Our latest and I think strongest so far fishing safety related video from our...
Never has this fishing safety related work we are doing with the RNLI felt more relevant, and if you are wondering why then I would ask you to read my previous blog post. I’m not going to bang on today...
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I’ve done a redesign of my website
If you are reading this then I hope you might have noticed that things look a little different on here. I have used Squarespace for my website for a few years now and last week I took it upon myself to...
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Could this be the year that we catch bass all the way through, or is just...
Early January bass down here in parts of Cornwall to be honest are kind of expected if the conditions don’t go to hell in a mass of filthy water and huge swells as we annoyingly had for what seemed...
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It makes my day when anglers are kind enough to share tips and tricks that...
I posted this on my Facebook page yesterday: A big reason for me asking various questions on here is because there are some mighty fine anglers checking in who are often kind enough to share...
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Tailwalk EGinn 106M-R 10'6'' Max 45g lure rod review - £299.99 UK price
I guess the easiest thing to say here is that I now own this Tailwalk EGinn 106M-R 10'6'' Max 45g lure rod because it has absolutely blown me away with how fantastic it is to fish with and it fills a...
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How do you hold your rod and do you ever play around with it? (tee hee)
I’m not even going to try and justify the endless innuendos either in the title to this blog post or contained within, but yes, I am a 45 year old grown up (?), and no, I can’t do much about the fact...
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If you fish with a leader on the end of your braid, do many of you now tie an...
I think I first stumbled upon the FG knot on YouTube, and I can remember the first time I managed to tie it properly here at home - because from that instant this amazing braid to leader knot became an...
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Sufix X8 braid review - the replacement for Sufix Performance Pro 8, still...
I seriously like the 8-strand Sufix Performance Pro 8 braid, and I can still remember stumbling upon it in an online catalogue a few years ago, realising that that I had never seen or even heard of...
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Book review - “The Lure of the Bass” by Marc Cowling
I wondered why Marc Cowling went a bit quiet last winter, and this book is the reason. I think it’s fair to say that Marc is now a well known bass fishing guide who is based in the glorious part of the...
View ArticleDid England v Ireland on Saturday really go down like that, or am I still...
I would ask forgiveness for not yapping about fishing on a gloomy Monday morning in early February, but to be honest all fishing related thoughts can go jump for the moment with what happened on...
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Do you adjust the strength and therefore diameter of your leader depending on...
This only applies if you do actually use a fluoro or mono leader on the end of your braid, but most lure anglers I come across do use one - so do you keep the same bit of leader on regardless of where...
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From an ethical point of view I despise seeing original lures being so...
Of course I understand why a lot of anglers want to buy lures as cheaply as possible, and these days it’s not exactly hard to go online or even into some tackle shops and buy direct anc cheaper copies...
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What do you wear under your waders? Nearly eight years now with the same...
I’m going to be honest here - perhaps one time a year at the very most and when I am in the swing of fishing a lot because of the seasons and conditions, I ease myself into that first (tight) layer I...
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HTO Nebula 9’6’’ (2.9m) 7-35g lure rod review - £149.99 UK price
I still haven’t come across a regular sort of casting weight 9’ lure rod in the £100-150 price bracket that I feel can live with the outstanding HTO Nebula 9’ (2.7m) 7-35g (review here), but from the...
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Should we be thinking about different kinds of waders for different...
As much as breathable waders aren’t exactly cheap and in an ideal world would last forever, I can’t live without them for my lure fishing. I know that they are designed for freshwater fly fishing and...
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Let’s take three 9’6’’ lure rods at £150, £200, and nearly £300 - is there...
If there is one thing I don’t really like to do or indeed feel qualified to do, it’s to try and compare lure fishing rods rather than simply review them, but of course I get asked about it a lot - what...
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What are the main “families” of soft plastics you use for your bass fishing?
I asked this question on Facebook the other day and I got some really interesting replies - rather than think just about what brands or models of soft plastics you use for your own bass fishing (if you...
View ArticleWell done Wales, lashings of humble pie being consumed
Damn, damn, damn, I really thought that was it - no more false dawns, no more shattered dreams, no more having to hark back to the glory days of November 2003 and a team full of grizzled leaders who...
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If you could design your perfect spinning reel for our lure fishing, what...
What do you want the most from your spinning reels? Do you want them to be as light as possible? Are you happy to give up a little bit of buttery smoothness in order to get a reel that’s more rugged...
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Could the Ned rig and variations on it have certain applications for bass...
In some ways I am ashamed at how little I know about freshwater lure fishing, but for many years now saltwater fishing has seriously been my thing and I guess we are what we are but that’s no excuse...
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