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Press on Regardless? - Hello, Hello, Apologies again for being away so long, not much has changed other than the demise of Dickie Davies, who we bumped into on many occasions,...19 hours ago
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Transient Towpath Trudging - Pt.47 - As anglers we all hate losing fish don't we, you see a few days ago you see a zander gave me the middle fin and went back to whatever it was doing probab...1 day ago
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End of Season Glut. - For the final fews days I had many plans in my head but the weather made things very difficult to set plans in stone. In the end I did a session on t...1 day ago
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The Meaning of Geese - I do not know Nick Acheson. I have met him though - in the fashion that many of us 'meet' these days - as a fellow inhabitant of Twitter. My memory tells...1 day ago
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Nice surprise - Running the moth trap has been a futile gesture for the most part, just seven species recorded from eight individuals lured to the MV light. Yesterday wa...4 days ago
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Over and out - Last day and the mill pool looked inviting so that's where I started. Pleasant trotting if I avoided the catkins, all dace and not that big but sport a...6 days ago
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14/03/2023 - Game over - I had clung onto the slim hope of perhaps getting out somewhere today, but everywhere's bollocksed and to cap it off it's snowing here again. Arse! Oh...1 week ago
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Last chance saloon - Date fished 4/3/2023 8am until 3pm The river season is slowly drifting away, and with little fishing time available this year I think today was going to...2 weeks ago
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Up the road - Friday would have been perfect for a trip north but it was my only opportunity to see Maddi for her birthday so no contest, maybe had I known Isaac was ...4 weeks ago
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2023 - A few trips so far - 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,...5 weeks ago
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AWOL Again - 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...2 months ago
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Prime Suspect - He was a naturally scruffy and imperfect little soul. Black and grey hair matted and his shins often coated in spare gravy 'for later'. The dandruff fell...2 months ago
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The Summer That Never Was - When I last posted, I had finally caught a fish worth a picture. Was this the start of something big? Was it hell. I struggled and conceded defeat, only ...5 months ago
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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...5 months ago
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A couple after the heat - * 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...7 months ago
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Perchy Ponderings - With autumn upon us, I decided to target some river perch. The venue was a middle Severn stretch that I have fished on many occasions over the years but no...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...2 years 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 ...3 years ago
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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...
3 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)*
3 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...
3 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 ...
4 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 ...
4 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...
5 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...
5 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...5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...5 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...
6 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 ...
6 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...
6 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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 ...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...10 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...
10 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...
11 years ago -
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Records & Challenges
Updated: 05/03/2023
Total: 228 barbel (to 10lb 9oz)
Total: 180 (to 11lb 1oz)
Archives & Stats
Total: 23 Challenges
Previous Seasons: 14 Reviews
Winning: 36 Posts
Man & Fish: 65 Photos
15 Seasons: 323 Pike
13 Seasons: 1,458 Barbel*
Side Quest: 47 Species
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Been caught out with that a few times... But sometimes you buy something that looks like it belongs on a Christmas Tree and they go for it... Funny creatures!
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