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Happy Xmas 2021
I would like to say a big thank you to each and every one of you for reading this blog that I so love writing, and also for engaging with me via the comments section or on my Facebook page. In many...
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A very Happy New Year, dare we dream that we are not in a similar position...
Happy New Year and I hope you all had a really good Christmas wherever you are and whatever you do. After spending Christmas on our own last year because we don’t have any family nearby and couldn’t do...
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Some interesting pre-Xmas bass fishing
It fascinates me that only a relatively few degrees in change of wind direction around here can make the difference between stunning, bouncy and green sea conditions as opposed to bouncy but coloured...
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So how are you going to shake things up a bit with your fishing this year?
I don’t do New Year resolutions as such, but when those winter storms come in and the coastline goes to poo, my brain tends to start thinking about the fishing last year and the fishing that might...
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My first bass of the year, no records were broken, but that one single fish...
I understand why most anglers are into size and length and numbers, but with bass fishing and the fish’s relative size and fighting abilities I just can’t be in the same boat. Of course I love trying...
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I’ve put a fishing photography video together, really enjoyed doing it, is it...
I have been utterly consumed with trying to make fishing look as good as possible via the medium of photography for many years now, and from time to time I have been asked to do a sort of fishing...
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Sea conditions at night - how come clean waves can fish so differently to chop?
Depending on where you live and/or do most of your fishing, this morning’s blog post may or may not be of interest to you, but it’s something which continues to fry my brain on a regular basis because...
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Do you find it strange when you don't know where the sea is and what...
I never grew up near the sea but I have strong memories of many very happy holidays on the north coast of Cornwall and a growing feeling that I was going to have to live very close to the sea when I...
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True story - when a bit of “Pro” bramble saved the day
Okay, so it’s a slight exaggeration to say that a little bit of bramble saved the day because John and I always carry a bunch of different lures when we are doing our co-guiding thing over in Kerry -...
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How on earth do you go about trying to creatively film your own fishing AND...
This might sound like a bit of a dichotomy considering I used to present some fishing TV programmes on some obscure Discovery channels that were forever changing their name and their “direction”, but...
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Pretty sure Monday night’s fish was the latest that I’ve landed a bass in a...
Yes, I know it’s now 2022 and the last bass season as such started way back in 2021 (even though it was a late start around here), but down here I consider the bass season as going into January at...
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A few months now with the new £140 Savage Gear SGS8 4000 spinning reel -...
As I said in a blog post back in October last year, I am nothing to do with the development of this new Savage Gear SGS8 4000 spinning reel, but because of my working with the company I was able to get...
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Some more successful end of January bass fishing - just how different is...
Friday night into Saturday down here saw just about the first bit of meaningful life out on the open coast for a while, so whilst the end of January would never be considered an optimal or even hugely...
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The fishing gods decided that this year’s first attempt at a February bass...
I don’t do any form of religion but you might and isn’t it great that we are all a bit different. What I do do though is fishing gods, or rather it’s my firm belief that if you go fishing enough then...
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I think it’s so exciting to “see” a location in a bit of a different way to...
It happened to me right at the end of 2020 with one single decent bass that I caught from an area of coastline which I reckon I know okay, but that one bass changed the way I looked at this area...
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Yesterday I caught my first ever bass on a lure in the UK in February - can I...
On Monday some stuff arrived from Savage Gear which I needed to get some photos of and also start playing around with, but instead of taking the dog for a walk and setting some shots up, I decided to...
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Shimano Lunamis S86ML 8’6’’ 6-25g (Jig Max 32g) lure rod review - £335 here...
If I wasn’t getting the most amazing opportunity to help design and make the lure rods that I want to use for my bass lure fishing with Savage Gear then without a doubt my lure rod brand of choice...
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If you do actually read my fishing tackle reviews then please bear this in...
I happen to believe that black metal in all its various guises is the greatest art form of the modern age, but there is every chance you like different music - and that’s okay (but you don’t know what...
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So why on earth did I go fishing on Monday when there had to have been at...
Last Sunday I took my youngest girl to a cross country race down in deepest, darkest Redruth and the weather was vile, but she thrives in running conditions like that and she had a blast. Even if I...
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A bunch of new bass fishing lures hitting the shops, please stay safe out there
For all that we obsess about the weather in this country, the forecasters seem to be united on this potentially being the worst storm for three decades. I woke up at 4.30am and out the back of the...
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