Trip #102 – A Hive of Activity…
Friday night, conditions could not have been more perfect. The weather had been warm, the tide was rising (High tide was at 23:54), and the wind was low and settled. I’d done a lot...
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How To Guide – Make your Own Line/Rig Holder
Another quick one from me today. Having come from Coarse fishing where everything is usually in box drawers, on winders or in trays, I’ve found that sea fishing involves (aside from a rigs bits...
How To Guide – Tip Eye Replacement
Just a short one from me today. During my last session fishing I noticed that when winding in there was a lot of movement in one of my rod’s tip eyes. On closer inspection...
Knot Tying – How To Guide – The Paternoster Knot
It’s been over a week now since I’ve been out on the beach. Keeping a fairly close eye on the fishing reports everything still seems to be a bit hit and miss. The occasional...
Trip #101 – Chesil Cove
I had been reading all week that Rays and Hounds were about and popping up all along Chesil, so knowing that I was going to hit the beach for a few hours on Friday...
Trip #100 – A Dog’s Tale…
After bringing some beachcasters and multipliers back from South Wales I’d decided to get out and give them a go. As I’d said previously, fishing in the day takes away from spending time with...
Trip #99 – Pootlin’ Around Portland
It’s been a long time since I’ve managed to get out on the bank or beach. So long that when we recently moved house my rod tubes and holdall’s had developed elaborate spider’s web...
Trip #98 – Catch it, Kill it, Eat it!
Trying to plan and execute a fishing trip regardless of length when you have very small child can be like trying to arrange a small military operation, FACT! So on the weekend when I...
Trip #97 – West Bay Wanderings
This is a quick blog I wrote in the summer, but for reasons described below I haven’t got round to posting! Enjoy! It’s been quite a while since I’ve managed to get out and...
Trip #96 – Easter Annualisation
In a working world of “week on week”, “year and year” and various other almost meaningless annualisation terminology I thought I would make my own annual observations. I had a few hours spare in...
Trip #95 – Last Day Dalliance
The day is fast approaching… The 15th of March, and being a borderline workaholic I wasn’t going to be able to get a week day off to get out and give the river a...
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