Showing posts with label Dead Bait. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dead Bait. Show all posts
Monday, 16 March 2026

The Final Count Down

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 Despite there been very few days left of the river season and the rivers at a reasonable height I didn't fancy battling the very muddy ...
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Monday, 23 February 2026

Inverts and Jack

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 I spent the morning invertebrate sampling for the River Monitoring Initiative . Along with quite a few sticklebacks and bullheads the usual...
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Tuesday, 17 February 2026

Three Day Bender - Day 3

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 Sunday I arrived first light at another stillwater. Nobody else about until I started setting up, when another angler arrived and headed ro...

Three Day Bender - Day 2

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 Saturday I was at another lake at daybreak. One man and his tent was in one corner carping. I setup in another corner with the same rigs as...
Monday, 16 February 2026

Three Day Bender - Day 1

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 After a bit of a lay-off from fishing do to the appalling weather and not knowing if the rivers were going up or down I was ready to get ba...
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Sunday, 4 January 2026

Faster Warmer Poodle

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 Another trip out to the Vale of Mowbray again in rather chilly conditions, along with a nasty cold breeze. I'm sure there are more sens...
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Thursday, 1 January 2026

First Fish of the Year

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 Some people fling themselves into the icy North Sea for fun on New Year's Day. I decided on something more daring. I ventured to the Va...
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Friday, 15 March 2024

Final River Pike Session

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 With the rain in the Dales there was a distinct possibility that the rivers fed from there were not going to be fit to fish on Thursday the...
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Tuesday, 12 March 2024

Penultimate River Pike Session

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My pike season on the rivers, like many other up here, hasn't been great at all. The constant floods have made life awkward with some es...
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Friday, 8 March 2024

Earp Pike

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Thursday I set off to a section of river renowned for it's humongous pike, that nobody ever captures. The rumours have been around years...
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