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Posted by admin on September 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Targets Set And Achieved Targets Set And Achieved is Phil Smith’s latest offering. Around one third of the book relates his attempt to catch double figure barbel from ten different rivers. It charts two seasons of failure followed by one of astonishing success. He then goes on to bring the reader up to date with further [...]
Posted by admin on June 20, 2010 · 31 Comments
New Season News Well the long wait is finally over. As June 16th approached I was buzzing to get out on the rivers and start fishing again. Quite what made me so excited this year I haven’t a clue but I was straining at the leash as the big day approached. My main desire was to dig [...]
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Posted by admin on May 14, 2010 · 8 Comments
You know, I had a brilliant time at the Barbel Society’s ‘Running Water 2010′ show on Sunday despite the attendance appearing to be well down on recent years. With Dave Chilton (Kryston) and Gary Knowles on the stand next door the insults were always going to be be flying thick and fast. But I guess what [...]
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Posted by admin on January 28, 2010 · 35 Comments
After reading Part One I’m sure that some of you were left thinking, “Is that it? Surely there’s more to it than that! It’s not fair! You must be keeping a secret up your sleeve…” But the plain truth is, no, I’m not holding anything back. There is no Holy Grail out there; there is no [...]
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