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Season Review 2025/26 - *Another season in the history books.* And another difficult season, but carp from the *Farm Pond*, a few barbel and some pike from new venues, including ...
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Canal Roach: Trapped in a Sisyphean Loop - Pt.2 - There are few things in life more suspicious than a “jobbers forced holiday.” It sounds, on paper, like an unexpected blessing like finding a tenner in a...
2 days ago -
The Lady of the Stream gets Jiggy and Monty Don's Gonads - Wehaaay! We have grayling spawning. No pictures available as yet but will persevere with idiot proof camera. I was showing another prospective rod and s...
6 days ago -
Yorkshire Bound! - This is a trip I have wanted to embark upon for over a month now but the rivers up there have been in the fields for months on and off, for me as a t...
1 week ago -
10/03/2026 - Last chance saloon - Well the February water situation report for the Midlands wasn't really a surprise, all river catchments receiving well above normal rainfall during the ...
2 weeks ago -
First Trip Of The Year - What a bloody awful winter. However, come the first of March, and I've seen Celendine on the riverbank, whilst the frogs and toads have spawned in my po...4 weeks ago
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February 2026 - First outing of the year for me. Tried Clousers and Microjigs for predators like Hybrid Striped Bass, White Bass, Crappies, Yellow Bass... not takers. ...
1 month ago -
Spring & 2/3rds of Summer - Not a lot to report since my last update in March. I didn't fish at all in the traditional closed season. Prolonged periods of warm, dry weather and pa...
7 months ago -
Crescono le nuove leve - Sono passati circa 14 anni da quando ho appeso le canne al chiodo, da quando è nato il mio primogenito. Ora la prole ha, appunto, 14 e 11 anni e posso di...
10 months ago -
It's Been A While. - It's been seven years come March since I last sat down and wrote on these pages, it wasn't that I didn't want to write anything, I was just out of the hab...
6 years ago -
Winter Chub Tactics by Harry Pardoe - When winter sets in and most species become harder to catch the good old Chub can become an Angler’s best friend. It doesn’t seem to matter how bad the wea...
6 years ago -
Winter Inter - Lude - Each Spring the Wild Trout Trust holds an auction of donated lots for its major, annual fund raiser. Lots vary from items of tackle, to entire fishing hol...
6 years ago -
The Pre and Post Christmas Rush - PRE-CHRISTMAS Sinking into the marsh, subsequent steps no deeper than before but each consistently sucked in by the peat-like soil, slowed the walk but...
6 years ago -
In DÉ KARPERWERELD - Dé Karperwereld 127 is uit met daarin het door mij geschreven artikel *Terugblik naar Franse avonturen*. In dit verhaal beschrijf ik hoe ik ondanks een e...
6 years ago -
Almost There! - Well it's that time of year again, when anticipation of the new brown trout season only a mere 24 hours away got the club members out onto the banks but no...
7 years ago -
Tales from the river Lot 2 - film - Afgelopen november vertrok ik weer naar Frankrijk voor een nieuw avontuur met Wouter op de boot. Het vervolg op het eerste deel van Tales from the river ...
7 years ago -
Taff Grayling and Trout - I'm not sure the advertising gurus at Starbucks had thought this one through!? It did amuse us though when we called in for a coffee on our way to South ...
7 years ago -
My Season of 2018 - *As the year draws to a close I'm reflecting on what has been another voyage of fishing discoveries combined with a good dose of familiar routines that hav...
7 years ago -
He's back! - Fishing again I thought I would regret shifting 850kg of decorative stone in a couple of hours on Friday afternoon, prior to my attending a charity fishin...7 years ago
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"Guiding" - Been helping good friends get on fish the last three trips. Took KayakKevin aka DrumJesus aka WhitewaterWhitley aka Kevin Whitley to one of my favorite tid...
7 years ago -
Despite the wind, April produced a variety of fish - Marshall Dinerman of Atlanta had a reason to smile after landing his first redfish in nearly six years. *A*pril continued where March left off ...
7 years ago -
Unfinished Business - Numbskulls - I have a great deal of never-published-material in the IQ archive. This article was probably worth putting your way at the time of writing. But I started, ...
8 years ago -
Looking Back and Looking Forward - Well its time for a round up of last year and it was eventful for the first 6 months of the year then it all sort of went down hill. I decided early on ...
8 years ago -
Två tunga och svårfiskade dagar på Vättern - En godkänd lax på 68cm 3 returer mellan 50-60cm ett gäng rödingar nån öring var allt för denna gång.
8 years ago -
I'm Back - The clanging of agricultural gates and rutted roadways. The dodging of the cow pat and nervously passing my bovine companions. Pigeons arguing among the...
8 years ago -
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A Suriname Adventure. - Each January for the past several years I have travelled to South America along with Joe Taylor and other likeminded anglers. Joe is the linchpin having ...
9 years ago -
December Predators - So December started with my now annual pairs lure match which I organise on the Trent and Mersey canal each year. This year it was kindly sponsored by ec...
9 years ago -
Long time no see... - Must apologise firstly for the lack of updates, most, if not all of my fishing write ups have gone towards my new book. It is now complete and should be pu...9 years ago
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Spring fishing - What can you possibly say about spring fishing? Wendy with an 18 lber from carpcon2 Big gravel bar fish Flycarpin getting it done at carpcon2 I got a few...9 years ago
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Spring fishin - Fishing is good. Weather is a fantastic. Fishing from the SF Bay beaches and rocks for Stripers has been soilid this Spring if you can time the tides area...
10 years ago -
A specialist anglers year, part one - Despite my best intentions to try and resurrect my writing at the start of last year it all went to pot I'm afraid. After taking over the new business we r...
10 years ago -
2016 Diary - The End - *Date:* Sunday 13th March 2016 *Venue:* River Tone, Somerset It might not be final day until tomorrow, but today was my last chance to cast a line on runni...
10 years ago -
Been a while! - It's been a while since my last post and no excuses I just haven't had the time, family and work commitments are keeping me away from the bank, I can jus...
10 years ago -
Autumn is coming... - As the fans of the fantasy writer George R. R. Martin are no doubt aware, Autumn is coming! Given the sorry state of Czech rivers this is welcome news, eve...
10 years ago -
Check it.. - I post a bit on face book these days and have a "This Angling Life" face book page. It's far easier to use than blogger especially on a mobile or tablet...
10 years ago -
Seriously!? - The bloggers challenge is working it's magic... More spare time, more opportunity for reconnecting with our glorious English countryside and the motivation...
10 years ago -
Still alive and kicking. Well - alive at least - As I look back over the past decade, i realize that I go through a metamorphosis of sorts every couple of years. I dive into something - fossilling, for e...
10 years ago -
Monster Pike and a Memorable Experience in Saskatchewan! - Last year I received a phone call about presenting seminars at a new trade show taking place in Saskatchewan in spring 2015, the Regina Outdoor Sports Show...
11 years ago -
Early morning double - My last session was again on the wonderful Wye, I arrived just before dawn with a plan of fishing as the first rays of light for the day were popping over ...
11 years ago -
Suspenders! - Now that the rivers are forbidden, we have to turn our attentions to lakes, pools and canals. There's a very small pool 5 minutes drive away which, despite...
11 years ago -
The Ups & Downs of Life and Angling - This week i managed a day off and a trip to a favourite river that was at a reasonable level. First cast and i got this nice mid-double then lost a smaller...
12 years ago -
The land that time forgot - You could be forgiven if you know nothing about Ashton-under-Lyne. I live just three miles from this quite large town and until a cruel illness rendered m...12 years ago
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Pulp Fly: Volume Three - Pulp Fly Volume Three is now available with a collection of stories from a diverse group of writers. *Read on. * Introduction by Michael Gracie Cover art ...
12 years ago -
Late Afternoon Troll - We had a few hours to kill late in the afternoon and decided we needed to go for a fish. It was rough as guts and we only got one Spanish Mackerel, but we ...
12 years ago -
Chilly Chubbing in January - Over the last month I have been predominantly focusing on the Warwickshire Avon around my local area. To say that the weather has effected this has been a...
13 years ago -
Roaming Free - Mexican Adventures - 2012 - Show Me How To Live - Audioslave http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekEQ1v6SUtg Here Comes The Sun - George Harrison http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXDHlFrM16...
13 years ago -
Now where was I ???? - Probably fishing I expect ...... Well I have finally found time to tidy up the last couple of weeks and bring my blog up to date at last. Firstly the closi...
14 years ago -
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