2010 – Mid-November Blog

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Autumn is the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, according to Keats. And this year has been quite special, hasn’t it? Driving through the leafy lanes of Norfolk last week was simply breathtaking, the landscape a riot of golds, reds and browns although by the time you read this they’ll probably be a distant memory or [...]

Welcome to Bob Roberts Online

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Welcome to my grossly indulgent web site! Here you’ll find one of the most popular angling blogs on the web. Sometimes controversial but never dull. Feel free to have a good look around the site. You’ll find articles on many aspects of fishing, book reviews,  video clips, music playlists, cartoons and much more. You may ask me questions [...]

Tales From The Riverbank – Introduction

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There’s something delightfully indulgent about writing a book in which you are the central character, the glue that holds it all together. It would have been easier not to bother, after all, who on earth would want to read it? And then I got to thinking. I’d like to read it. And if I’d like [...]

Tales Of The Riverbank – Part 1

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Chapter One Humble Beginnings Caught In The Net I can hardly remember a time in my life when fish weren’t important to me in some way. Perhaps it’s in the genes, after all, my father fished the high seas as a trawlerman but I never fished with him. He died when I was seven by [...]