2010 – Early August Blog
Posted by admin on August 5, 2010 · 10 Comments

The stocking of barbel in stillwaters is a contentious issue with some individuals, so much so that they would see captively bred barbel destroyed rather than be released into ponds. But here’s a question for you: Can you define what a stillwater actually is? You see, to me, a canal is a stillwater, even though it [...]
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2010 – Early July Blog
Posted by admin on June 26, 2010 · 22 Comments

By heck it’s been a busy week or so since the last blog. Where on earth does the time go. Still the fish have been kind to me, the sun has shone and there are many more adventures lining up in my diary so things will remain interesting for a long time to come yet. [...]
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2010 – Mid-January Blog
Posted by admin on January 13, 2010 · 39 Comments

Get Out There And Give It A Go! In the last blog I showed it was quite possible to catch fish in these arctic conditions providing you are determined enough. Either that or you’re completely bonkers! But seriously, you really can go fishing in what appear to be terrible conditions and face one of angling’s toughest [...]
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2010 – January Blog – Happy New Year!
Posted by admin on January 4, 2010 · 19 Comments

We roved around, rarely spending more than ten or 15 minutes in a swim. You either catch early or not at all and it’s certainly not a case of feeding until they have it…
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