Bureboyblog: Summer haze

Things I find

Jorvik Angler

Good For The Mind - It's said that angling is good for mental health. This may be true most of the time but some days can be spectacularly frustrating. Today was one of tho...
7 minutes ago
Magnon's Meanderings

Demos. - Weekends in Brighton means the obligatory demonstration or two. They're usually pretty poorly attended, with lot of repetitive shouting and drumming, w...
2 hours ago
Against Men and Fish

Acorn Fishery – Open – 13th April 2024 - Saturday we headed to Clevedon for the latest of Chris Fox’s opens, the draw time is now a bit later at 9:45 but I still managed to be running late and mes...
6 hours ago
Postcards from the English Outback

Forgotten Fen- Upcoming Book Release - Centuries ago, a giant fenland existed near the Kentish coastline. An unnamed Prince, or ‘Pengel’, ruled over these peaty reaches; …
8 hours ago
Spitalfields Life

In The Roof Of St Paul’s - Click here to book for my next tour of the City of London this Sunday 21st April . On the right of this photograph, taken in the roof of St Paul’s Cathedra...
8 hours ago
Just One Week

Rain, Beautiful Rain - I haven’t written anything since Christmas because, as is so often the case in winter, I didn’t have anything useful to say. Now it’s April: the salmon...
13 hours ago
Not Quite Scilly

Photography Tips for the Not-a-Photographer - Like loads of birders, I take photographs but am not a photographer. I like to decorate this blog with them, and a visual record of any unusual birds I a...
13 hours ago
Something Fishy Going On

Species hunting adventures in Florida: Part 4. - The following day we headed back to Silver Palm Park to fish in the channel there. It was Sunday, and it was very busy due to there being a slipway there...
16 hours ago
Going Gently

How To Handle A Lemon sucker - Lemon suckers leave a sour taste in your mouth unless *you *add something sweet to the mix in order to lessen the acidity. I’m getting better at this...
18 hours ago
The Two Terriers

Prints on the Fen - I haven't posted anything on my prints for years so I decided rectify that with my new project. To keep it short I'm illustrating a book for The ...
20 hours ago
No-Limits

Back to Bures - Back to Bures. April 15th 2024 for 2 nights. What a brilliant session. I had to remind myself it’s still mid-April. In this video, all the details, findin...
1 day ago
The Fiberglass Manifesto

LEIDERMAN RODS - McFarland Rods 3-Weight Build - For Matt Leiderman of Leiderman Rods, building fly rods is just one of several jobs that he has. First, he is a school teacher, and then over the last cou...
1 day ago
FishnDave

April 14, 2024 - Temps in the 80's, rather windy much of the time (like 15mph). Went to two fishing spots, racked up well over 10,000 steps on the day, and caught a coup...
3 days ago
Becks and Brown Trout

At last a rising fish - It has been by all accounts and also by some considerable margin. A depressingly long , wet and miserable winter. There has been no proper winter weath...
3 days ago
wheatnotcasters

April 2024- Part 1 The Bs continue! - With the forthcoming match at Boddington on the near horizon I took my self up there on Tuesday 2nd, mainly to check the water levels and confirm with the ...
3 days ago
John Richardson Lino Prints

The cover for Forgotten Fen. Postcards from a Kentish Angler - The first visual, but probably not the final and finished cover, for ‘Forgotten Fen, Postcards from a Kentish Angler’ written by my friend Gareth Craddock ...
4 days ago
Piscatorial Quagswagging

Transient Towpath Trudging - Pt.100 (Bread and Maggots) - With the bread not doing the business yesterday morning I decided to venture over to a stretch of the Grand Union a short drive away to see what I could ...
4 days ago
The Urban Fly Fisher

Quick Salt Session - So after last week’s fall I have been in agony with a pulled muscle in my back, that’s karma for you. Obviously the sheep are innocent however at least I c...
5 days ago
Fishing & stuff ...

Grumpy Sunday, Happy Monday - Sunday morning, the Princess had grim news, my presence was required at a garden centre; “*I need your input – we’ll just get what we want and come home…...
6 days ago
Of Esox & observations

Another day, another "double" - A bit like "Groundhog Day". I was back down at Sandwich Coarse Fishery for a "sundowner" session, on Thursday afternoon, and managed to trip up another ...
6 days ago
The Secret Angler

The bullshit approach to salmon conservation - I’ve maintained my resolve not to buy any more fishing magazines but a kind friend passes on to me his copy of Trout and Salmon. In the February edition th...
1 week ago
One Man and His Rod

What A Start! - Since the river season ended I've taken a 3 week hiatus from fishing, work as usual the excuse! Storm Kathleen however was predicted to bring in some ...
1 week ago
PEANUTS FISHING ADVENTURES - THE RIVER IRWELL AND BEYOND.

Trip Of A Lifetime Preparation - Hi All, At the moment, with the help of some VERY good friends, I am peparing for the trip of a lifetime!!!!!! Hopefully catching some new and colourful...
1 week ago
Fishin' Impossible

Hypnotic - Date fished 6/4/2024 7am until 12pm A date with Kathleen later today didn't sound fun, so I headed out early. The rivers being closed to coarse fishing ...
1 week ago
Fishing Through Life

Getting Primed For The Bluegill Spawn - *When it comes to fishing, the thrill of landing quality bluegill on a lightweight fly rod is unmatched. The fly rod I'm talking about is either the 2 w...
2 weeks ago
Connecticut Fly Angler

Moments on The Fly- Log Common - On a winding Ohio creek shaded by lush trees just beginning to get touches of fall color, I found a school of perhaps 20 carp relating to a tree that ha...
2 weeks ago
The Strolling Bones Trailtrekker

Ramblings - Not really caught much of note over the last few weeks. Saturday I arranged to meet Bully at a little tackle shop in deepest Suffolk. I had picked up a ...
2 weeks ago
ordinaryangler

01/04/2024 - Bank Holiday bits and bobs - Managed to get down to Pembrokeshire for Easter despite the weather throwing everything at us on the way down, including a hail storm near Merthyr. Had a...
2 weeks ago
Lumbypics

Thoughts on art, documentary, and projects. - I've always taken the view that if I have nothing to say I'll say nothing. Hence the tumbleweed here.What little I have had to say I've been posting on T...
2 weeks ago
stevetheangler

Sessions 5 & 6 (2024) – Haven, Burnham-on-Sea - The week of Monday 18th to Friday 22nd March I spent at the Haven Holiday Village in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset on my own – Liz is off to Cyprus with her bro...
2 weeks ago
The Tuesday Swim…

Caught by the River – A Wildie Day Out - On the 4th May 2024, Caught by the River are having another one of their day out festivals, this time … Continue reading →
2 weeks ago
this northern boy

An overdue update - As ever, it’s been a while. I have been pretty busy with a few jobs though, so I hope you’ll forgive me. A couple of long term projects are just coming to ...
3 weeks ago
Fishing Diary

Autumn/Winter 2023/24 - *A Milestone* So, here we are. Blog entry number one hundred. Thank you to everyone involved over the years, it has been almost exclusively a positive ...
3 weeks ago
Pike Blog

Season Review 2023/24 - *Another season in the history books. * One that saw a new PB rudd, a new river double barbel, a 120lb stingray and a *20lb pike* amoung the highlights. ...
4 weeks ago
HUGH MILES - WILDLIFE ADVENTURES

IF CARLSBERG BREWED BEAUTY - There are so many horrors in the world right now that I badly need some mental medication and one way of recovering is to remember some of the inspiring...
1 month ago
Fishing Fiend

Hours Of Happiness - I’ve been prowling the house like a caged beast these past few months. My local rivers have been bank high and unfishable nearly all winter, the wind and...
1 month ago
Pete777

Missed Bites 10-2-24 - My intended target today was perch again.I picked up some lobworms Friday before they closed at the tackle shop.I arrived at the lake and headed to my ...
2 months ago
AndrewBlackFishing.co.uk

Early Winter Blog 2023 - Well, this winter has been peculiar to say the least, it seems that the UK has been hit with storm after storm. This has had two major effects on my anglin...
2 months ago
sidestreambob

THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING 4 FEBRUARY 2024 – A SEASON OF 52 SESSIONS STARTS WITH THE FIRST CAST - The Tidal Stour at the Pony Fields I finished my preceding post by saying that in all probability Mao Tse-tung never said ‘a season of 52 sessions starts w...
2 months ago
Rieg's vis weblog

De gele schim. - Het is inmiddels al weer februari 2024. Een druk jaar achter de rug met studeren. Dat nam niet weg dat er toch de nodige karpers gevangen werden met als t...
2 months ago
Sometimes Just Being There Is Enough

A sad end and an unexpected return - Well after saying my last blog that I would do more regular updates , well best laid plans and all that.Having my rolds stolen still hurts over 2 years ...
2 months ago
Whiskey In A Snipe Glass

Gunning - It was the end of Autunm and winter was on the way, but it still took a while to get things put away. The effort was made to keep fly fishing for as ...
3 months ago
Diary of a Riverkeeper on the River Test, Hampshire

Mine Shafts, Floods and The Harwood Arms - Happy New Year everybody, Covid for Christmas, which is not what we asked for and resulted in a funny forty eight hours of sleep, sweating and unusual d...
3 months ago
Lumbland

New Year, new rods - The winter break saw me working as usual. In among the standard builds were some odd jobs. First up a Sledge-Hammer 60H that I was asked to build as a s...
3 months ago
Behind the Sky

Jack’s Land - A Saturday morning in December, and I find myself in a cluttered wedge of brown-belt no man’s land. It’s at …
3 months ago
From the banks of the Wye

Carp, Ciaran, and Catastrophe - During the last visit to the surgeon he seemed impressed and decided that a replacement shoulder could go on the back burner for a while. I even bragged ...
5 months ago
Fishy Business, an angler's journal.

Specimen roach quest - I had never managed a really big roach. Like many, I had caught some nice ones over the years but a 2 pounder had never graced my net albeit I had never ...
5 months ago
A fool at one end...

Big baits catch big fish... - And small baits catch big and small fish. Myself and Rob were being pestered by what we assumed were small micro bass trying their best to take our bait...
5 months ago
Kevin Parr | Writer, fisherman, amateur naturalist and sometime Idler…

Everything Changes - My reaction to a swallow alarm call is only marginally slower than the intended benefactors. I don’t always get to see the source of the concern, and there...
6 months ago
dig your fins

Two - My mate Paul collected collections. He wrote a book, ‘Recollections of a Collection Collector.’ It was never published. Lance Stater – Detectorists, Series...
6 months ago
Tony Rixon's days out

I,m back - As a lot of you will be aware, i had my van stolen back in mid july, with over £4000 worth of tackle in the back, i got up on that sunday morning , looked ...
7 months ago
Invisible Works

Nick Groves - Nick and I used to speculate a lot between us about the various assortments of stone we’d spot in buildings which probably didn’t originate there. Some o...
9 months ago
an anglers diary

Work night! Play time! - I’ve been playing it by ear a bit with my fishing since my Bream sessions by doing what i’ve fancied at the time. The rivers are open but i’m not going to ...
9 months ago
Lewy's Lines

Renny Lakes, East Harlsey, 14th May 2023 - Well the second trip out in 2023, the first one didn’t go as planned, I didn’t take to many photographs we didn’t catch any fish and I didn’t write a blo...
11 months ago
a good place for a cup of tea and a think

Sam's Cafe, 40 Chalcot Road, Primrose Hill, London - A bright and friendly place in Primrose Hill. It had a celebrity opening. It's got a shelf of old LRBs. Cafes aren't dead. You can self medicate the milk. ...
1 year ago
Small Stream Reflections

A different kind of Opening Day - As March is coming to a close, and April begins, for those of us in New England thoughts go to Sox baseball. The anticipation of what the long season h...
1 year ago
Avon Diary

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1 year ago
Bryans Countryside Capers

POINT CLEAR…… - No, I am not going to write about an old Swayze/Reeves film from the 90’s, Point Break for those that don’t know and if you
1 year ago
Ivan's Angle

The first post of 2023...... - I have not fished many matches this year hence the lack of activity on this Blog. I did fish a match on the Gloucester Canal back in early January but I ...
1 year ago
The Adventures of The Angling Rev | Stewart Bloor's Angling Journal, updated every Saturday

This morning’s angling session, pottering around the garden, a visit to Sedgley and a reminder that home is where the heart is - I’m enjoying the current mild spell that we’re in and, although it’s still February, it most definitely has the feel … More
1 year ago
River Angler

2023 - A few trips so far - After a fairly significant break from angling, I’m glad to say the bug is well and truly back. For now, it’s just great to be getting out and going for it,...
1 year ago
OFF THE OCHE, DOWN THE RIVER

AWOL Again - I won't dwell too much on the last 6 months of angljng inactivity. Fishing has been sparse. Life's responsibilities, challenges and niggles all too often...
1 year ago
Float, Flight and Flannel

Prime Suspect - He was a naturally scruffy and imperfect little soul. Black and grey hair matted and his shins often coated in spare gravy 'for later'. The dandruff fell...
1 year ago
The Joy of Essex

Wilko is Going Back Home - So Wilko Johnson has finally gone to the great Oil City above. As a teenager I loved reading about Dr Feelgood in *Sounds*, with the band described as dr...
1 year ago
The Flee & Float

A few hours.. - As close friends know & anyone who follows Bedale & Beyond on social media, I have been out the game for the last 7 weeks with a torn ligament in my kne...
1 year ago
River Anker

Grindr - Variety is indeed the spice of life and my lack of update here is principally due to the fact I've been doing the same thing over and over again for some...
1 year ago
Blogs from the bank: Carp and Coarse fishing

Every day's a school day... - Mist rising beneath a captivating sunrise at Chantry lake. By coincidence more than design, my fishing this year has taken me on a path of discovery. At ...
1 year ago
Tim's Riparian Ramblings

60 Second Blog Roll - Ellerdine - *22 February 2020* - Another windy weekend saw an afternoon trip to Ellerdine in pursuit of trout with Nick Fisher. Seven fish obliged in the windy condi...
1 year ago
North East Piker

A couple after the heat - * 23/07/22* Straight to the river after my last shift of a 60hr week, half a can of Redbull on the way, the other half for the drive home. I was parked u...
1 year ago
The River Angler

Buy a copy of our book - Lifelines: An Anthology of Angling Anecdotes by Nathan Walter
1 year ago
Scarfolk Council

Bad Kingdom (1972) - In 1972, the government drew up plans to construct a deportation facility off the coast of Ireland that could house as many as 70 million people - the en...
1 year ago
By JAYZS

Silt and its S-tench - This blog entry will probably be quite short, and has been prompted by a couple of lines in a blog by SideStreamBob down at Wordpress.com. So I will g...
1 year ago
Fishing the Irwell - A Fly Fishing Journey

Fishing while forgetting your tackle - So with heavy rain during my last session the majority of my tackle, (flies, tippet, leader, indicators etc) we’re still in my wet fishing gear. I fish ...
1 year ago
Glassjet notes

Photos: 'Manchester stands with Ukraine'. - 5th March 2022. I was there more to support it than photograph it, but there you go. Ukrainian flags over Manchester
2 years ago
lagomlagomlagom

Clear skies - It was the kite that made me do it. I opened the curtains to sunshine, clear skies, and a red kite sailing right past the window as if there was nothing ex...
2 years ago
River Trent Angler.

What to do when you cannot fish anymore? - As I mentioned in my last post, my wife needs my care, after 32 years of a good marriage, I’m happy to step up. I’ve brought myself a little MG sports car ...
2 years ago
Kevs catches aka Kevin Sanders

Zander, Chub and Dace fishing. - Zander are probably my favourite species of fish. Growing up in the 90's I saw pictures of massive Fenland Zeds in the weekly mags and was inspired to t...
2 years ago
Overnight Carp Sessions

BIG SUSSEX PERCH - Perch – certainly one of the UK’s prettiest of fish and a predator too. During the 1970’s this species took a right hammering and many fish died due to a...
2 years ago
tales by the riverbank

The life of Brian - One of our local fishermen Brian was out on the River Thames under Barnes Bridge catching chub on every cast. … Continue reading →
2 years ago
The Hopelessly Optimistic Angler

A fly on the Rye - A generous invitation arrived for a day’s fishing on one of North Yorkshire’s premier rivers, the Rye. For one reason or another I haven’t done a lot of fl...
2 years ago
Bailey & Fishing

Content - The post Content appeared first on Bailey Boho.
2 years ago
Fishing Tails

Fishing after a storm - With the latest Atlantic storm battering the South West you could be excused for thinking that it might be a good idea to just stay at home this weekend ...
2 years ago
BRYANS ANGLE

'RAYS' OF SUNSHINE - Lately there have been a few reports of the thornback rays showing up in the local tidal river in good numbers so I thought i,d set out to catch one. I ...
2 years ago
Monkey Climber

5 questions to Forge Tackle’s Enrico Parmeggiani - Forge Tackle, one of our loyal print advertisers, is a fairly new brand to the European carp trade, based of years and years of experience in the field. Ba...
2 years ago
drifting the riffle

the meaning of a trout - We often walked the banks of the stream, looking for trout, stopping off on our way home from somewhere else. We would chuckle as the brown shapes darte...
3 years ago
Hedgehogs in a Thanet garden

One year into my adventure - If it hadn't been for the situation created by the pandemic, I'm not too sure that the garden hedgehogs would have played any part in my life? Encounter...
3 years ago
The Near Bank

Theoretical Angler – the answer to a question nobody asked - Define: Theoretical – ‘concerned with or involving the theory of a subject or area of study rather than its practical application.’ How do I define my fish...
3 years ago
The Pike Pool

Holding Area & Route Theory Condensed - Many anglers are not interested in theories such as the one I am going to try and explain and I have often heard that such ideas are irrelevant to ...
3 years ago
Wivenhoe library unveils new scheme to make books less boring — Wivenhoe Watcher

Wivenhoe Wombles in audacious plot to invade Norway - [image: Unruly militant attempts to steal Wivenhoe dog’s raison d'etre] Unruly militant attempts to steal Wivenhoe dog’s raison d'etre Following a bought...
3 years ago
The Smell of Weirs

- *The call of the pike part 2, (with a chub thrown in).* There is something compelling about pike. Of all our freshwater fish their call, for me, is the m...
3 years ago
Struinen door de Polder

Met de Ambassadeur - Halverwege de jaren 80 begon ik te vissen met de baitcaster en daar bovenop een reel. Een ABU AMBASSADEUR uiteraard, en die 'dingen' kosten toen een kl...
3 years ago
ANGLING WITH SHAUN

Another Week On The Wandle - *Another Week On The Wandle* *COMING SOON* Angling with Shaun 'Another Week On The Wandle' will be the next blog coming once able to fish again. Spend...
3 years ago
Edgelands Fishing

Certain Days - I often find myself day dreaming about what I’d like to be doing on those certain days or little periods of the year when things change. I’m talking about ...
3 years ago
WHERE GREEN ROADS MEET

Modest Viands -
3 years ago
Norfolk 'N Good

Catching some for Dad - The handle's a bit wonky but the dusty old Mitchell Match is still silky smooth. The finger-dab bail arm flicks open as I do an air cast in my late fath...
3 years ago
Simply Fishing, Fishing Simply

Feeder Fishing Commercials – Part 4 - Casting, Accuracy and Rod Placement - *Casting Accuracy* Accurate casting is, I think, essential for all forms of legering. It is something that many anglers struggle with. But it really is a...
3 years ago
Looknfishy

Two Weeks in Colorado (part 1...week 1) and video - If you asked me in May where I would be in July, I would have looked at you and shrugged my shoulders. I had some plans and knew I had the support from my...
3 years ago
Streamside diary

wrasse around - First salt water trip of the year now that we can travel more than five miles from home! Col and I headed down to the borders where we were pleased to get ...
3 years ago
Fishing small streams

Brook trout camp 2020 - *A small pond on a clear spring day*Here's a few pictures from some Adirondack pond fishing from last week. Tpyical of the mountains, the weather ran the...
3 years ago
Footsteps of an Angler

Little did I know - I’m taking you back to New years eve 2009 and the Christmas period when most of us get a little extra time off work and maybe a few angling plans set o...
3 years ago
Balearic Kitchen

Thea's Ned Kelly pie - *Another week, another recipe. This time around we have a guest contribution from Balearic Kitchen friend Thea Everett. A leader, a hero, and a certified...
3 years ago
Tales of a Fisherman

Estate Lake Dream - Anto Roberts - Hidden in the south west of Wales lies a little known Estate Lake, a place you can lose yourself in, in awe of its unrivalled beauty and peace. I first bec...
4 years ago
Travelling Man

A Redtail Adventure. - Having travelled to both Guyana and Suriname in South America on several occasions I had decided that it was becoming much the same and I would no longer ...
4 years ago
How to drown maggots

Fordwich Lakes and the river - Fordwich Lake - still has plenty of water!Still no fishing, but a chance to have a look at another of C&DAA (Canterbury and District Angling Association) ...
4 years ago
Joe Chatterton's Angling Diary

Summer Catch Up, a Lying Camera and a Sharky Finale - From now on my blog is going to be a catch-up series of posts and will be roughly season by season. I simply do not have the time to run a business, bri...
4 years ago
thinkFish-catchFish

‘Silver Treasure!’ - After a couple of stick float sessions on the River Dee and Dane, waters that I love, I just felt like I needed a bit… Continue reading‘Silver Treasure!’
4 years ago
Avon Angling UK

Small River Chub Fishing - An Old Stretch Re-Visited - 10/9/19 (Video 127) - My latest video is now available to watch by clicking the link below. *Small River Chub Fishing - An Old Stretch Re-Visited - 10/9/19 (Video 127)*
4 years ago
Fish's angling diary.

The witching hour…. - The weather has been fine for a good few days,hot all day and the evenings just about bearable.last night I decided to do a late evening fishing session at...
4 years ago
The Lure of Angling

Top water fun. - With the summer just about here and the plethora of lure matches drying up I can feel the weed festooned lakes calling me. Soon I will able to think of no...
4 years ago
Mike Townsend Fishing

Roll on the 16th! - What a frustrating and scary period the last few months have been. Sorry once again for the lack of updates, but fishing time has been very scarce as you’l...
4 years ago
eastcoastavocet

The Denizens of Butley Creek - Denizen (/ˈdɛnɪz(ə)n/) – noun: a person, animal, or plant that lives or is found in a particular place. On Suffolk’s wild Heritage Coast, just upriver from...
5 years ago
TOSTE

November woodland walk - Autumn abundant, hazy falling, gathering, decaying Leaf glows like Chinese lantern mystical Photographs taken during walk at Weeleyhall Wood Nature Reserve...
5 years ago
Andrews of Arcadia Scrapbook

The National Vintage Fishing Tackle Fair - Sunday 11th November 2018 -
5 years ago
Monty Dalrymple and the View From Yat Rock

All The Big Perch Are Gone - I don't tend to bother with the blog anymore, it's too much of a chore and to me, it's not as much fun as it used to be. But I keep hearing from people tha...
5 years ago
Norfolk Coast with the National Trust

Great British Beach Clean - Blakeney Point - On 15th September we held our Autumn beach clean as part of the Marine Conservation Society's Great British Beach Clean Weekend. We were joined by 56 amazi...
5 years ago
Angling Buckley's Fishing Adventures

Wag and mag - Wag and mag For some that title is going to sound a little odd and yes it is, but I tell you what fishing with a waggler float, shallow it […]
5 years ago
Danny's Angling Blog

A Pikers Autumn Morning Canal Session... - A warm welcome to this week blog i hope i find well and your nets wet. Autumn has certainly arrived here in the UK and with it has come the blustery winds ...
5 years ago
A Specialist Anglers Diary

Crucian for a bruising - What's going on here then? Is he still alive? Afraid so, I've promised at least twice previously to revive this blog and failed so no promises but the fact...
5 years ago
The Chopped Worm

NEW BLOG SITE - WWW.THECHOPPEDWORM.COM - Hi, I have now moved my blog to the below address www.thechoppedworm.com Tight lines Daniel Woolcott
5 years ago
bureboy's pictures

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5 years ago
Duncan Charmans World of Angling

Essex Action... - Essex Action. Yesterday spent the afternoon with my good friend Ian Joyce at Slough House creating an Anglers Mail 'Where to fish' opener. Was the action e...
5 years ago
Unmitigated England

Closing Down Tale - I'm sorry there hasn't been a post since last November, but I've decided after eleven years to close the blog. But all is not lost. I've decided to do ve...
5 years ago
An Anglers Dangling Log

New Target - So it has been like for ever since I posted anything up on the blog, well sometime absence makes the heart grow fonder. To be honest the fishing and the ...
5 years ago
Retiarius

Book Review: River Fly Fishing by Peter Lapsley; A Fly Fisher's Entomology by J. R. Harris - I read this book every year before the start of the new season, and each time I get something new from it. This year, I gleaned particular pleasure from ...
6 years ago
Against Men and Fish

River Isle - V.E.S. Precision League 7 - 18th February 2018 - Before I get on to this weeks post, I heard the terrible news that the legend Charlie Barnes passed away yesterday, I didn't know Charlie that well althoug...
6 years ago
Idler's Quest

Unfinished Business — The Width of a Circle - I assure you, the picture above is no joke. That is a real hook — the 'Mustad 39937NP-DT Giant Demon Perfect Circle Hook' — and one that will set the big g...
6 years ago
Northwest Fisherman

Canada, small rivers and just why the hell do we bother? (Entry 218) - Did you know that the UK is on the same latitude as some places in Canada? If it wasn’t for the gulf stream we would be literally up to our necks in the wh...
6 years ago
All things considered.

First Editions: Re-covered - Three artists well known to St Jude’s followers, Christopher Brown, Mark Hearld and Rob Ryan are involved in a fund raising project for The House of Illust...
6 years ago
Mike Kelly's Water Log

Organisation - I'd forgotten how organised you need to be when beach fishing in the dark. I figured I could rock up with two rods, a bucketful of bait and a rig or two s...
6 years ago
Ben Hennessy's Blog

New Rods – Making Moves - I expect most keen coarse anglers own a rod or two dedicated to fairly specialist tasks – perhaps a crisp, fast action float rod, designed solely with long...
6 years ago
Hampshire Angling Adventures

Search for River Carp in Tricky Conditions - I arrived back at the river and wandered a few areas, spotting a few nice fish lurking in a few beds of streamer weed and occasionally cruising by. With ...
6 years ago
The Intrepid Piscator

"Just one more" - I know a place not far away, where I can have this solitude. I can wander the fields, unhindered, locate barbel easily and catch a few of them with a cer...
6 years ago
A Fishermans Journey

The new season arrives! - I'll start this update by saying that an awful lot has happened in my angling and personal life since my last entry, way too much to remember even if I w...
6 years ago
Russell Hilton Fishing Blog

Canal Tench - Something Green, Somewhere New - In spite of living within relatively close proximity to the Grand Western Canal for a decade now, there are still parts of it that I have not fished proper...
7 years ago
CROOKED LINES

All change for 2017! - Greetings to all blog readers! It's not often I write in this location any more, but if you're one of my old followers on this platform, or have just di...
7 years ago
My Dipping Float

Time and space and another nice chub. - My other hobbie, indoor bowls has kept me busy the last week or so. A bunch of matches after Christmas had to be placed. I enjoy bowls, but during spells o...
7 years ago
Bureboy's Halcyon Days

#12 Last days - I am not sure when it starts but it definitely finishes March the 14th 1991 with my last fish caught whilst domiciled in Devil Dog Land. Here goes then: ...
7 years ago
The fish don't know

What’s in a name…? Part 1 - The Fish Don’t Know – that’s the name of this blog. Fishingforluckies – thats the name of the website. What do they mean, these names? Why did I choose the...
7 years ago
HULLO!!...Can you hear me now?....I'M ON THE BUS!!

THE PASSION OF CHRIS. - Getting down and dirty. I'm often drawn to people that are so hooked on their subject that their enthusiasm rubs off on you. The excitement picked up in ...
7 years ago
River Piker

- *Riverpiker has moved!Be sure to check out the new home, riverpiker.com for all your pikey related stuff. Lure fishing videos, articles and the shop.*
7 years ago
Ronald Blythe...

What do we know of the weather and the world, asks Ronald Blythe - The weather forecasters wear their best clothes to tell us the worst. That the sun will not shine today. They have no language for dullness. But I have. O...
7 years ago
This Angling Life

Check it.. - I post a bit on face book these days and have a "This Angling Life" face book page. It's far easier to use than blogger especially on a mobile or tablet...
8 years ago
A fool at one end… and a camera on the other

Shame about the advert… -
8 years ago
Bureboy hits the HInterland

La la Loule - Loule, home of the space age cathedral and a weekly gypsy market. South American pan pipe band playing Angie. Churrros, churros, lovely lovely churros, ye...
8 years ago
Pure Piscator

Bernard and the Genie - The field behind our house is home to an ancient badger set, in fact many badger sets. I have walked the perimeter of the field and on three sides there ar...
8 years ago
This Saxon Shore

Proper Essex, This Is - Tucked away on the southern bank of the wide expanse of the Stour estuary, Wrabness is a place that you'll love if you like hiking, biking, fishing and st...
9 years ago
Northessexfishing

Blog Transfer - All my musings, half baked theories and embarrassing spelling mistakes will now be made under the following blog....... www.thestrollingbones.blogspot.co.u...
9 years ago
pullmyline

Suspenders! - Now that the rivers are forbidden, we have to turn our attentions to lakes, pools and canals. There's a very small pool 5 minutes drive away which, despite...
10 years ago
Talking Essex

John Sait - Angler, Ex Charter Skipper, Shooter - Many people who have been fishing the Essex coast for some time will be familiar with John Sait. He moved to Thorrington in 1962 and has fished, on and...
10 years ago
Salt and Fresh

This blog is moving! - This blog is moving to http://saltandfresh.wordpress.com/ Please join me there! I am going to -hopefully start blogging more often, especially now the trou...
11 years ago
Piscatorial Pastimes!

Chilly Chubbing in January - Over the last month I have been predominantly focusing on the Warwickshire Avon around my local area. To say that the weather has effected this has been a...
11 years ago
Chasing Myths

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https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/

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Tales of a fairly average angler

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Fish Tales From The Riverbank

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Thursday 5 September 2019

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