2010 – Late July Blog (Part Deux)
Posted by admin on July 19, 2010 · 12 Comments

Welcome back to part deux of what must be the longest angling blog in the world. Mind you, no-one’s exactly complaining, are they? Well, that’s not exactly true. There is the occasional knob head who’s presumably fuelled by jealousy but I rather like that. Shows I’m doing something right.
I find it a little [...]
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2010 – Mid June Blog
Posted by admin on June 14, 2010 · 32 Comments

And They’re Off! Well, the World Cup is underway and a new fishing season is upon us so lest you’ve forgotten what it’s all about, here are three clips portraying anglers doing what most of you have been eager to do for at least three months, probably nearer six or eight months in a lot of [...]
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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 If anything’s out of date already I do apologise but it was written a couple of [...]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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Dear Diary Part Four
Posted by admin on February 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Bob Journeys to the Severn and fishes with the legendary Ron Lees, takes in the Trent National and gets involved in a bit of Motorway carnage. Just click on the image below and the article will open up as a pdf document…
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In The Beginning…
Posted by admin on November 25, 2009 · 2 Comments

In The Beginning… I’d turned Colin (Dyson) down on the previous occasion I was invited to write articles for the magazine he edited, Coarse Angler, and thought nothing more of it. Who the hell was Bob Roberts to be writing in such an authoritative journal? The But he came back a year later because what [...]
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2009 – Early November Blog
Posted by admin on November 9, 2009 · 5 Comments

Can you believe it? This is the 100th article to be posted on my web site so let’s make it a meaty one. 100 articles is quite a milestone in a year I can tell you, in fact it’s practically replaced my full-time job but let’s not forget everyone who has helped or contributed in some way or other. [...]
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2009 – Late October Blog (Part 1)
Posted by admin on October 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to a bumper edition of the Blobbylog! Before I get to the fishing I’d like to kick off with a bit of ying-yang. First the good news. The latest web stats reveal this web site received more than 14,000 hits in the past month alone and the figures are steadily rising. I’m also getting [...]
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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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