Bill, Ted and Lee’s Excellent Adventure! by Lee Swords
Let’s kick off the new year with a classic bit of writing from dear old Swordsey. And if anyone’s thinking of complaining that it’s not quite PC, or irreverant, or Lord forbid complaining to the police, do everyone a favour and get a life. It’s satire. It’s meant to amuse and entertain, no more… They don’t [...]
2011 – Early November Blog
Fishing’s been held up on the back burner for a while as I’ve spent the past week in Lanzarote. First visit there and maybe the last. It is certainly a strange island, rather like a cornflake. In fact I’ve seen more green on a moldy loaf of bread – or on the faces of certain [...]
Book Extract – Ivan Marks The People’s Champion
Ivan Marks: The People’s Champion is a collection of the best columns the match legend wrote for AnglingTimes during the 1970s. In this one, taken from the first chapter entitled ‘Match Fishing’, Ivan discusses how the crowds that gathered behind cost him even greater success. How times have changed… Spectators cut my match winnings by [...]
2010 – End of October Blog
Ice on the car windscreens this morning doesn’t bode well for my trip to the Severn in a day or two. Guess we’d better get used to the fact that Winter is around the corner and the days of easy fishing on rivers are now probably over until next June. Oh well, mustn’t grumble, it’s been a [...]
Tales Of The Riverbank – Part 7
Tales Of The Riverbank – Part Seven Adapting, Adopting And Improving I wouldn’t have missed my years in club match angling for the world because this was my training ground, my apprenticeship if you like. I was a bit keen mind… I still have my diaries from the time and they [...]
The Complete Book Of Legering (Revised) Introduction
Here’s the introduction to the legering book Take A Leaf Out Of My Book Bob Roberts This section of Bob Roberts Online delves into the popular technique of legering. Back in the early nineties, I wrote a hugely successful book on the subject but it is now long out of print, yet still in demand, [...]
