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Most of the lures I carry with me work really well on a simple...
I was having an online video call with somebody the other day, and in between him showing me some quite disgraceful looking samples and concepts and so on, we got onto the subject of different (sea)...
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I am convinced that less is more when it comes to lure actions, but I still...
It seems like a lifetime ago now, but when I was out doing some co-guiding work in Kerry I guess the summer before last, I had a few sample Sandeel Pencil 125 lures with me which weren’t yet on the...
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Let’s talk about…….waders (new blog series?)
My sleep patterns are all over the place at the moment. I woke up at 4am on Saturday morning thinking about a blog review I wanted to write about a particular pair of breathable chest waders that I...
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I’ve put a new “how to fish a specific lure” video up on YouTube
I am not at all sure where I am going with this YouTube stuff because there are all manner of different issues that I have yet to work out in my head, but it’s interesting to have a bit of a play with...
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Vision Koski breathable chest waders review - around £250 here in the UK
I don’t need to tell you all about the ins and outs of breathable chest waders (BCWs) because I went through all that the other day - see here. We are talking about an item of fishing tackle here which...
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Come on then, how are you all doing?
Yesterday I turned 48, and whilst I don’t feel remotely mature enough to be far nearer to 50 than 40, the unavoidable fact is that we get older and there ain’t no point worrying about it. I did have an...
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Let’s talk about…………..spinning reel sizes and how confusing they are, or is...
I recently got hold of a very smooth and very lightweight Shimano Vanford C5000XG spinning reel for a bit of a thrashing. I already have the Vanford 4000XG here, and as I said in a blog post here from...
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We so badly need to have stuff to look forward to - is anybody here feeling...
I haven’t given up and if I get anything like the right sort of conditions I’m going to be out there giving it a go for a February or indeed March bass on lures, but is anybody here feeling literally...
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Where does the whole big fish are more worthy than regular fish thing come...
If there is one thing that makes me feel sad about fishing and the people who are coming into the sport or discovering a specific facet of the sport - lure fishing for bass, carp fishing, river barbel...
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Let’s talk about……wading boots, or what boots to wear with your BCWs
If the whole breathable chest wader thing (BCW) is an issue for you, then please have a read of a recent blog post of mine here, because this is exactly where I am at with BCWs. I can’t do without them...
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Hi there, my name is Henry and I am addicted to lure fishing rods. I think I...
I’ve been into fishing since my grandmother bought me a Woolworths starter kit for my 7th birthday and the next summer she took me trout fishing up in Scotland. Like many of you I am sure, I have very...
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A fascinating article about targeting fish in murky water (big thanks to...
If there is one thing I feel uncomfortable about with my own lure fishing for bass, it’s dirty water, indeed I will do all I can to find clean water if where I had planned to fish doesn’t look that...
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I don’t obsess about “big bass” only, but it’s very cool to hear about...
One of the things about the world of fishing which has always drawn me in is the simple fact that the majority of anglers are good people. For sure there are some idiots out there who are obviously...
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Let’s talk about……….what to wear underneath your waders (yes, it’s men in...
There is no reason why you should know what I look like, but for the purposes of this blog post I am 6’ tall, my youngest girl who is an obsessed cross country runner keeps telling me that I have got a...
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A video review/initial impressions of the Shimano Vanford C5000XG spinning reel
I thought I’d try something a bit different which I’ve been wanting to try for a while, so with the arrival of this stunning Shimano Vanford C5000XG spinning reel a while back, now was the time. If you...
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I’m going to put three rather different pairs of wading boots through the...
The other day I wrote a blog post about wading boots and how I see them in terms of the fishing I do so much of, and by hook or by crook I have now got three different pairs of boots here that I am...
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Any of you here going to be doing more estuary fishing for bass this year?
If I had known how fascinating it was to chase mainly the one species of fish I’d have started obsessing about bass fishing a lot earlier in my fishing life. I was having a look through my bass grip...
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Prepare to be very excited - I have made a video about how I carry and access...
This is my ongoing quest to learn more about how to make and edit YouTube videos where I am obviously filming myself and not being filmed by a crew like back in the day when I used to present some very...
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Marc Cowling of South Devon Bass Guide has just published a new bass fishing...
A lot of anglers out there know and seem to know an awful lot about bass fishing, but how many anglers fish and guide and think and analyse AND then take a hell of a lot of time and energy to actually...
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Let’s talk about……….soft plastics and how many of us couldn’t imagine going...
Two remarkably simple words which when combined describe so many different types of lures that in some respects it’s doing such versatility a bit of a disservice - and that’s the key to me here....
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