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A Demonstration Against Unfair And Insufficient Bass Regulations - tomorrow....
This is lifted straight from the BASS blog (here). See you there - please don’t sit around complaining about how unfair this all is. Do something. Join together and voice your anger tomorrow morning in...
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Bless his cotton socks, George Eustice MP was probably too busy washing his...
Well I’ve never heard of disgruntled bass anglers marching in protest before, so the roughly 150 people who descended upon Camborne on Saturday morning really was quite something, and I was proud to be...
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I love getting lure addiction related feedback and correspondence - makes me...
It absolutely fascinates me how fishing gets hold of some people and becomes a lifelong passion, and then from there how certain kinds of fishing can become such an all consuming obsession. I have got...
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Yamaga Blanks Early Plus 95ML 9’5’’ 7-28g lure rod review - £219.99
There’s loads more choice out there these days if you want to splash out north of say £150 on a “proper” lure fishing rod, and without a doubt it’s the Major Craft brand that really helped to open my...
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Are we all looking for some sort of feedback, reviews, “first hand...
The other day I received a refund on those sadly and rather annoyingly rubbish Simms G3 Guide boots that failed on me with saltwater use (twice), and I was looking around for a pair of boots to use for...
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If you need any DIY work done, I could well (not) be your man
I was doing so well! The confidence was seeping through me like it does when you’ve made the right call on a fishing session and decent fish are queuing up to be caught. I had bought a new drill that...
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There is no ban on going bass fishing, but until the end of June 2016 you...
I have read some stuff online recently which got me thinking that a number of UK anglers think there is currently a six month long ban on catching bass - but this is categorically not the case. There...
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How colour choosy can fish really be?
I couldn’t resist nipping out for a quick go on the wrasse last week, mainly because the weather was absolutely stunning and I wanted to see if a “new”, incredibly bassy looking spot we have found a...
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Pretty sure that some gear isn't properly tested before going on sale...
True story - I went to a fishing tackle trade shows a few years back, and while I was wandering round I bumped into somebody I knew who worked for a tackle company that I am not going to name. Arranged...
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If at least one bass hadn’t been caught I was going to give up fishing
OK, not really, but when it’s nearly May and the wind has finally swung around to the west, there’s a touch more warmth in the air, and the conditions are increasingly bouncing, yesterday afternoon was...
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Make sure you don’t miss the registration for the Irish Bass Festival on 1st,...
I am really pleased that I can make it over to the 2016 Irish Bass Festival this year, but if you are intending to go yourself - and you should! - then make sure you don’t miss out on registration...
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Fresh east wind right in the kisser, cold, peeing with rain, and loads of...
What on earth do we know? Not exactly what you would wish for on a relatively early season trip over to the south coast of Ireland, but the last couple of days has seen some pretty damn impressive...
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Been fishing with the brand new 2016 Daiwa Certate spinning reel - crumbs…….
As ever, time is going to be the key here, but after a week or so of solid use, this brand new 2016 Daiwa Certate that I have got here is without doubt up there as one of the nicest spinning reels I...
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Major Craft X-Ride XRS-902ML 9' 10-30g lure rod review - around £250
A nice, easy review to write - the Major Craft Truzer 9’ 10-30g lure rod (review here) is the best, most “precise” 9’ lure rod I have ever had the pleasure of fishing with. I love the Fuji Torzite...
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Could there be some light at the end of the tunnel with our lightweight wader...
I don’t believe in giving up, and I refuse to give up on finding some sort of solution to lightweight waders and the problems that so many of us get with what are a freshwater fly fishing product that...
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Nothing like a bunch of fish hits that don’t connect to tell you something’s...
I am really liking single hooks on the rear of most of my hard lures, but when I was over in Ireland the other day I quickly realised that I had done something wrong as regards rigging a particular...
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What’s it like to land the fish of a lifetime?
I so, so wish I had been there to see this bass landed! I was over in Ireland the other day when I got a phone call from a very, very excited friend who I fish with a lot at home. Why the excitement?...
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Sufix Performance Pro 8 braid and Daiwa J-Braid review - can “budget”...
Crumbs. Two very smooth feeling and frigging lovely to fish with 8-strand braids that are on sale at prices which can’t help but shake things up a bit. No longer do anglers need to buy a 4-strand braid...
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Does it amaze you how different each year is?
You can have all the lures, rods, reels, braids and as much knowledge about where to fish and when as you have amassed, yet nature continues to do its own thing and teach us every single year that...
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Help! I am looking to replace my car and I am not sure what to go for
I was weedkilling out in the garden the other day and I came very close to spraying the top of my old Ford Focus estate to try and kill the various species of mould that continue to grow on the roof. I...
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