Weighty Matters – The Scales of Justice
A thread on the Fishing Magic forum has made reference to an article I wrote a little while ago so I thought it might help if I published it again. I can’t for the life of me lay my hands on the...
View ArticleIn search of Emeralds – Lee Swords
By way of a change, here’s a guest article by my good friend, top bloke, brilliant chef and ace angler, Lee Swords…. In search of Emeralds……Big fat slime covered green ones! By Big Swordsey...
View Article2009 – Mid July Blog
Some Like It Hot… Work on the next volume of Barbel Days And Ways continues apace and the schedule is becoming demanding. It’s also pretty punishing in the heat. Stu and I slipped down to the Welsh...
View ArticleIn Search Of Gold – Lee Swords
Fellow Don Valley Specimen Group member, Lee Swords entertains us with another epic tale as he and Mike Townsend head south to go-a-plundering stillwaters in search of specimen crucian carp … In...
View Article2012 – Mid May Blog
I was really looking forward to my first tench trip of the season but guess what? The lake is flooded, and when I say flooded I mean every single peg is under water. Grrrr… Oh well, I’ll try again next...
View Article2012 – Early December Blog
As promised, here’s the rapid fire follow-up to the late Movember blog. Afraid it’s another long one – over 6,000 words, but the pace is relentless and it’s jam packed with clips, links and features...
View Article2012 – Christmas Blog
Crikey, where’s the past year gone? Is it worth calling the police to report that someone’s stealing my time? I mean, a year used to seem so much longer than it does today. It’s like the pound in your...
View Article2014 – July Blog
Remember the Simple Minds song, ‘I promised you a miracle?‘ I look back and think promising to update the blog more often was along those lines. The thing is, when you’re enjoying your fishing there’s...
View ArticleReflections – 2013 – (Part 1)
The winter of 2013 was a pretty grim one for those who had to deliver the goods on so many fronts. To say the filming proved to be challenging was an understatement. Floods didn’t help one iota but at...
View ArticleReflections – 2014 – Part 2
Quite how Carol Kirkwood managed to contain her excitement as she announced the Environment Agency had issued more than one hundred flood warnings I’m unsure, but you couldn’t blame her. When weather...
View ArticleGreen Un Finals 2017
Being hospitalised and laid low with a series of persistent superbugs is no excuse for not updating everyone on the outcome of the 41st Green Un Club Match Angler Championships. Fortunately I still...
View ArticleOn This Day… a project is born
Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used To Be Back in November I was looking back through some old images, I’m sure you have a few, too, and it set me to thinking how everything is now instant, in the moment....
View ArticleOn This Day – February
I’m enjoying this series of challenges and once again I’ve managed to delve into the archives and come up with a post for each day of the month, hopefully things will begin to get easier as the year...
View ArticleA Tribute To Michael Townsend
Michael Townsend (1971-2019) What can I say about Mike Townsend other than he was a friend. A good friend. Not just to me but to a lot of people. One you didn’t have to fish with every week....
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