July 19th: Carbelling? It’s Not Cricket In Some Eyes Go back fifty or a hundred years and the idea of catching a barbel was the stuff of dreams and aspiration Continue Reading →
Remember the Simple Minds song, ‘I promised you a miracle?‘ I look back and think promising to update the blog more often was along those lines. The thing is, when Continue Reading →
At midnight tonight many rivers across England will echo to the splashes of heavy swimfeeders crashing onto swirling waters, hurled out in anticipation of the season’s first barbel (Boris, Bertie, beard, prince, golden Continue Reading →
Digging through my hard drives recently in search of a particular photo I came across a bunch of long forgotten video clips that seemed rather too good to waste. Lacking enthusiasm Continue Reading →
‘Bob Roberts, you’re a lazy, good for nothing pillock! Why are you keeping us waiting? Where’s the June blog?!!!!’ Judging by the number of messages I was getting a good Continue Reading →
Book Extract: Barbel Tales from the Barbel Society I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed reading Barbel Tales. It’s one of those dipping books that would grace any angler’s book Continue Reading →
As promised, here’s the rapid fire follow-up to the late Movember blog. Afraid it’s another long one – over 6,000 words, but the pace is relentless and it’s jam packed with clips, Continue Reading →
Lately I’ve been thinking seriously about relaunching my web site. It’s been a while since I changed the home page other than the odd tweak here and there. Indeed you Continue Reading →
This has to be my longest blog ever – it’s virtually a magazine(!) But please make the most of it. I’ll be struggling for time to write another for a few Continue Reading →
At last there are signs of a break in the weather. Although the high water levels present few real problems for experienced anglers – there’s always somewhere to go and Continue Reading →
I’m looking out of the window at grey clouds and the threat of more rain. Can this really be July already? What happened to ‘flaming June’? Oh well, at least Continue Reading →
Welcome to the third part of my end of season saga. Hard to believe how much has happened in the space of a couple of weeks but I guess it’s the Continue Reading →
Welcome to what has turned out to be a mammoth blog. 8,000 words!!!! So many that I’ve decided to split it up into 3 instalments. That’s right, this is merely Continue Reading →
Crikey, where does the time go? You blink and another month flies past. Anyway, I’m back. Happy New Year. I hope you all had a great ‘winter festival’ and behaved Continue Reading →
Welcome dear reader. Let me begin this epic blog with a question; are you an optimist? Do you genuinely believe you’re going to catch whatever the weather, time of year, Continue Reading →