Well, the news is that this winter has been the coldest for 31 years - even longer if you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland. It has been a bit grim, hasn’t it? I’m writing this on the morning of Tuesday 2nd March. According to the Met Office spring starts officially on 1st March and r...

Back in 1992 I wrote a series for David Hall called Tales From The Riverbank - Dear Diary in which I recounted stories about what I’d been up to in recent weeks. It was arguably a template for the blogs we read today on the Internet. Here’s part five. Just click on the Image and it’...

Wonder Of The Wye Breaks - 2010 Staying at the historic Caer Beris Manor Hotel at Builth Wells, we will explore the river together targeting both chub and barbel on four quite different stretches. You will learn how the character of this fascinating river changes as we work down the valley. Each c...

Hey ho, but if you’re a barbel fanatic and no-one sends you a fishing calender then feel free to print off this one:   2010 Calendar Each page is in a seperate PDF file so you can adjust the size to suit. For best results just click through the link above each page or from the summary at th...

Free 2010 Calendar So here you are, the 2010 Bob Roberts Online Calendar in PDF format. You can print it off, hang it on your wall, draw me a Hitler moustache, thick rimmed specs, a pair of devils horns or whatever you want! Call it a Christmas gift to go with the free screensavers. Happy New Year...

The following article was published in David Hall’s Coarse Fishing magazine back in January 1992. At the time there was no such thing as an in-line feeder so you could say this was quite a revolutionary piece. You might also recognise  the phrase‘Days And Ways’ which is used in ...

This Saturday Stu Walker and I will be presenting a show at the Tenchfishers AGM which will be held at the Rushden and Diamonds Football Club. We’re really looking forward to this one as we’ve expanded on the previous show that I gave to the Barbel Society Conference and there’s a...

I’ve been back to the Trent but like everyone around me I blanked. Maybe if I stuck it out into the dark hours things would change but right now I really don’t fancy that. Perhaps the mood will grab me later but for the time being I rather like to be home in time for my evening meal. Pe...

100 articles is quite a milestone in a year I can tell you, in fact it’s practically replaced my full-time job but let’s not forget everyone who has helped or contributed in some way or other. Thanks guys, you all know who you are. And just for the record, a quick check of the Google s...

Are you’re tired of the boring desktop background on your computer? Then why not change it to one of these fabulous free backdrops? Setting an image as  your desktop background is easy. Step One: Place your cursor over the image you fancy. Step two: Right click on any part of the imag...