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A pre-breakfast meeting - There we were, Lucie and I wandering along at the start of our morning walk, when out of an orchard wandered two Roe Deer followed a minute or s...
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Back to reality - It was just before 03.00 hrs, this morning, that I parked the car on our drive for the first time in twenty-three days! Absolutely knackered, Bev and I ...
23 hours ago -
Being there - Most of the fishing I do nowadays could be termed convenient, I don’t travel too far, don’t take much gear with me and fish in a relatively simple way. ...
1 day ago -
Species hunting adventures on Malta: Part 3. - On our penultimate day on Malta, we visited its capital, Valletta. Parking in the Valletta Ditch Car Park, before walking up into the ancient city, we he...
2 days ago -
In a whorl - Sacked off work early doors, done my bit and more last week so they owed me one. Top of the tidal, no one there so I had the whole back eddy to myself. N...
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06/10/24 - Rood Ashton - *Weight - 86lb 12oz* *Catch - 17 Carp, 2 Roach* *Weather - Cloudy and breezy. Rain late on.* *Match - Tackle Den (11 fished) - 3rd overall* For various reas...3 days ago
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06/04/2024 - Ilfracombe part II (a plethora of pouting and a pleasant surprise!) - Got back from Ilfracombe just in time for a quick shower and a bite to eat before we all set off for a walk over the hill to The Rock at Georgham. Was s...
3 days ago -
MARGINAL GAINS - It's always difficult to prove whether any changes we make to our rigs or our tactics are actually working or not, certainly not in the short term and...
3 days ago -
Epic Bonito Day 2 - Another epic day... Pods of bonito feeding on bay anchovies, exploding around the rocks. Many fish landed and some lost.
4 days ago -
The River Arrow - Redeye's and Robots - I've had a really bad cold that thankfully on the way out as I'm in Spain next week for some chill 😎 time, a couple or three lemsip hot toddies sorted ...
5 days ago -
Perching - I'd unfinished business with the estate lake, early spring had produced some nice roach and perch to probably a pound and a half, but I decided a "proper...
5 days ago -
A very surprising result - So my last post used a racing analogy . My Friday a couple of weeks ago was another day that would be backing the long odds . Until Thursday evening ...
5 days ago -
River Wye Double, That's A Wrap!! - AT. LONG. LAST. This part of the challenge was always going to be a difficult owing to the amount of Barbel and indeed Chub present. I have spent ov...
6 days ago -
Frustrations - This morning's walk at Cogden followed neatly in the theme set by almost every other birding effort in the last week or so: frustration. My eye was drawn...
6 days ago -
If I only fished to catch fish. I'd of given up ages ago.... - Date fished 29/09/2024 7am until 3pm A new river today. Jason invited me to fish the Wear at Durham. He has had some success, so decided to share it. Well,...
1 week ago -
A GRAND DAY OUT - This is a fishing story with a nod to Wallis and Gromit, for instead of heading for the moon, we spent the day i...
2 weeks ago -
September 21, 2024 - I first drove just over an hour to a new-to-me spot for Orangespotted Sunfish. It was really shallow along the shorelines....not quite as deep as I had...
2 weeks ago -
Love Letter To London - Poster for the *Steve Hollingshead / 1001 Days In London* documentary.
2 weeks ago -
Commercial House Round 2 - Bristol Avon - A very busy week for me as I flew to Frankfurt on Monday for an exhibition, after a long week I got home Friday evening and was dog tired. Saturday had ...
3 weeks ago -
Something Different - Steaming out of Poole Harbour onboard a boat full of blokes, most of which I had never met, I was full of anticipation and excitement. The trip had not sta...
4 weeks ago -
Highland Heaven - Inver and Kirkaig - Lower Inver morning view upstream from the Scrambles Over the years I have been privileged to fish in many beautiful places, but nowhere else moved me...
5 weeks ago -
River Wensum, Norfolk - I went to Norfolk this month to fish a chalkstream. It was my first foray to the chalkstreams of East Anglia. *18 June* In the theme of this season the ...
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...
4 months ago -
Back in the Red - 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...
5 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...
9 months ago -
Het lange wachten - 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...
9 months ago -
Specimen roach quest - 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 ...
11 months 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 -
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,...
1 year ago -
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...
1 year ago -
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A few hours.. - 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...
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 -
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...
2 years 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...
3 years 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...4 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 ...4 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, bri...
5 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)*
5 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...
5 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 ...
6 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 ...
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 — 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...
6 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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"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...
7 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...
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 -
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...7 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...
7 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 -
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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...
8 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...
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 -
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...
8 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...
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 -
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 -
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...
10 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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Records & Challenges
Updated: 17/02/2024
Ongoing: 53 Barbel (to 9lb 4oz)
Ongoing: 4 Pike (to 19lb 4oz)
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"There are two types of fish: Pike and Bait"
Haha, brilliant. The guilt has passed by the way, roll on summer!!
ReplyDeleteGot a couple of light lure rods, a couple of baby fixed spools - and I'll be sending across a lure shopping list - roll on summer!!
Delete[belated_congrats] well deserved!
ReplyDeleteCheers Ollie!
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