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Is it worth spending any more than £20 these days on a spool of braid for UK...
I have been fishing a bit lately with the rather lovely and not remotely cheap Daiwa Morethan 12 Braid, and whilst it seems to be a fantastic braid to lure fish with (so far), I am at a bit of a loss...
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An introduction to needlefish lures for bass fishing - Guest blog post by...
A profound thanks to the Jersey based angler Keith White for taking the time to write me this guest blog post, and if you have never heard of or let alone fished for bass with a needlefish (lure), then...
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Please consider entering this raffle to win these stunning handmade lures,...
I post a bit on the WSF forum, and a lad from there emailed me the other day to ask if I might consider trying to help out a bit with a raffle they are running to try and raise some more money to help...
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It’s such a buzz trying somewhere new and catching (or seeing) a decent bass
I blame lure fishing for bass at night! Without a doubt it’s changing how I am looking at the areas I fish, and whilst photographically it might kill me, this whole casting lures out in the dark and...
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Some questions, answers and observations about needlefish lures for bass...
I find it fascinating how the traffic to this blog spiked the other day when I put that guest blog post from Keith White up about using whole needlefish lures for bass thing. I referenced that blog...
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Your help is needed again please - Cornwall IFCA Netting in rivers byelaw
This blog post is a copy and paste from an email I received from BASS the other day, plus the same details can be found at the excellent Save Our Sea Bass website here. Sure, my asking you to send a...
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Am I sometimes fishing with a different product?
We are all different and we are all going to have different opinions about different items of fishing tackle when we go out fishing, but sometimes I read stuff say on Facebook or a fishing forum and I...
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Back out in Kerry, Ireland - sporadic blogging
500 miles door to door in my amazingly attractive car (?), got here at 10.30 last night after a good journey from south east Cornwall to south west Ireland, and it’s as special as ever to wake up in...
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A load more needlefish information - Guest blog post by Keith White
My thanks once more to Keith White over in Jersey for being so kind and forthcoming with the huge amount of knowledge he has accumulated on fishing these needlefish for our bass. Obviously I can’t...
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It’s such a profound buzz helping people catch a few fish
Our first group of four anglers are leaving today and then our second lot arrive, ready to start again early tomorrow morning - maybe John and I are lucky with this co-guiding thing we do, but the four...
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If I get to 70, I hope I can be as awesome as this bloke is
We had a lad called Dave Froy on our first week of co-guiding out in Ireland the other day - he was one of four anglers from various ages and walks of life, but never in a million years would I have...
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It’s uncanny how many times the Crazy Sandeel produces pollack when things...
It has happened too many times now for me to put it down as merely a fluke - you’re pollack fishing off the rocks, a few fish have either been caught or hooked and lost (typical pollack fishing!), and...
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Why on earth is chucking lures around at night for bass so damn exciting?
To be honest it makes little sense to me if I think about it logically, because the whole lure fishing thing appeals to me so much because it’s so wonderfully visual for my photography obsession, but...
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Can you imagine if these proposed EU bass conservation plans actually happen?
Hell, even if only some of the proposals make it to reality it’s got to be at least something to cheer about in the fight to get bass stocks back to a level that one might realistically term...
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Another rather stunning spinning reel needs to go back for a service, but is...
I’ll start this blog post off my saying that up until the other day, this Daiwa Ballistic EX 3000 Mag Sealed spinning reel that I have been using for a while now has behaved absolutely impeccably,...
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If Carlsberg did bass fishing trips, then this one must surely be it!
I’ll preface this blog post by saying that it revolves around two very good anglers, with one of them in particular having extensive knowledge of the Copper Coast area on the south coast of Ireland. I...
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Vision Kust waterproof jacket review - around £200
I have worn this Vision Kust waterproof jacket for a few months now, including through some of the heaviest and most persistent rain I can remember being out and about in. Now of course you’d expect...
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The OSP DoLive Stick - is there a better “twitchbait” style soft plastic lure...
They’re not cheap, they can be tricky to get hold of, and they smell, but for me they are the most perfect soft plastic lure that I have come across so far for fishing with a sort of...
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Major Craft Skyroad 9’ 7-23g lure rod review - presuming it’ll be under £200...
I’ve had a hankering for a slightly lighter lure fishing rod for a while now, and whilst I’ve messed around with a few over the years and really liked some of them, I don’t remember picking one up,...
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Caught my first bass on a needlefish lure the other day, fishing it the same...
The subject of sandeel profile lures that do little in the water when you wind them in are increasingly of interest to me these days (have a look here and here), but from my limited understanding of...
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