December’s On This Day feature went down pretty well so it’s now up to me to maintain the high standard I’ve set. January is traditionally a tough month. The days Continue Reading →
The red tops are in a frenzy predicting an arctic blast that will dump a mountain of snow, chill us down to minus 10 and last for a week. Of Continue Reading →
I can’t believe I’ve gone so long without blogging. I’m sorry if you’re one of the many who feel let down by my lack of diligence but there honestly aren’t enough hours available Continue Reading →
I began drafting this monologue exactly a week before the Ides of March. How fitting. Means I’ll still be able to squeeze a bit of river fishing into the next blog. 😉 Continue Reading →
The damp and dank weather has final broken and we’re seeing rivers gradually falling back to normal winter levels. About time, too. I can’t believe it has taken until the Continue Reading →
The phone rang. It was James, “Hi Bob, any chance you could come and photograph a pike for me? I’ve tried Stu but can’t get hold of him.” “Well, I’m Continue Reading →
Weekend Sport Angling Column Bream Fishing Mention the Swinging Sixties to most folk and they’ll conjure up images of miniskirts, sexual freedom and pirate radio stations. Anglers who were around 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 →
‘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 →
Greetings everyone and welcome to the Bob Roberts Online late Movember blog. How’s the whiskers? Thank God that’s over, said Angela, relieved she was now in a position to trim her 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 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 →
Only a brief blog this time, for which I trust you’ll be eternally greatful. There simply doesn’t appear to be enough time at the moment to fit everything in and Continue Reading →
Well, the weather has finally broken. Thank the Lord for that. It’s nice to get a sun tan in October but I’m not sure it does the fishing any good. Continue Reading →