Sunday Bloody Sunday – Part One
Back in 2013 the Sunday Sport Newspaper launched an angling column and invited me to be their star columnist. It was an odd feeling. These are not opportunities that come your way Continue Reading →
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Back in 2013 the Sunday Sport Newspaper launched an angling column and invited me to be their star columnist. It was an odd feeling. These are not opportunities that come your way Continue Reading →
I was asked by Martin Salter if I might write a piece about the closed season for the Angling Trust web site. Of course I obliged. After all I hold Continue Reading →
I was disappointed to hear that Keith Arthur has given up his role as the presenter of ‘Fisherman’s Blues’ on TalkSPORT radio although you cannot blame him. Bad enough his show had been slashed Continue Reading →
I had Ron Clay on the phone this week. Aparently there’s an article in the current issue of Coarse Angler Today arguing there is no north/south divide in angling. Now Continue Reading →
It is with regret I have to announce the sad passing of a friend I held dear. Kevin Green might have been 20 years younger than I but he was Continue Reading →
Welcome to the new-look Bob Roberts Online web site. Shocking weather and dismal prospects for the season’s end left me in need of an inspiration boost so I’m bringing forward next Continue Reading →
As many of you will already be aware I write a regular monthly diary piece for Improve Your Coarse Fishing magazine. Unfortunately my diary won’t appear in the next issue Continue Reading →
666 – The Number of The Beast Let the one who has the intelligence and the scales, measure and calculate the number of the wild beasts that occupy the depths Continue Reading →
My article about the ten biggest threats to angling drew quite a response both here on this web site and on others, too, although you would be forgiven for thinking Continue Reading →
In my last blog I highlighted a letter in the Anglers Mail from Dave Tipping. Dave may be an accomplished angler but he refuses to recognise the threat posed by Continue Reading →
Let’s kick off the new year with a classic bit of writing from dear old Swordsey. And if anyone’s thinking of complaining that it’s not quite PC, or irreverant, or Continue Reading →
For those who have no experience of web site design, the first page you land on, the ‘front page’ (or home) has a ‘theme’. It is the design scheme that Continue Reading →
Oh well, I guess we’ve not had a rant from old Swordsey in a while so grab the tin hat and fasten your seat belts because you’re in for a rocky Continue Reading →
I’ve been hanging back on this article for a day or two, partly because it keeps growing as incidents happen and partly because I was wondering whether I was completely Continue Reading →