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A link worth clicking

I wanted to make a post highlighting this great carp fishing blog. It belongs to Jake Langley-Hobbs, who is working his way round Europe in search of big carp on the trip of a lifetime. This is surely every carper’s dream, and Jake describes it, warts and all, on the site. Set aside a couple […]

Remember the barrage?

Anyone who read my series of blogs from the summer of 2008 might be interested to see the photos below. One of the bittersweet things about fishing in France is that once in a while you’ll turn up to a lake you love only to find it completely empty!
The French authorities like to keep […]

Updated blogroll

I’ve just been through all the links on the left hand side and updated the blogroll. I have removed any obviously dead blogs, left a few neglected ones (out of sympathy!) in case they spring back to life and added a few new ones.
If you have your own fishing blog leave a comment below and […]

New(ish) article added!

It’s been a long time since a wet a line but I came across this article today and decided to post it up for you. It was originally written with publication in mind but has since ended up lost and neglected in ‘My Documents’. Let me know what you think via the comments on this […]

News clipping

The following is a clipping of my article which appeared in the Arts and Leisure supplement of the Wales Observer - a weekly paper produced by my classmates and I. Nice to be able to write about fishing again.
While the majority of the country are sleeping in their homes, a small but significant minority are […]

Hiatus

As of the 19th of this month I will be hanging up my rods and returning to the UK indefinitely. For the next 12 months I will be studying in Cardiff for a Master’s degree in Journalism. After that, I’m not sure, but for the time being my fishing rods will remain in France, and […]

48 Hours at Etang Baudy

The fishing at the barrage has been dire lately, and I felt my angling was well and truly in a rut as a result fishing the same peg in the same way for days and weeks on end. Add to this the sweltering summer weather and my impending return to the UK in September, I […]

Extremes

Following three blanks, I was determined to reverse my fortunes and get back to catching and getting regular runs. Much of my recent baiting had been with boilies, partly due to the convenience of always having them in the car, and partly because I wanted to avoid a lot of the smaller species in the […]

A lull in form

Over the last 10 days fishing at the barrage I have more blank sessions than ones with fish. Indeed, my last 3 evenings there have been devoid of any carpy action at all. However, before I get ahead of myself, there are two more fish to report. Following a trip to bait the spot with […]

Under pressure

High pressure, to be exact. Summer has well and truly landed in this part of the Dordogne, and whilst it great to have clear, hot sunny days, it’s not helping the fishing. However, that’s not to say it’s been a totally barren week.