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Magnon's Meanderings

The build-up to Christmas Lunch. - All I really need to buy now, are the Sprouts. I suppose like most households, on the big day we have a glass of fizz and some small things to eat bef...
5 hours ago
Spitalfields Life

Fritz Wegner’s Christmas Plates - If you fancy a walk as a respite from the forthcoming festivities, tickets are available for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOUR OF SPITALFIELDS on New Year’s Day. . ...
11 hours ago
Going Gently

Pissed - In college all day then met my family for a pre Christmas supper at *The Crown. *The meal was organised as my sister in law *Jayne *won’t be with us on Ch...
13 hours ago
Of Esox & observations

Sprawk take two - It was only a week, or so, ago when I posted an image of the, regular, male Sparrowhawk perched on the framework of my old aviary flight. I was very happ...
16 hours ago
ordinaryangler

13/12/2024 - A mixed bag from the Dove - After constantly checking the weather and the river levels for what felt like weeks it finally looked as if I would have an opportunity to get out after so...
17 hours ago
No-Limits

Free & Cheap Fishing – Essex and Beyond - In this video, I look at what’s on offer from the London Anglers Association. With over 100 miles of river, and some truly stunning lakes, holding some sup...
20 hours ago
FishnDave

2024 Flyfishing Summary - 2024 has been a GREAT year of flyfishing for me. I didn't fish much more than usual....typically just 1 day/week. Also a small a handful of multiple-da...
1 day ago
Something Fishy Going On

More Species Hunting Adventures In Singapore: Part 7. - On the morning of the last day of our holiday, we got up quite early and took a Grab taxi to Bedok Jetty. As we arrived, a local angler caught an impress...
1 day ago
Pike Blog

Mojo - *Saturday:* On the river at 7am, first task; catch some livebait - no takers - back in bed by 9.30! F*ck it - can't catch pike anyway. There have been som...
2 days ago
Cluckers Peg

Premier Angling Open - Bristol Avon Crane - It has been 3 weeks since I last got out fishing, and that was on the canal and not inspiring. I didn’t want to fish the Commercial House Xmas match on ...
2 days ago
A fool at one end...

A most enjoyable trip, for December - Nearly didn't go today, but I had a real urge to fish my 'new' spot despite being a daytime tide and open to a lot of people seeing where and how I was f...
2 days ago
The Secret Angler

The North-South divide - It seems to be an article of faith that the north of England has several advantages over the South. Some are true, others are myths. The biggest myth is th...
2 days ago
Piscatorial Quagswagging

The River Arrow - Martians and Margaritomancy - The Martian reported back to his leader after a fact- finding mission on Earth. "The Earthlings have a very strange custom, O Six- Headed One,' he said. ...
2 days ago
Fishin' Impossible

Favourites - Date fished 14/12/2024 8am until 12pm Favourites are difficult. Favourite child, football team or food. Rupe as a boy, Martha as a girl, Liverpool, curr...
3 days ago
John Richardson Lino Prints

Cast-off and a Castaway - Another attempt at Japanese hand printing with a Baren, this time a view from a bridge that has been printed in two colours and the finished image size is ...
4 days ago
Against Men and Fish

Ash Ponds – Stoke Xmas Fayre – 8th December 2024 - I was supposed to have been at Acorn on Saturday but another named storm hit the South West resulting in a red warning issued and the majority of matches w...
5 days ago
The Fiberglass Manifesto

EMERGER FLY FISHING - Notes On Designing and Refining Products - I often check in on gear makers and talked to Chris Freeman of Emerger Fly Fishing a few months ago where he told me about several changes that he had made...
1 week ago
Connecticut Fly Angler

My Own Letter to the ASMFC Re: December 2024 Striped Bass Board Meeting - Dear Ms. Franke and Striped Bass Board Members, As a fly fishing guide, angler, and conservationist whose livelihood is tethered to the success of the At...
1 week ago
PEANUTS FISHING ADVENTURES - THE RIVER IRWELL AND BEYOND.

Olive Green, 10g Avons With Alloy Stems + Heavy Irwell Sticks With Hardwood Stems - Morning everyone, I am back making some heavy river floats. The Olive Green, 10g Avons With Alloy Stems + Heavy Irwell Sticks With Hardwood Stems pictu...
1 week ago
The Strolling Bones Trailtrekker

Making Hay... - Started this week on the new "club stretch", lots of nice roach on bread with many bites missed. Then I made the most of the wet weather and went worming....
1 week ago
Not Quite Scilly

2024 Moth Highlights - December always feels to me like a surplus month. Bird and moth-wise it's basically all over by the end of November, but...well...here's another 31 days ...
1 week ago
One Man and His Rod

40 Rivers Challenge Update. - As we have now amazingly crept into December already I have had a cursory glance back at what has so far been a pretty lean season in terms of fishin...
1 week ago
The Two Terriers

Book ending the day - Well, after a first cup of tea finished off by Lucie, we set off for our earlymorning walk to be greeted by a beautiful dawn with the sun not ev...
2 weeks ago
wheatnotcasters

November 2024 Part 2 – climate change? - Sunday 17th sees me back at peg 10 with no real hopes of catching given everywhere seemed to have turned off due to lack of rain and the subsequent lowerin...
2 weeks ago
stevetheangler

Session 27 – The Lure Of The Canal - Monday, 18th November, Liz and I set off for a couple of hours lure fishing our club’s stretch of the local Shropshire Union Canal (aka The Shroppy) settin...
2 weeks ago
sidestreambob

THE WEEK ENDING 27 OCTOBER 2024 – NOT QUITE CRICKET, OLD BOY - The Match Lake at Orchard Lakes seen from the car The commercial complex at Orchard is available on the club book from October through to March. Given it i...
3 weeks ago
Becks and Brown Trout

So lets talk about the past year and the future... - It really has been a strange sort of a year . A spring so wet it was biblical . Followed by a summer that never really matured it was either too hot ...
3 weeks ago
Fishing & stuff ...

Unfamiliar - I was up and about fairly early, out in the half light and had to scrape the windscreen for the first time this year. Then Monday morning A road hell, n...
3 weeks ago
Old Marmalade

PERNICKETY PERCH - Perch don't suck at maggots like roach do; their mouths just aren't made to do it. They are predators first and foremost with the tools to do the j...
3 weeks ago
Fishing Through Life

The Time Proven Caddis Fly - *I am often asked, at times, what is your all-time favorite surface fly to fish on the Sipsey Tailrace and Simth Lake during the Spring and Summer months...
3 weeks ago
this northern boy

Gateway Station - This is my latest bit of Blender work. I’m really pleased how it came out. It’s a near future space station. Modular, like the ISS, but bigger, much bigger...
3 weeks ago
Whiskey In A Snipe Glass

Those canoes - It’s hunting season now and I’m glad I was out yesterday, because the steady, cold rain falling today makes it a fine day to stay warm and dry indoors....
4 weeks ago
Postcards from the English Outback

Forgotten Fen- Book Released - It’s here! I’m very proud to announce that my book ‘Forgotten Fen’ was published yesterday by The Medlar Press. John …
1 month ago
The Urban Fly Fisher

Essex angler grabs street fishing victory - This appears to be getting out of hand.
1 month ago
AndrewBlackFishing.co.uk

Hounded - This Summer / Autum has seen a bit of different fishing for me, I’ve been concentrating more on my sea fishing during the warmer months this year, simply b...
1 month ago
dig your fins

“Watch the skies. Everywhere. Keep looking.” - Over the last few weeks, my much-missed dad has been on my mind more than usual, which has been largely as a result of a number of less-than-typical happen...
1 month ago
Jorvik Angler

Nearly Cut Off By Flood Water - When I arrived at the river it was up and slowly rising. By the time I'd found a swim it started to rise a lot faster. The swim I found had a slack on t...
2 months ago
HUGH MILES - WILDLIFE ADVENTURES

A GRAND DAY OUT - This is a fishing story with a nod to Wallis and Gromit, for instead of heading for the moon, we spent the day i...
2 months ago
an anglers diary

Autumn Breaming - With some good success on my Bream water earlier in the year I wanted to have a couple of sessions on the syndicate this Autumn in the hope of getting one ...
2 months ago
Fishing Fiend

Holiday Fishing On The Algarve Portugal - I took the family to the Algarve for a fortnights beach holiday and of course took a fishing rod with me. The kids just wanted me to play with them, so I o...
3 months ago
Pete777

Fir Tree Fishery 8-9-24 - So back here again ,this time we fish the opposite side .I drew peg 17 and was really confident with my draw . I was casting under that bush for the fir...
3 months ago
Lumbland

More tackle talk - For a few years now I've been using leger stems for my eel fishing. I know full well that when the line is tightened they don't stand upright, but once t...
4 months ago
Lumbypics

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6 months 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 →
8 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...
11 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 …
11 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 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...
2 years 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
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 ...
3 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...
3 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...
3 years ago
Bailey & Fishing

Content - The post Content appeared first on Bailey Boho.
3 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 ...
3 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...
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
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
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 ...
4 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...
4 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...
4 years ago
Streamside diary

Thinking of Pike - The last time I fished for Pike was a couple of years ago and that day turned out to be a bit of a disaster, I was fishing from my float tube and hooked a ...
4 years ago
ANGLING WITH SHAUN

City Of Ely: Catch A Fish From All 69 UK Cities - to be continued www.anglingwithshaun.com www.facebook.com/anglingwithshaun Angling with Shaun · 1 March · Catch A Fish From All 69 UK Cities, The River ...
4 years ago
Tim's Riparian Ramblings

Rolling Meat - Short Session on the Severn - Mid-October and I managed to fit in a short evening session before the clock's changed. The river was up so I headed to a local beat where there are a few...
4 years ago
Footsteps of an Angler

It's Been A While. - It's been seven years come March since I last sat down and wrote on these pages, it wasn't that I didn't want to write anything, I was just out of the hab...
4 years ago
Looknfishy

Fly Fishing Arkansas and beyond... - So it looks like 2019 rolled right into 2020 without me really noticing much of a change in my fishing lifestyle. Most of my recent adventures have been w...
4 years ago
Tales of a Fisherman

Winter Chub Tactics by Harry Pardoe - When winter sets in and most species become harder to catch the good old Chub can become an Angler’s best friend. It doesn’t seem to matter how bad the wea...
4 years ago
Fishing Diary

Winter 2020 part 1 - *Take no notice* If any younger anglers are here this time around or even those on a tight budget you may be interested in this little story. I'm only wri...
4 years ago
North East Piker

After work chub - I usually try and fit in a short session after work at least once during my 5 days on, usually arriving at the chosen river after 22:00hrs and setting off ...
4 years ago
Scarfolk Council

Welcome to Scarfolk... -
4 years ago
tales by the riverbank

A time to write… - Over recent years I have found it difficult to write, not that I didn’t want to but simply my mind … Continue reading →
4 years ago
Fishy Business, an angler's journal.

Happy New Year - A Pike PB - It was New Year's Eve and I was long overdue a pike or two. The rivers had been carrying extra water since October and windows of opportunity had been far ...
4 years ago
OFF THE OCHE, DOWN THE RIVER

Still Fishing - Just! - A bit of a barren year on the blog post front, which largely mirrors my angling year. Life took on a different meaning for me in April, following the bir...
4 years ago
Float, Flight and Flannel

The Pre and Post Christmas Rush - PRE-CHRISTMAS Sinking into the marsh, subsequent steps no deeper than before but each consistently sucked in by the peat-like soil, slowed the walk but...
4 years ago
River Angler

Time to start updating again! - Six months since I last looked on this blog, with available time and fishing motivation failing me somewhat. I have been fishing, but often seemed to be fi...
4 years ago
Kevs catches aka Kevin Sanders

Roach fishing. A catch of a lifetime! - For some time, I had known of a lake not too far away from me that had a history of big Roach. In the past I believe it had produced a fish of 4lb or ma...
5 years ago
BRYANS ANGLE

WALTON PIER - After my whiting bash a couple of weeks ago i decided that i fancied another trip out sea fishing but somewhere different to my normal stomping grounds. A ...
5 years ago
The Joy of Essex

West Ham Legends hit Brentwood - Best part of the weekend was going to see 'West Ham Legends' Trevor Brooking, Julian Dicks, Frank McAvennie and Tony Gale at Brentwood Live on Friday nig...
5 years ago
How to drown maggots

I went fishing! - The lake had a few leaves on it... Since making the move to Kent, back at the end of June, my fishing activities have been severely curtailed due to life...
5 years ago
From the banks of the Wye

Some Days..... - ...are just a trial. Yesterday was one of them. With the river running from spate to spate for over a week I'd be mad not to wet a line. I didn't fancy a l...
5 years ago
Lewy's Lines

Bury Hill Fisheries, 26th September 2019 - A text message from Hathers asking whether I could fish the Wednesday OBH Lovers match for Big Si. Not a problem, bait sorted, long ranger feeder rods s...
5 years ago
Fishing the Irwell - A Fly Fishing Journey

2019 - The trout season draws to a close - Its been a while since my last blog, too long in fact but then again ive only been on the river 7 times since my last blog, back at the beginning of May. ...
5 years ago
Just One Week

Vision XO 13' 6" #8 - Yar in Excelsis - Sharp-eyed readers of J1W might have spotted something in my last post about the week on the Coul fishings of the River Conon. I'm showing the picture...
5 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!’
5 years ago
WHERE GREEN ROADS MEET

Roadside Stalls No 2 - The drive home along some winding north Dorset roads yielded this treasure trove of locally grown apples from a smallholders orchard...
5 years ago
Avon Angling UK

Canal Fishing - Another Great Session - 31/8/19 (Video 126) - The video of my lastest session is now available to watch by clicking the link below. *Canal Fishing - Another Great Session - 31/8/19 (Video 126)*
5 years ago
The Flee & Float

1st Day of Fall - Well its officially the 1st day of fall in the northern hemisphere, and what better way to spend it than on the river. Down by around 2ft on last week's l...
5 years ago
Rieg's vis weblog

Zout - Naast het vangen van allerlei vissoorten in het zoete water zoek ik ook graag mijn vertier aan het zoute water. De Nieuwe Waterweg is slechts een kwartiert...
5 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...
5 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...
5 years ago
The Lure of Angling

Romanian Angling Club UK spring predator race - Hawksbury junction - I was really looking forward to this match being put on by the Romanian Angling Club. Along with the Polish anglers I see regularly on the local lure ci...
5 years ago
drifting the riffle

When not to fish - I hesitate, fly line coiled at my feet, ready for the cast. It is beautiful. The pool is beautiful. Hauntingly so. The picture is perfect, so vibrant ye...
5 years ago
Simply Fishing, Fishing Simply

More Bits, Bobs and Tips - Having written about a few things I make or use and tips & tricks a few years ago I thought do should do an update. *Blackout* Although I find that for ...
5 years ago
Sometimes Just Being There Is Enough

Not many fish - When I originally started this blog my fishing was alot different and fish came regularly but the last couple of years has , as those who read these rambli...
5 years ago
Joe Chatterton's Angling Diary

Taff Grayling and Trout - I'm not sure the advertising gurus at Starbucks had thought this one through!? It did amuse us though when we called in for a coffee on our way to South ...
5 years ago
lagomlagomlagom

Cronk - I saw a raven today. It flew over several times as I was watching fieldfares a couple of miles from home, and cronked – a deep, slightly hoarse call, a noi...
5 years ago
Blogs from the bank: Carp and Coarse fishing

Looking back at 2018 - My syndicate lake in the autumn. Finding a balance between work and family life can be tricky enough at the best of times but throwing an obsession with ...
5 years ago
eastcoastavocet

Food on the Edge - Twice this year, I’ve rolled along the Wild Atlantic Way down to Galway City and twice I’ve been enchanted and captivated by an innate passion and sense of...
6 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...
6 years ago
Danny's Angling Blog

Simple Float ledger Rig For Pike Fishing - Hello and a warm welcome to this weeks angling blog i hope i find you all well and your nets wet. The first frosts have arrived and for some on social med...
6 years ago
The River Angler

Ruddy Marvellous! - Thirty five years ago I committed my most heinous of angling crimes. It was a beautiful simmer’s day on a Kent gravel pit. I spent many hours here as a...
6 years ago
By JAYZS

The Close Season, and Cycling to the Pond. - The close season has once more come under review on the rivers. The decision is that the status quo will remain, and I do approve of that. When I returne...
6 years ago
Norfolk Coast with the National Trust

7th of August: Goodbye from Ajay - This is my last week as a ranger in the Norfolk Coast team. I have lots of happy memories from my various roles at Blakeney over the last nine years and a...
6 years ago
Duncan Charmans World of Angling

Positive ID please! - Positive ID please! I've always considered this to be a personal best salmon, caught years ago on a size 18 hook and double maggot from the River Itchen. I...
6 years ago
The Chopped Worm

PB Tench 11lb 3oz - *05/06/18* - After some great success on another lake bagging fish up to a new PB of 8lb 14oz it was time to move back onto the main lake in search of tha...
6 years ago
Angling Buckley's Fishing Adventures

Thunderstorm Tench - Thunderstorm Tench Home for the weekend and having spent a day fishing & filming with Carl & Alex and Alain Blair of Nash along with the excited chatter ...
6 years ago
Andrews of Arcadia Scrapbook

Ghosts of Wimbledons' Past - Seen for sale at Kempton yesterday, signage from the much lamented Wimbledon Stadium.
6 years ago
TOSTE

Tread lightly – leave little (not litter) - The Essex coastline, like every other, is constantly shifting. With each turn of the tide, within each rolling wave, the place where sea meets land changes...
6 years ago
Against Men and Fish

River Isle - Open - 4th February 2018 - In last weeks post, I shared some great feedback I'd received, I wasn't 'angling' (if you'll excuse the pun!) for nice comments but it would seem that the...
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
Idler's Quest

Unfinished Business - Numbskulls - I have a great deal of never-published-material in the IQ archive. This article was probably worth putting your way at the time of writing. But I started, ...
6 years ago
An Anglers Dangling Log

Looking Back and Looking Forward - Well its time for a round up of last year and it was eventful for the first 6 months of the year then it all sort of went down hill. I decided early on ...
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...
7 years ago
Unmitigated England

Running On Empty - The subdued lights of the Jaguar's dashboard gave Philip's face a greenish pallor as he eased the big car into the entrance to a farm gate. The fuel gaug...
7 years ago
Mike Kelly's Water Log

Memories - All that is needed for a busy day... It's been 27 years since I last lived in Deal. Twenty seven years is a long time. Just under half my lifetime - i...
7 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...
7 years ago
Hampshire Angling Adventures

River Carp Stalking - I arrived back at the river very enthused after sighting quite a few fish on the opening day. It was not long until I had spotted a few familiar suspects f...
7 years ago
The Intrepid Piscator

I'm Back - The clanging of agricultural gates and rutted roadways. The dodging of the cow pat and nervously passing my bovine companions. Pigeons arguing among the...
7 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
Travelling Man

A Suriname Adventure. - Each January for the past several years I have travelled to South America along with Joe Taylor and other likeminded anglers. Joe is the linchpin having ...
7 years ago
A Fishermans Journey

December Predators - So December started with my now annual pairs lure match which I organise on the Trent and Mersey canal each year. This year it was kindly sponsored by ec...
7 years ago
My Dipping Float

Pay back. - After a few cold blank trips in sub-zero conditions I finally managed a nice fish. Taken laying on after long trotting with maggots for two hours, I final...
7 years ago
CROOKED LINES

Fish Leather Books, New Website & Blog! - Greetings to everyone. You may or may not have noticed a few changes afoot with my site and blog. There is also some rather exciting news to share, which I...
8 years ago
Bureboy's Halcyon Days

#10 Finding Nemo in amongst the Monochrome Set - Thus album was mostly one of my black and white phases.. This tench is from the first day of a season, can't remember which one and it was from the Match...
8 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...
8 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...
8 years ago
HULLO!!...Can you hear me now?....I'M ON THE BUS!!

SPRING DAWN (a call of nature) - Awoken by a call of nature this morning I decided it was light enough to venture out earlier than originally planned. I had set my alarm for five am bu...
8 years ago
The Pike Pool

Gold Rush! - *By Paul Millar (aka, Paul_the_piker)* Summer arrived early in good old Blighty this weekend! The mercury was touching 25 yesterday and it was far too warm...
8 years ago
A Specialist Anglers Diary

A specialist anglers year, part one - Despite my best intentions to try and resurrect my writing at the start of last year it all went to pot I'm afraid. After taking over the new business we r...
8 years ago
Norfolk 'N Good

Pike don't like Mondays - or do they..? - This one hit the lure and threw it in a tailwalk, before it chased it half way across the drain and nailed it under my feet. Not the biggest pike I've ...
9 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...
9 years ago
A fool at one end… and a camera on the other

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9 years ago
Bureboy hits the HInterland

Crib. - Summer time and Tribe Bureboy departed for more pleasant climes. Benfarras. Just outside Vilamoura on the Portuguese Atlantic Coast. Off the N125 and acros...
9 years ago
River Piker

Back on the perch - It seemed to be over in a flash. The river season is well and truly closed now and it's time to look elsewhere. I've had a little dabble on the canal and ...
9 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
Retiarius

Loading the Correct Amount of Backing on Your Fly Reel (And a Tip for Greys Streamlite Owners with Pawl Issues) - At this is the time of year, with the dawn of a new game season a few tantalising weeks distant, fly fishers are wont to untie the old rod bags, assemble ...
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
bureboy's pictures

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10 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...
11 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
Pure Piscator

Thurlow Graig "Spinners Delight" vintage angling book. - The great angling fellow Thurlow Graig. fisherman, DIY tackle maker, naturalist, writer and well travelled cowboy writes about making tackle and catching...
12 years ago
Chasing Myths

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Tales of a fairly average angler

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Fish Tales From The Riverbank

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