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I couldn’t have fished nearly so much of somewhere like Saturday’s fishing...
I fully intended to watch what was by all accounts an incredible womens’ rugby World Cup final on Saturday morning, but try as I might I couldn’t resist going fishing to where I have been catching a...
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My Bestard SAR Pro Water rescue boots look like they are coming to the end of...
You need to know that I am an absolute nightmare on shoes and boots. I can almost guarantee you that you will get double the time out of anything shoe or boot related when compared to me. Back in my...
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Major Craft Crosride 5G XR5-942ML/LSJ 9’4’’ 15-40g lure rod review - £260...
Knowing how deliberate and inventive the Japanese fishing tackle industry tends to be with design and implementation, I am going to assume here that everything about this new Major Craft Crosride 5G...
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This much I know about line levels and line lays on Penn and Shimano spinning...
I love a lovely smooth Shimano spinning reel as much as many other anglers do (I know very little about Daiwa reels these days, but I am sure they are just as nice), but I also love fishing with the...
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How does a local fishing grapevine work, and what if there isn’t one?
I would imagine that in these times of social media and everybody having at least some kind of way to shoot photos or video literally in their pocket, very few good fish captures which are put out...
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15% off everything at Veals Mail Order today (be strong and resist like me?!)
I’m on the mailing list for Veals Mail Order and an email came through early yesterday evening to say that for today only - Black Friday - there is 15% off everything on their rather extensive website....
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November 22nd 2003 was the best day of my life. My wedding day was outstanding and the births of my two girls were pretty cool as well, but when England won the rugby World Cup on Nov 22nd 2003? The...
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Book review - Destination Angler III by Dave Lewis (the perfect time of year...
I don’t know about you but I’ve just about had enough of winter already and it’s not even Christmas yet! If you are in a similar boat to me then I would implore you to grab a copy of Dave Lewis’s...
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I reckon that was the dirtiest water I’ve caught bass in
I so love this time of year for bass fishing around here, but as with any saltwater fishing it does of course depend on the conditions we are dealt as we move through autumn and into winter. We can’t...
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Berkeley Sick X8 braid review - under £20 for a 150m spool
I really like thinking about and writing fishing tackle reviews on here, but braid is a tough one. Are there actually any bad braids around these days, why should a particular braid cost much more or...
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Gear of the Year 2022
A part of me wanted to forget all about my annual Gear of the Year blog post because of the state of the world and how I sometimes feel when I talk about some items of fishing tackle which sometimes...
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Why this thing about full reels for maximum distance? How about learning to...
When I used to fish mostly with multiplier reels (known as conventional reels in the US), I would basically never get birds’ nests as those horrible blow ups are often called, and it wasn’t remotely...
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Non-fishing (mostly) Stuff of the Year 2022
In non-fishing terms 2022 is going to stick long in my memory for various reasons, chief among them being that my dad died of cancer earlier this year and I miss him like crazy. Grief is a weird thing...
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If you do keep an eye on your hooks and sharpen them regularly, do you...
Back in September I wrote a blog post about my growing obsession with checking on the sharpness of my treble and single hooks. Nobody should be doing any kind of fishing with blunt hooks, but it wasn’t...
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I defy you to watch this new Ultimate Fishing video and not get a bit of...
This blog post is not going to make much sense unless you stop right now and watch the new video below which is from Ultimate Fishing over in France. If you do but you don’t speak French, make sure to...
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Major Craft Tidrift 8’6’’ 862L/ML 5-30g, 9’6’’ 962ML 7-35g, and 9’6’’ 962M...
I can’t recall getting the opportunity to fish with and review three lure rods from the same range at the same time that I haven’t been involved in, but thanks to the lovely people at Tacklewave UK -...
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Happy Christmas 2022
Another year nearly done and dusted and on Sunday it’s Christmas Day. Can you believe we are here already? I sincerely hope you are all doing okay and are getting some proper time off work over the...
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Happy New Year, an epic first fishing session of 2023 - in terms of the light...
A very Happy New Year to each and every one of you kind souls who take the time to read this blog, interact with me, and from time to time choose to buy some of your fishing tackle via my affiliate...
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Penn Conflict Elite 9' 7-38g lure rod review - £300+ in the UK (first review...
Up until relatively recently I had absolutely no idea that Penn Europe had a bunch of lure rods in their lineup which were designed primarily for lure fishing for species like bass and so on. So when I...
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Away for a week, don’t think I will be able to blog, see you when I get back
For somebody who used to spend at least three to four months a year out of the UK on various fishing related jobs all around the world, the fact that I haven’t flown anywhere since before the pandemic...
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