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The River Arrow - Chub Lovers and Chronosynchronicity
Poaching is always a problem. It can take many forms, from the harmless attempt of a child to hook a trout on a worm and a bent pin to murderous high-seas netting that may destroy a complete river...
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Small Brook Fishing Pt.27 - Fiends and Fiddle-faddle
In fishing small running waters there is no room for the man who wants to perch himself on his basket for hours on end. It is mostly a moving pastime and one which calls for more versatility, combined...
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Warwickshire Avon - The Untrodden Pt.21
A dawn roving session, two missed bites in the same swim where on the second missed bite, the hook comes back with a rather large scale. Damn It !!!Still the sun came out and stayed out, and despite...
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Warwickshire Avon - Voyeurs and Volumenometers
It may seem I fish a lot looking at this blog, but the reality is my sessions are often short ie 2-4 hours, with 5 hours at a push. Little and often works for me because to be honest I struggle to sit...
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Warwickshire Avon - The Untrodden Pt.22
Back in 2021 I had I had a suspicious looking lesion in the middle of my left cheek checked out because it had changed colour and also was starting to grow. After a referral from an online GP via video...
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Warwickshire Avon - The Untrodden Pt.23
Well it looks like Barbara was finally revealed to the world, you see Sean caught a 13lb 10oz barbel from a swim up from where I saw the fish. All that effort I put in, it just goes to show, the right...
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Warwickshire Avon - Killzones and Kickshaws
The weather really has been glorious of late, spring has definitely sprung and I can already feel my mood changing for the better. The fishing though of late to be honest hasn't been particularly...
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River Wye - Gravestones and Grithbreachs
Ever forgot something, and you realise when you've arrived bankside ? there is a good reason why I have a range of items either in my bag or actually in my car, because it seems to be a regular...
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Warwickshire Avon - The Untrodden Pt.24
With the new (and now spare) landing net in its rightful place I can relax for future sessions if I ever left it behind again, oddly it jogged my memory, you see 10 years ago 👀 I devised the Gluttonous...
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Warwickshire Avon - The Untrodden Pt.25
Now fishermen are notorious for losing things. Every year thousands of baitdroppers, fly boxes, rods and reels are left on riverbanks and lakesides. Fishermen who wade regularly are prone to drop...
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Transient Towpath Trudging - Pt.120 (Canal Zander)
The Wife an avid F1 fan had set the alarm for 3.55am to watch the Melbourne Grand Prix, and to be honest it wasn't a bad race as we chilled in bed. Mainly because some rain meant there were cars going...
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Warwickshire Trout - River Alne Pt.12
The draw to the cut is wavering I must admit, to be honest fishing the canals and rivers cannot be talked about in the same sentence for me. Canals are 'means to an end', yes I said it, but you have to...
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Transient Towpath Trudging - Pt.121 (Canal Zander)
A lot of people think that dreams are boring and not worth discussing. But it has now been scientifically proved that they are incredibly important really and not boring at all because they reveal our...
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Transient Towpath Trudging - Pt.122 (Ruffe, Pike and Bream)
I'm almost having to force myself to go out at the moment as since the rivers have closed I haven't really had the urge to go fishing really. It's the fact that I want to keep up my >10,000 steps a...
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Warwickshire Trout - River Alne Pt.13
Well that urge to go fishing isn't really improving I must admit, not unusual during the close season admittedly but with the weather rather nice, I really needed a kick up the backside. Now the work...
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Transient Towpath Trudging - Pt.123 (Canal Zander)
Fishing is supposed to be relaxing, supposed to be an aid to peace of mind and long life. But I'm beginning to wonder.There was this doddery old chap I met on the bank. Shaking in every limb, he was,...
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“Carp Diem” – A Day at Shrewley Pools
It was the kind of morning that made you believe anything was possible—sun shining, birds chirping, and Sam forgetting his sandwiches again. Mick, ever the optimist (and secretly delighted Sam would...
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Severn Trent Water - We Bring Poo To You
Anyone else on the countdown to the River Season ? 😑Thankfully ChatGPT keeping me entertained !!Now if you didn't know in 2022, Severn Trent Water was responsible for 14.9% of the more than 300,000...
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Transient Towpath Trudging - Pt.124 (Canal Zander and Bread Munchers)
Fill your boots fellow anglers, you see the South Stratford at Wilmcote has a navigation closure due to the gates at lock 40 where the bottom gate has suffered a loss of support from its anchor and a...
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Transient Towpath Trudging - Pt.125 (Canal Zander, Bread Munchers and Captain...
Another fantastic lunch at Stratford-Upon-Avon's Beleza Rodizio, meat, meat and more meat, Brazilian rodizio-style. Now Brazilian rodízio-style is a type of all-you-can-eat dining experience,...
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Transient Towpath Trudging - Pt.126 (Operation Zandstorm)
It all started in the 1950s, when a few very posh men in tweed hats decided that British fish just weren't exotic enough. “Perch are lovely,” they said, “but wouldn’t it be splendid if we had a fish...
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Transient Towpath Trudging - Pt.127 (Zedlets & K2-18b)
I took Ben to Mcdonalds the other day and there was a table of kids 10 strong all on their phones swiping and fixated on their phones, hardly saying a word to to each other, conversation is oldschool...
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Transient Towpath Trudging - Pt.128 (Bream & Zander)
I headed out to the Grand Union Canal, chasing that ever-elusive perfect session. The plan was simple: float fishing for bream with a bit of bread and groundbait, followed by a go at some zander...
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Transient Towpath Trudging - Pt.129 (Bread Munchers & Magnet Fishing)
Now it all started with a very optimistic plan: Sam and I would rise early, hit the canal marina at the crack of dawn, and gently pluck bream and hybrids from the water like serene, fish-whispering Zen...
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Transient Towpath Trudging - Pt.130 (Canal Zander)
It began, as many great stories do, with a casual wander into a second-hand bookshop, the kind with creaky floorboards, a faint smell of must, and shelves stacked just chaotically enough to suggest...
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