Bureboyblog: Summer haze

Things I find

A fool at one end...

A chance decision - Following the weekends storm I decided on a trip this morning after aborting Sunday's evening tide due to a combination of the rain and the wind. Set off...
1 hour 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 ...
1 hour ago
Magnon's Meanderings

Benefits claimants under attack. - Over this past weekend we read that Sir Keir 'freebie' Starmer has added those who live on benefits to his list of those he intends to clobber. He want...
5 hours ago
Spitalfields Life

The Loneliness Of Old London - Lost in Old London – Rose Alley, Southwark, c. 1910 When I first came to live in London, I had few friends, no job and little money, but I somehow managed ...
12 hours ago
Going Gently

A Thoughtful Way Home - My shoulder was aching at work today and I asked a member of staff if she could rub it for me. This she kindly did with some banter talk about her regular ...
15 hours 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...
19 hours ago
The Two Terriers

Code breaker needed - When we were up in Northumberland a few weeks ago I walked Lucie through the parish church graveyard first thing in the morning. As always a long...
21 hours ago
Piscatorial Quagswagging

The River Arrow - Maharajahs and Malversations - There is nothing more satisfying when the weather is cold than a good old curry. This one is a simple recipe that had ground pistachio nuts as one of the...
1 day ago
The Fiberglass Manifesto

THE DRIFTLESS - What Fly Rods Made the Trip and Why - It may seem that I'm getting a lot of mileage out of the late September trip to the Driftless area in Wisconsin and maybe that's true. It was a fun trip w...
1 day ago
Connecticut Fly Angler

Vernalis - It took a fair bit of effort to get to the cleared, grassy hilltop my partner in field herping, Bruce, and I walked on warm, sunny late summer eve. Admi...
1 day ago
One Man and His Rod

Chub Day. - Last weekend I finally got the chance to do a decent amount of fishing, a whole day has been hard to come by of late and armed with a loaf of bread a...
1 day ago
PEANUTS FISHING ADVENTURES - THE RIVER IRWELL AND BEYOND.

Alloy Stem Avons In Slate Grey and Green - 8g - Morning all, I've finished off some more floats for the Trent 2025 this morning. Alloy Stem Avons In Slate Grey- 8g. Made with balsa bodies, alloy ...
1 day ago
Not Quite Scilly

Not Annual - In a local birding context, 'not annual' is a label given to those usually desirable species that cannot be guaranteed every year, but in West Dorset and...
2 days 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...
2 days ago
Of Esox & observations

They just keep on coming - Whilst I readily acknowledge that the weather, here on Thanet, isn't anything like as extreme as that being experienced by folk living further north. The...
2 days ago
John Richardson Lino Prints

Somewhere near Kildale in the North Yorkshire Moors - This is print from the short edition of the proof that I posted last week. I was tempted to add a third colour to the warm black and purple of the heather ...
3 days ago
Against Men and Fish

Summerhayes – Open – 17th November 2024 - On Sunday we were headed back to Summerhayes and I must admit to still feeling really deflated after the previous day and I wasn’t up for this at all, espe...
3 days 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 days ago
The Strolling Bones Trailtrekker

Passport To Freedom - One , maybe two short trips in the camper before the year is finished I reckon. Had it eight years now and done roughly 60,000 km. Second time I ever dro...
4 days 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...
4 days 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....
5 days ago
No-Limits

Alton – Swim location – Depths, and some fish - Many people who are not so familiar with Alton have asked about the locations of the areas I’ve been fishing in. Alton Water – Suffolk Google – Alton Water...
6 days ago
Cluckers Peg

Commercial House Final Round K&A Canal - The lead up to this match for me was one of concern for how it would fish, as everywhere seems to be fishing pretty hard on natural venues. Blanks ...
1 week ago
wheatnotcasters

November 2024 Part 1 – Rain needed! - Friday 1st I head for Bowood fishing on peg 10 9:15 to 12:00.Usual set up but strangely quiet on pike front with mo sign of any chasing of fish or strikes!...
1 week ago
stevetheangler

- Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met? Brian Curvis Ted Dexter The Two Rons
1 week ago
FishnDave

November 10, 2024 - Beautiful day, got out in the late afternoon for a few hours of flyfishing. Targeted Koi. Caught 11 Koi and 1 Goldfish. Koi on fly Goldfish
1 week ago
ordinaryangler

06/11/2024 - A tale of two bites - Spent a few days over in Lithuania at the end of October, visiting our lad in Vilnius. The city is spilt by two rivers, the Vilnia and the much larger Neri...
2 weeks ago
Pike Blog

One On, One Off! - After a dawn to dusk blank - not a run all day - I was back on the riverbank the next morning (dragged myself out). Fortunately three runs; perch (first o...
3 weeks ago
Fishin' Impossible

Dork hat - Date fished 3/11/2024 8am until 12.30pm You may remember, I asked the kids what they wanted to try and catch this year. Rupe said a pike and Martha said...
3 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 …
3 weeks ago
The Urban Fly Fisher

Essex angler grabs street fishing victory - This appears to be getting out of hand.
3 weeks 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...
4 weeks ago
Something Fishy Going On

Mission accomplished! - Hearing reports of numerous bluemouth being caught recently on a charter boat running out of Burghead, I booked a couple of places for myself and my mate...
4 weeks 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...
5 weeks 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...
5 weeks ago
The Secret Angler

The AST’s Head of Waffle - Just over ten years ago, David Graeber, an anthropologist, wrote an article about bullshit jobs, which he defines as those which are engaged in unproductiv...
1 month 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...
1 month 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...
2 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...
2 months ago
From the banks of the Wye

Something Different - Steaming out of Poole Harbour onboard a boat full of blokes, most of which I had never met, I was full of anticipation and excitement. The trip had not sta...
2 months ago
Just One Week

Highland Heaven - Inver and Kirkaig - Lower Inver morning view upstream from the Scrambles Over the years I have been privileged to fish in many beautiful places, but nowhere else moved me...
2 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
Float, Flight and Flannel

Back in the Red - Over a decade ago the search for bigger canal roach commenced, inspired by Jeff Hatt, author of the long defunct, "Idler's Quest", his methods and his re...
7 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 →
7 months 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 ...
7 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...
9 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 ...
9 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...
10 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
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 ...
1 year 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
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...
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 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
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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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
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 ...
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years ago
The River Angler

Buy a copy of our book - Lifelines: An Anthology of Angling Anecdotes by Nathan Walter
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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 ...
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
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...
3 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
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...
3 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 →
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
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 ...
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
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 -
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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 ...
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
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...
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
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...
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
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)*
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
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...
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
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 -
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
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...
6 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 […]
6 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 ...
6 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...
6 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
6 years ago
bureboy's pictures

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6 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...
6 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...
6 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 ...
6 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...
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

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 ...
7 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...
7 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...
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
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...
8 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 ...
8 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.*
8 years ago
sidestreambob

WRONG TACTICS – WEEK TWO The Dorset Stour; Throop Beat 3, 10 July 2016 (Session 05_2016) - Looking downstream Looking upstream Venue: Dorset Stour, Throop Beat Three Swim: River Way, above Iford Weir and opposite the reed ‘island’ Time: 18:30 to...
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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...
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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...
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A fool at one end… and a camera on the other

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Bureboy hits the HInterland

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Pure Piscator

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This Saxon Shore

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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...
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pullmyline

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Talking Essex

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11 years ago
Salt and Fresh

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Piscatorial Pastimes!

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11 years ago
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Thursday, 5 September 2019

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