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Warwickshire Avon - Beef Cubes and Bedswervers - The CAD was flowing at it usually does on a work day but today working from the office, I had to pull the blind down a little because the sun was particu...
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A Mixed Bag - The camper was packed with the essentials. The usual, fishing gear, bait, food and drink. It was a bloody disgrace, I'd not cleaned it out since the last...
21 hours ago -
Minty White for Albies - Minty white albie whores, tied with soft mint bucktail, white hackles and chenille, mint thread, and pale green-pearl Sparkleflash.
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The start of a new adventure - Well before dawn, tomorrow morning, I will have made my first cast as a member of the syndicate water; where we held the John Roberts Memorial match on J...
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12/01/25 - Harescombe - Doughnut - *Weight - 27lb 7oz* *Catch - 14 Carp* *Weather - Freezing all week. Milder today.* *Match - Teams of 4 (32 fish) - 2nd in section, 6th overall* Today was th...2 days ago
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THE HARD YARDS - It's been a dismal start to the year for me. Since my first moderately productive effort with the 'new' bitsa, now named the Jubilee de luxe, ...
3 days ago -
Blythe - River Blythe. 3:15pm to 5pm. !#☆%ing Cold (-2C). Water a little coloured, normal level. Fished 1 swim. Blank. River had dropped nicely in the week,...
5 days ago -
An icy evening - Walking Lucie on a cold, clear late afternoon, the temperature hasn't risen above plus one all day and there's no doubt that tonight it will drop ...5 days ago
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A Cold Morning - I was awake before the alarm and loaded the car in the dark. A cold morning, the grass was frosty and the windscreen needed a scrape before I left; prop...
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Nikon P950 Flight Shot Settings - NQS readers will already know that I'm not a photographer, just a birder who carries a camera. Once in a while I get a pleasing bird photo, but mostly I'...
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Pleasure Fishing on the Itchen. - To kick off the year I paid a visit to the Itchen with my younger brother Rich and the plan was to drown some maggots and catch what we could. The ri...
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2024 That was the year that was - Well that`s it them , 2024 done and dusted . A year to be remembered only for its miserable surface hatches and for having too much water at first and...2 weeks ago
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2024 Review - My year *January* Grayling was going to be my first catch of 2024, but no one told the trout! A short session on the Tees. Seven grayling, all of a go...
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December 28, 2024 - After realizing I was close to achieving 500 Koi on fly (lifetime), I decided to get after them one more time this year. It was tough, fish weren't part...
2 weeks ago -
Aquarium. Again... - Not quite in the league of Loafer's big rudd boat but sometimes in the winter a real bonanza of a place. I'd packed the chub gear from yesterday as well ...
2 weeks ago -
Philtone Teams of 4 Acorn Fishery - Hope everyone reading this has had a great Christmas and is looking forward to the new year. Neil Mercer has run this match for a number of years now a...
2 weeks ago -
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Error spotted. - Whilst updating my lifetime species list when I returned from Asia last month, I noticed an error. I had misidentified a cardinalfish I caught in Kagoshi...
3 weeks ago -
13/12/2024 - A mixed bag from the Dove - After constantly checking the weather and the river levels for what felt like weeks it finally looked as if I would have an opportunity to get out after so...
4 weeks ago -
Spekboom River, South Africa - Nooitgedacht Trout Lodge nestled in the valley below It took longer than expected to drive from Swaziland to the trout belt in Mpumalanga, thanks in most ...
2 months ago -
Love Letter To London - Poster for the *Steve Hollingshead / 1001 Days In London* documentary.
3 months ago -
West Michigan Carp Fishing Social and Lighthouse Visit - We visited the beach and lighthouse recently in St. Joseph, Michigan. I love fishing but the guys out on the pier without railings, in gusty winds with wav...
7 months ago -
Mine Shafts, Floods and The Harwood Arms - 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...
1 year ago -
I,m back - 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 ...
1 year ago -
Differing days on the Wye - *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...
1 year ago -
The first post of 2023...... - 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 ...
1 year ago -
Grindr - 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...
2 years ago -
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 ...4 years ago
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Dichtbij, maar toch ver weg... - Ik ben voor een korte middag sessie aan het water. Het weer is al dagen erg grijs, geen wind en nachttemperaturen net onder nul en overdag een graadje erb...
4 years ago -
Happy New Year - A Pike PB - It was New Year's Eve and I was long overdue a pike or two. The rivers had been carrying extra water since October and windows of opportunity had been far ...
5 years ago -
The Pre and Post Christmas Rush - PRE-CHRISTMAS Sinking into the marsh, subsequent steps no deeper than before but each consistently sucked in by the peat-like soil, slowed the walk but...
5 years ago -
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...
5 years ago -
DYCKERS FIBRE BAITFISH ,step by step - *BIG BAITFISH* WITH DYCKERS FIBRE ive mentioned a lot lately about with dyckers fibre , the stuff is really amazing and has outclassed the traditional E...
5 years ago -
Some Days..... - ...are just a trial. Yesterday was one of them. With the river running from spate to spate for over a week I'd be mad not to wet a line. I didn't fancy a l...
5 years ago -
Vision XO 13' 6" #8 - Yar in Excelsis - Sharp-eyed readers of J1W might have spotted something in my last post about the week on the Coul fishings of the River Conon. I'm showing the picture...
5 years ago -
Canal Fishing - Another Great Session - 31/8/19 (Video 126) - The video of my lastest session is now available to watch by clicking the link below. *Canal Fishing - Another Great Session - 31/8/19 (Video 126)*
5 years ago -
1st Day of Fall - Well its officially the 1st day of fall in the northern hemisphere, and what better way to spend it than on the river. Down by around 2ft on last week's l...
5 years ago -
Romanian Angling Club UK spring predator race - Hawksbury junction - I was really looking forward to this match being put on by the Romanian Angling Club. Along with the Polish anglers I see regularly on the local lure ci...
5 years ago -
EXCITING NEWS FOR 2019 FROM EXOTIC FISHING THAILAND - A lot of people have been asking why we don't do our regular blog/catch reports any more. The main reason is that our focus has been more on Facebook, Tw...
5 years ago -
Taff Grayling and Trout - I'm not sure the advertising gurus at Starbucks had thought this one through!? It did amuse us though when we called in for a coffee on our way to South ...
5 years ago -
Simple Float ledger Rig For Pike Fishing - Hello and a warm welcome to this weeks angling blog i hope i find you all well and your nets wet. The first frosts have arrived and for some on social med...
6 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...
6 years ago -
Unfinished Business - Numbskulls - I have a great deal of never-published-material in the IQ archive. This article was probably worth putting your way at the time of writing. But I started, ...
7 years ago -
Looking Back and Looking Forward - Well its time for a round up of last year and it was eventful for the first 6 months of the year then it all sort of went down hill. I decided early on ...
7 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...7 years ago
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I'm Back - The clanging of agricultural gates and rutted roadways. The dodging of the cow pat and nervously passing my bovine companions. Pigeons arguing among the...
7 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...
7 years ago -
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A Suriname Adventure. - Each January for the past several years I have travelled to South America along with Joe Taylor and other likeminded anglers. Joe is the linchpin having ...
7 years ago -
Fish Leather Books, New Website & Blog! - Greetings to everyone. You may or may not have noticed a few changes afoot with my site and blog. There is also some rather exciting news to share, which I...8 years ago
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Back with a Whimper - A whole year without blogging, what's that all about? Well last year my confidence was shaken, I have to admit it. Pike fishing is going in directions I do...
8 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 ...
8 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...
8 years ago -
I'll be back…(again) - Well the last couple of years have been a blur. Lots of time on the beach fortunately with many memorable catches, with spring fast approaching I find mys...
8 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...
9 years ago -
Pike don't like Mondays - or do they..? - This one hit the lure and threw it in a tailwalk, before it chased it half way across the drain and nailed it under my feet. Not the biggest pike I've ...
9 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...
9 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...
9 years ago -
Seriously!? - The bloggers challenge is working it's magic... More spare time, more opportunity for reconnecting with our glorious English countryside and the motivation...
9 years ago -
Back on the perch - It seemed to be over in a flash. The river season is well and truly closed now and it's time to look elsewhere. I've had a little dabble on the canal and ...
9 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 ...
9 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...
10 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...
10 years ago -
The land that time forgot - You could be forgiven if you know nothing about Ashton-under-Lyne. I live just three miles from this quite large town and until a cruel illness rendered m...10 years ago
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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...
11 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...
11 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...
11 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...
11 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...11 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...
12 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...
12 years ago -
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"There are two types of fish: Pike and Bait"
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ReplyDeletehave a good Christmas Brian and all the best for the new year,hope it brings you some lovely Pike.
Kind regards
Mark
Thanks for keeping us entertained this year Brian with Jacks Pike and all your fishing trips with Dan, All the very best for Christmas and new year guys,
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