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Mark was right and I was wrong, but isn’t that a big part of what makes...
Ask my wife and she will tell you that I am very rarely wrong, or to put it another way, I very rarely (if ever) admit when I am wrong! Aren’t most blokes like that though? But with fishing I...
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How I get as much life as possible out of the killer but not exactly cheap...
Sometimes the best things do cost that bit more, and whilst there may well be loads of options to the OSP DoLive Stick, so far I haven’t come across a “twitchbait” style of soft plastic that I prefer....
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Fancy coming on a guided bass/lure fishing trip in Ireland this July?
If there is one thing I absolutely cannot wait to do this year, it’s to get back over to Kerry in SW Ireland and do some more of this co-guiding work I do with John Quinlan of the rather excellent...
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Guest blog post - Keith White - Learning to sew, part 3 of a needlefish series
In this section I’d like to look more at choices, the way too many choices hamper your fishing, the way that simple looking fishing might fly in the face of ‘knowledge’ and the reasons why we might do...
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I could cheerfully talk to Dave of Diver Dave’s wader repair all day long
I absolutely love talking to knowledgeable people who are also passionate about their subjects, and whilst to non-anglers the whole subject of waders and wader related issues may not be of any interest...
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Daiwa Morethan 12 (strand) Braid review - around £50 a spool. Ouch.
Let’s forget about the price for a second here and I’ll tell you what I think of Daiwa’s brand new 12 strand braid after a good amount of time fishing with it - this is one serious line that hasn’t...
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I’ve made a video about how I’m fishing with lures like the OSP DoLive Stick
There’s a high chance that what you see in this short video ain’t nothing remotely new to you, but I make no apologies for that - because in truth I remain convinced that a lot of anglers getting into...
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Over two years with the Major Craft Truzer 9’ 10-30g lure rod - so what do I...
I am lucky to get the chance to mess around with a bunch of different lures rods, and whilst there does seem to be an amazing array of good lure fishing gear out there these days, it’s only natural...
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Can there sometimes be so much bait around that it negatively affects your...
If like me you happily accept that we will never come close to knowing it all as regards nature and the fish we chase, do you still ask yourself a whole heap of questions and try to come up with a...
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Guest blog post - Keith White - Learning to sew, part 4 of a needlefish series
Thanks again to Keith for these guest blog posts, wow has this stuff got me thinking about things for 2017! I am off to France later today to spend some time with the Fiiish people so I’m not sure if I...
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A great report about what’s going on with the new bass regs and how they...
I’ve been waiting for these SOS guys to publish their “Sea Bass Fishery Update”, and I make no apologies for publishing it in full here on my blog - whilst I would implore you to take a close look here...
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Your mate catches a serious fish - do you celebrate his or her success, but...
It interests me how anglers react when their mates catch a really good fish, and I wonder how often that human trait known as jealousy rears its ugly face? Do you jump for unfettered joy when your mate...
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18g of French loveliness!
Yes, yes, yes! At last there is a jig head for the 120mm long Fiiish Black Minnow that sits between their 12g Shore Head and the 25g Offshore Head, and whilst it might seem a bit strange to be so damn...
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Our co-guided lure fishing trips in Ireland have already sold out, so we’re...
If you read my blog then you will know that along with my many lure fishing tackle issues, I have fallen head over heels for this co-guiding work I do with John Quinlan over in Kerry, Ireland. Sure, I...
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Interesting to see some Shimano Japan bass fishing tackle in the new Shimano...
Are the bigger UK tackle companies slowly but surely waking up to the increasing interest in lure fishing for bass in the UK and Ireland? I note with interest how there are now a few JDM (Japanese...
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How can a lure rod break after nearly two years of use?
Mark and I had a go yesterday morning, and whilst there were a serious number of birds feeding on what we presumed was a mass of bait very close to the shore (thanks Gary for the tip off!), it didn’t...
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Just how fragile are these modern lure rods, and should we be taking better...
This blog post is nothing to do with defending or damning certain lure rods, rather it’s something that has been bouncing around my head almost ever since I first started using what we might term...
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If you could start your fishing life all over again, would you do anything...
I don’t do regrets and life is for living, but from time to time I sit down and think about what I would do if I could go back in time and start my fishing life all over again, and what I might be...
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Does it wreck your head when you see a bass follow but then turn away from...
Talk about timing. I was at my desk a week or so ago, thinking about bass fishing and various ideas for blog posts, and something that has been gestating for a while in my head got me thinking about a...
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When you get your camera or phone out to take a fishing photo, how do you...
It always really interests me how we all “see” what is in front of us that little bit differently, and little in my mind illustrates this better than the photos we take - and because this blog is...
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