Book Review – A Specimen Fishing Year – John Wilson
Posted by admin on March 2, 2009 · 2 Comments
Title: A Specimen Fishing Year Author: John Wilson Publisher: Little Egret Press Let us be in no doubt, John Wilson is an iconic figure. He effectively brought angling to the masses with his ‘Go Fishing’ television shows, while his trademark laugh and catchphrases quickly polarised viewers. John was the angling’s very own Marmite; you either [...]
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2009 – Late January Update
Posted by admin on January 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Well, it’s cold outside and I’ve time on my hands so why not give you another update… A Nightmare Session It’s not often that I come home from a session wondering what the hell went wrong but after a recent trip out with Matt (Brown) I was left wondering if I’d forgotten how [...]
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2009 – January Blog
Posted by admin on January 22, 2009 · 2 Comments
Catch up with what Bob’s been up to this month
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2009 – Happy New Year Folks!
Posted by admin on December 31, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Happy New Year folks, I hope you enjoy a great 2009 and that all your fishy dreams come true. The New Year is a time for making resolutions and my first one is to give the old Internet warriors a wide berth. There are some real sad types who haunt the angling forums hell [...]
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2008 – Merry Christmas!
Posted by admin on December 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Merry Christmas! Ah well, it’s almost Santa Time and for some that means a week off work and lots of time to go fishing. For me it’s a chance to spend time with family and friends – the fishing can wait. Well, I might sneak out the once but I have to confess my [...]
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2008 – December Blog Part 1
December Blog (Part One) It’s arguably a bit early for writing the December Blog but I doubt I’ll be getting out too often in the coming weeks. With the weather so bitter right now and a bit of extra water to boot, some of it snow melt, the rivers are a bit tricky to [...]
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Tales From The Riverbank – Introduction
Posted by admin on September 5, 2008 · Leave a Comment
There’s something delightfully indulgent about writing a book in which you are the central character, the glue that holds it all together. It would have been easier not to bother, after all, who on earth would want to read it? And then I got to thinking. I’d like to read it. And if I’d like [...]
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Tales Of The Riverbank – Part 1
Chapter One Humble Beginnings Caught In The Net I can hardly remember a time in my life when fish weren’t important to me in some way. Perhaps it’s in the genes, after all, my father fished the high seas as a trawlerman but I never fished with him. He died when I was seven by [...]
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Back-end Perch
Posted by admin on September 4, 2008 · 10 Comments
During the final weeks of the season it is probably easier to catch a big river perch than at any other time. Why? Because location is easier and feeding times are predictable. Big perch are nomadic in summer, as eager to swim in the fastest current as haunt the deepest eddy as they seek out [...]
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Angling Now & Then – Part 2
Posted by admin on September 4, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Is anyone sick of reading about global warming yet? Apparently motor cars are the spawn of the devil and we’re all doomed. The Government and the tree huggers have united on a simple solution – punish the motorist or the planet will die! It’s a little known fact that dinosaurs drove Toyotas which in turn [...]
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