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Posted by admin on July 4, 2011 · 5 Comments
I fished my little river again yesterday. And blanked. That might seem to you like I had a tough day but I had anything but. I had a fascinating day and had I really wanted to I could have caught fish from certain swims, but I didn’t really want to. Does that sound a bit [...]
Filed under Bob's Blog · Tagged with Avon Roach Project, Barbel, Bob The Fish, canoes, Chris Turnbull's reflections, chub, John Andrews, Lee Swords, Maurice J Pledger, Stu Walker, Tacklefest, Tom Pickering
Posted by admin on March 30, 2011 · 20 Comments
The river season may be over but I appear to be busier than ever. This past week I’ve been out a few times with mixed results. A day on the canal throwing soft lures didn’t produce so much as a follow. The sky was clear, the water even clearer and there wasn’t a breath of [...]
Posted by admin on November 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Autumn is the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, according to Keats. And this year has been quite special, hasn’t it? Driving through the leafy lanes of Norfolk last week was simply breathtaking, the landscape a riot of golds, reds and browns although by the time you read this they’ll probably be a distant memory or [...]
Filed under Bob's Blog · Tagged with Advanced Carp Fishing, Angling Writers Association, Barbel, Charles Rangeley Wilson, Chris Yates, chub, David Hall, Dick Walker, John Bailey, John Wilson, pike, Tom Pickering, Tony Miles, zander, Zyg Gregorek
Posted by admin on October 20, 2010 · 1 Comment
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 [...]
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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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Posted by admin on December 17, 2009 · 12 Comments
Can it really be Christmas again? Well, considering the local shopping centre has been piping the sounds of Slade, Mud and Greg Lake into the ether for at least two months it must be getting pretty close! Anyway, please allow me to wish all you regular blog visitors a truly memorable Christmas. This months music widget starts atomatically so [...]
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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 [...]
Filed under Articles · Tagged with Bob Roberts, Burton Joyce, Club Match Scene, Coarse Angler Magazine, Colin Dyson, Green Un, Mattersey, River Idle, River trent, Tom Pickering, wasp grub, West Stockwith
Posted by admin on April 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Bob looks back fondly at the good old days of fishing and indulges in a bit of name dropping… Did Team Fishing Ruin Match Fishing? Team fishing was a real eye opener to me. At first I loved it. I was passionate and committed. Fishing for the benefit of others was a revelation. No matter where you [...]
Filed under Books, Tales Of The Riverbank · Tagged with Barbel, Barnsley Blacks, Carlton, Coarse Fisherman Magazine, Cris Tarrant, Fred J Taylor, Gary Jubb, Goldthorpe, Keith Hobson, Linear Fisheries, Matt Hayes, Mike Oldfield, New Junction Canal, NFA National Championships, Park Farm Two, Richard Branson, Simon Roff, Sutton, Tom Pickering, Trent, Winter League
Posted by admin on January 4, 2009 · 1 Comment
I made my most unlikely writing debut in Coarse Angler magazine way back in 1987. After corresponding with Colin Dyson for quite some while, picking his brains on all manner of subjects, he cajoled me into writing three articles for his eyes only – at least that’s what he told me…
Filed under Coarse Angler Magazine · Tagged with Bob Roberts, Burton Joyce, Club Match Scene, Coarse Angler Magazine, Colin Dyson, Green Un, Mattersey, River Idle, River trent, Tom Pickering, wasp grub, West Stockwith
