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13 th September 2016
Peter Swan Memorial Match - Fishing In Memory Of Dad
This weekend my brother Dave and I were invited to fish the annual R.A.F Old Lags match, which the organisers had kindly dedicated to the memory of our late father who sadly passed away earlier this year.The particular stretch of the river Trent that
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12 th September 2016
Ladies World Championships – Jeannette Halliday
This year the Ladies World Championships were held on the River Guadiana, Merida, in the southwest of Spain. As a bank runner, I chose to accompany Dave Brooks and Jason Kirk in the van that takes the ladies kit to the venue so I left my house at
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12 th September 2016
Chinook III Charter Fishing Report – September
The last fortnight has seen settled weather and this has allowed the charter boats to get out and give their anglers some excellent sport.The bigger Smoothounds are hanging around much longer than normal due to the warm water, the fish that spend all
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23 rd August 2016
Chinook III Charter Fishing Report – August
The fishing over the last fortnight has improved with the start of the autumn influx of thornbacks.There have been good numbers of Smooth Hounds showing, these bigger female hounds are coming off the shallow water and are on their way out of the
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15 th August 2016
Barbel In The Blood - Oliver Harper
Having been introduced into angling at a very young age, I've often found myself trying to understand many childhood memories and angling situations that I’ve witnessed. Most of these vague memories from years ago stem from my father's captures and
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12 th August 2016
Summer Scratching - Michael Stewart
It’s been a couple of months since I last reported in, so I thought I’d give you an update on how my fishing has been since my last post.The back end of May and most of June turned out to be a poor month for me with a tench, a loss, and a 19lb
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11 th August 2016
Return to the River Wye – Richard Howland
On Saturday at 5am Pete parked outside my house, ready to load all my barbel fishing gear in the van. It was the start of a week that we had been waiting for all year: our annual trip to the wonderful Ingestone Fishery, in Foy, Ross on Wye. If you
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10 th August 2016
Fishing With Friends - Ade Kiddell
It’s always good to fish with friends and this week has been very good as ex-work colleague and good friend Hayden Cook joined us in France for a few days. Hayden is a good all round angler but loves his carp fishing, so we planned a bit of barbel
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04 th August 2016
Chinook III Charter Fishing Report – July II
The last fortnight has seen settled weather and this has allowed the charter boats to get offshore where they have had some fantastic sport.There have been some excellent catches of everyone’s favourite fish the Smooth Hound, these hard fighting
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29 th July 2016
Trot On & Alliance Charter Fishing Report – July
Trot On and Alliance: Whitby Summer Festival ReportLike the rest of the country, we’ve enjoyed some of the sweltering weather over the past few weeks and it’s made a nice change to be out on Alliance and Trot On with the sun on our backs rather
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