Book Reviews

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Well Christmas is coming and i’m sure a lot of wives and girlfriends will be looking for that special little present for you. Well, in case she doesn’t find it you can always point her in the direction of a good book. Or better still the Barbel Days and Ways DVDs… But enough of the [...]

Book Reviews

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Although the past month or so has been pretty hectic, as it always is at this time of year with so many fishing oportunities to take advantage of, I’ve been trying to keep on top of my fishing reading as best I can. Here are my thoughts about some of the books I’ve managed to find the time [...]

2010 – Late February Blog

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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 [...]

Tales Of The Riverbank – Part 7

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  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 [...]

Book Reviews

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Book Reviews Random jottings about some of the titles on  my book shelves… Title: Spin Me A Line Author: Richard Walker Edited By: Peter Maskell Publisher: Little Egret Press Title: 50 Years On The Ouse Author: Tony Miles Publisher: Little Egret Press Hat’s off to Tom O’Reilly. Who, you say?   Well, Tom is a [...]

Book Review – Carp Along The Way by Rod Hutchinson

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Book Review Carp Along The Way, Volume One by Rod Hutchinson Pub: Angling Publications Ltd   If there’s a more disorganised angler in the world than Rod Hutchinson, I’ve yet to meet him.   The first half of this book was written by Rod around 40 years ago in a manuscript …

2009 – Late January Update

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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 [...]

2009 – January Blog

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Catch up with what Bob’s been up to this month