaited return to a little slice of heaven, myself and Brian had a catch-up day targeting Grayling and hopefully avoiding Trout and cond...
1 week ago -
A Curate's Egg of a Season and Is it Me? - Well that’s another season done. My thirtieth on this stretch of river. A curate’s egg of a season with a superb start and fantastic mayfly, but a mid t...1 week ago
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27/09/2021 - Ups and downs! - Have had some very rewarding days in September through the years, but it can also be very fickle with mellow, warm days in short sleeves suddenly giving wa...
3 weeks ago -
fresh air at last - *OUT INTO THE WIDE BLUE YONDER* some maybe aware that i have a wee bit of a medical issue with my leg which causes me a bit of pain so my fishing trips ...
1 month 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...
3 months 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....
4 months ago -
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...
6 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...
7 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 →
9 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...1 year 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...
2 years 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)*
2 years 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 ...
3 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...4 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 ...
5 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...
5 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
8 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...
8 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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ReplyDeleteWhen I lure fish at Walthamstow reservoir I’m in the car park with a tiny rucksack and a 9 foot rod - the carpers are there with more fishing gear than I own stacked high in a wheelbarrow and we look at each other like they’re mad!
DeleteBut we do have a massive landing net in common!!
I've spent many years trying to travel light when fishing but I'm a belt and braces kind of person and the car is always full.
DeleteMust get back to lure or fly fishing one day.
Travelling by bus or tube once in a while keeps the amount of gear in check!
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