2010 – Early June Blog
Posted by admin on June 7, 2010 · 7 Comments

Not so much a blog this time as practically an entire magazine’s worth of ramblings. This is the longest blog I’ve ever written but you’ve got to admit, says he smugly, it’s a bloody good read – and it’s free! If anything’s out of date already I do apologise but it was written a couple of [...]
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2010 – Late March Blog
Posted by admin on March 23, 2010 · 10 Comments

Sorry about the delay in publishing this March Blog but I’ve been doing far too much fishing of late and when time can be freed up the paid work has to come first. I have to pay the bills somehow! If the writing appears rushed or the imagery falls below the normal high standards I [...]
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Angling Courses In The Wye Valley
Posted by admin on January 19, 2010 · 2 Comments

Wonder Of The Wye Breaks – 2010 Peter Smith and I will be running two very special angling courses on the River Wye during 2010. Each will last 5 days (4 nights) and be limited to just 8 anglers. Staying at the historic Caer Beris Manor Hotel at Builth Wells, we will explore the river together [...]
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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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2009 – Early December Blog
Posted by admin on December 7, 2009 · 2 Comments

Can you believe Christmas is almost here? I can’t. Where did the summer go? It’s another year over, a new one just begun and all that. No doubt lots of anglers will be dreaming of getting new rods, reels, poles and accessories amongst their prezzies but the chances are it’ll be slippers and socks again! [...]
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2009 – Mid-October Blog
Posted by admin on October 14, 2009 · 2 Comments

I recently filmed a programme with Kev Green for his Improve Your Coarse Fishing TV channel. It’s currently airing on the onlinefishing.tv web site and rather nice it is, too. I believe you have a choice of subscribing to the channel at £4.95 per month or watching individual programmes on a pay-per-view basis. Works out [...]
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2009 – Early September Blog
Posted by admin on September 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Greetings folks. I’m going to keep this blog mercifully short as I’m rushing to get ready for another filming trip. The next installment is written but it’s the resizing and laying out of pictures that slows down the whole process so it’ll keep till I get back. So what’s been happening? Close Encounters Of [...]
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Carbology Explained – by Lee Swords
Posted by admin on September 4, 2009 · 3 Comments

Carbology Explained – by Lee Swords. Part 1… (of several…) Carbelling: The fusing of barbel fishing and carp fishing Carbology: The science of catching barbel using techniques evolved from those used in the carp fishing fraternity. Carbologist: One who involves themselves in the science concerned in catching the aforementioned fish using the aforementioned tactics yet [...]
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2009 – August Blog
Posted by admin on August 5, 2009 · 8 Comments

The summer is flying by and apart from a short period at the beginning of last month we’ve seen precious little in the way of sunshine but the damp weather has seen river catches holding up really well. The Trent in particular has been on fire and if anyone’s failing to catch on that particular [...]
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2009 – Late July Blog
Posted by admin on July 21, 2009 · 6 Comments

I’ve gone mad, it’s official. A year ago I gave up the day job and put together the kind of early retirement plan I’d been dreaming about for more than a decade. It was going to be a life full of indulgence with three days fishing in the week and lots of weekends away with [...]
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