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I’m out in the US
My apologies for the sporadic blogging, but I flew to Boston on Friday morning and I am now here in Cape Cod doing some striped bass related stuff with Fiiish’s lure designer. We were out on the boat...
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It never ceases to fry my brain when you see so many fish around
To watch striped bass flooding into the Cape Cod Canal and busting on bait, with anglers lined up chucking lures at them, and all the talk of an incredible start to their season, well on the one hand...
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APIA Foojin'AD Flow Hunt 810ML 8'10'' 7-32g lure rod review - not cheap…...
It’s not remotely scientific and it’s only what I happen to think, but thanks to this particular rod I have finally worked out in my head why (to me) some of the considerably more expensive lure rods...
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An interesting way to cast big lures on light braids without breaking your line
Whilst seeing and sometimes catching different fish around the world is of course the most ridiculous thrill that never diminishes, as ever for me it’s the anglers I meet and get to spend time with...
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I know the FG knot is an incredible connection between braid and leader, but...
We are anglers and we all do things slightly differently - I understand that. There are so many ways to skin the proverbial cat with fishing and its many techniques and methods, but one thing I will...
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Off to Ireland to do a couple of weeks of co-guiding work today - Kerry...
By the time you read this blog post I will be on my way to my favourite country on this glorious earth to do a couple of weeks of co-guiding work with John Quinlan of the rather awesome Thatch Cottage...
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Tailwalk Saltyshape Dash Seabass 90ML 9’ 7-28g lure rod - £179.99 UK price...
You many not need or want a 9’ lure rod rated to fish lures from 7-28g, but if you have any inkling for a rod like this then I implore you to either find a way of checking out the quite incredible...
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Helping your clients catch bass like this is the best job in the world
When it fires out here in Kerry it’s quite something, and especially when you are fishing literally miles of the most perfect bass ground you could imagine yet John has never seen another angler there...
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Do you use a leader that is longer than the longest bass you could ever hope...
Have you ever been playing a decent bass and your leader parts for no good reason you can think of? There’s no reason for the actual leader knot to break if you use a proper modern knot to join braid...
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Is it sod’s law that what might well have been the biggest bass of this...
OK, so it’s always the biggest fish that isn’t actually caught, but both John and I watched open-mouthed as this donkey of a bass bow-waved behind one of our client’s surface lures and then smashed...
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The OSP DoLive Stick - what the hell is it about this lure that makes it so...
I am sure there are other soft plastics like the OSP DoLive Stick out there that cast and fish as well for our bass, but if indeed there are then I haven’t found them yet. I got back from Ireland in...
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Is there a reason why we measure bass to the tip of their tail and not the...
I have never actually measured any of the bass I have caught (although a few have been measured by other anglers), but it interests me how more and more lure anglers seem to be doing so - which if done...
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If you’ve ever had a problem with the FG knot, then these might be the two...
I make no apologies for another blog post based on the FG knot, not when it’s the best connection from braid to leader that we can use, and not when you’ve got clients snagging the odd lure in the...
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Sufix Super 21 FC fluorocarbon review (150m spools for £9.99) - why spend any...
I was rooting through the Sufix European catalogue the other day and came across what they refer to as a “castable fluorocarbon line” in this Super 21 FC stuff, and straight away I am wondering why on...
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It niggles me when you don’t get a spare spool included with a spinning reel,...
So when did you last have such a bad blow up with your braid that either you had to change spools over, or else if you weren’t carrying a spare spool you couldn’t actually carry on fishing? Granted,...
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How’s your local bass fishing been? Strange year so far?
Whilst there is of course no denying that bass stocks are under huge pressure from many different angles, I refuse to believe that what has been a very up and down season so far around here is purely...
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Favorite Skyline SKY-862M 8’6’’ 6-21g lure rod review - £279.99 UK price
If you on the lookout for a lighter lure rod to use for bass fishing - and no doubt other lure fishing as well - then I would strongly recommend that you take a long look at this amazing new Favorite...
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It always amazes me how many people or indeed anglers don’t ask questions,...
If there is one thing my wife and I try to instill into our two girls - apart from having good manners of course - it’s to ask if they don’t know. What’s the point of bumbling through life but not...
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Obviously I don’t need it, but that’s missing the point - I want it, which is...
Needing something is one thing, but wanting something is completely different, and for all the shiny fishing tackle I either own or that passes through my hands and ends up as a review on here, there...
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Sufix 832 8-strand braid review - under £20 for a 120m spool here in the UK...
I make no apologies for reviewing the extraordinary Sufix 832 braid for a second time, indeed I thought a second review nearly four years after I did the first one might be of interest to those of you...
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