2010 – Late February Blog
Posted by admin on February 27, 2010 · 8 Comments
January was a bit of a mad month, wasn’t it? I guess the usual suspects must have had a miserable Christmas and decided to cheer themselves up with a bit of mud slinging and bad mouthing. Oh well, like I really cared as I boarded the plane. “Set the controls for the heart of the [...]
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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 – December – The Bumper Christmas Blog
Posted by admin on December 17, 2009 · 12 Comments
Can it really be Christmas again? Well, considering the local shopping centre has been piping the sounds of Slade, Mud and Greg Lake into the ether for at least two months it must be getting pretty close! Anyway, please allow me to wish all you regular blog visitors a truly memorable Christmas. This months music widget starts atomatically so [...]
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Tales Of The Riverbank – Part 10
Posted by admin on September 1, 2009 · 4 Comments
And so began a writing career that has swept me along on a tidal wave ever since. Without Colin it would never have begun. He found that spark within me and fanned the flames. Previously I just wanted to catch fish, that’s all. I never even dreamed of writing or anything else…
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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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More Book Reviews…
Posted by admin on March 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Are Angling Books A Good Investment? A little while back I reviewed Big Carp reprint of Dick Walker’s famous tome in this column. The book’s publishing house, The Little Egret Press, does a fabulous job of reissuing old classics and bringing limited editions to the market by authors who the mainstream press would overlook because [...]
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