December’s On This Day feature went down pretty well so it’s now up to me to maintain the high standard I’ve set. January is traditionally a tough month. The days Continue Reading →
I’m having the most fantastic season. It’s still only August and I’ve caught 500 barbel already! And it’s all because I use Fred Bloggs’ boilies with his special dip, only Continue Reading →
The damp and dank weather has final broken and we’re seeing rivers gradually falling back to normal winter levels. About time, too. I can’t believe it has taken until the Continue Reading →
I guess these angling images were shot around the mid to late noughties. Doesn’t really matter. Just a bunch of the memories from an enjoyable season. Perhaps more folk should fish Continue Reading →
Welcome To The Dark Side Halloween traditionally marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the ‘darker half’ of the year. It is a night Continue Reading →
Seed Sensation With rivers running low and clear you may be finding it as difficult to attract bites on conventional methods and baits as you did in the middle of Continue Reading →
Welcome to the August blog. Bigger, ballsier and punchier than ever! Probably the longest one I’ve ever written. Some folk never know when to stop droning on, eh? Well tough. Never Continue Reading →
July 19th: Carbelling? It’s Not Cricket In Some Eyes Go back fifty or a hundred years and the idea of catching a barbel was the stuff of dreams and aspiration Continue Reading →
I’m getting fed up with the weather now. I like mild weather. Don’t mind rain. I don’t mind cold and I don’t even mind a bit of snow but what Continue Reading →
Greetings everyone and welcome to the Bob Roberts Online late Movember blog. How’s the whiskers? Thank God that’s over, said Angela, relieved she was now in a position to trim her Continue Reading →
Lately I’ve been thinking seriously about relaunching my web site. It’s been a while since I changed the home page other than the odd tweak here and there. Indeed you Continue Reading →
At last there are signs of a break in the weather. Although the high water levels present few real problems for experienced anglers – there’s always somewhere to go and Continue Reading →
666 – The Number of The Beast Let the one who has the intelligence and the scales, measure and calculate the number of the wild beasts that occupy the depths Continue Reading →
Welcome folks to another load of drivel and boy, have I got plenty of it for you. Let’s start with the good news. The volume of abusive mail I receive at Continue Reading →
Oh well, I guess we’ve not had a rant from old Swordsey in a while so grab the tin hat and fasten your seat belts because you’re in for a rocky Continue Reading →