pr in gi sh ere! Th el on g- awai te ds ea so n, brea th in g lifeb ac ki ntothe na tu re arou nd us an da ttim es ,i nto ou rs el ve s. Th ef ir st ta steo fs un ny da ys ca nh av ea va st im prov em en to ny ou rw el lb ei ng ,y ou rm ood ,y ou r ou tl ook ,a nd on yo ur fi sh in g. Th ec ar pa re su pe r- ca tc ha bl ea nd ne ve rh as th ereb een ab et te rtim etoget ou t; if yo uf in dy ou rs el f as on eo fthe fa ir -w ea th er an gl er stha ta re tr yi ng to fi nd th ekey s to yo ur sh ed s, or likem ey ou have br av ed it ou ta ll wi nter lo ng , th eo dd sa re in al lo fo ur favo ur sa nd if th em ag th is mo nthc an’t in sp irey ou to ge to ut th en Id on’t kn ow wh at wi ll! Fo rget atri p to Pr im ar kw iththe othe rh al fthi sw eeken d, te ll he ri t’sb ig -c ar p se as on an di tw ill have to wa it –h ah a! Bl am em ei fy ou ne ed to , th ro wm eu nd er th eb us as it we re ,b ec au se Iwan ty ou to have th eb es ts pr in gp os si bl e. Af te rthe ne ws th is mo nththa ta fr ie nd of mi ne ,a fr ie nd of th em ag ,a nd af ri en do fe ve ry on ew ho kn ew hi m, Ji mmyW ils on un fo rtun atel ya nd un ex pe cted ly pa ss ed away at no agetod o, so my me ss agei stos ei ze th ec ha nc es ,the da ya nd al lthe re st of it .O ve rtim ec an wa it ,l iv ey ou rl ifetothe fu lle st an d do n’ tgoi nton ex tw in te rthi nk in g“ Is ho ul dh av e… ”.
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110 CO PY AN DPAS TE
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72 JU LE S’ MO NT HLYM US IN GS
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32 TO UR DE DAYT IC KE T Ia nR us se ll an dJ akeA dd is on ki ck of fa ne ws er ie sd ow ni nE ss ex !
62 Q& A
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68 TA LK IN GP OI NT
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38 STAR TI NG FR OM SC RATC H Sc ot tL lo yd is he re wi th al lt he an sw er sa nd he ap so fa dv ic eo nt he be st pr ac ti ce so fh it ti ng th eg ro un d ru nn in g!
45 IN SE SS IO N Fr eez in gt em pe ra tu re s, fr oz en la ke s, fi sh in gc on di ti on sd on ’g et mu ch to ug he rt ha nt hi s. Bu tc an Ge or ge Tr ea dw el lm an ag ea bi te do wn at th e Go Ca tc hv en ue ,B la sf or dh ill?
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110 CO PY AN DPAS TE Ba it wo rk sM an ag er,M ikeH ol ly sh ed s lig ht on af or go tt en bu te ff ec ti ve me th od –p as te .N ot ar ig or ta ck le tw ea k, bu ta ba it in ge dg et ha t’s ra re ly ta lked ab ou t.
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Yo um ay ha ve se en af ew ar ti cl es ov er th el as tf ew mo nt hs fe at ur in g Jo hn Fl ew in .I fy ou do n’ tk no wh im , he sa la rg e, lo ud ,l ov ea bl em an wh os pe ak sl ikea We ls hm an bu ti s ac tu al ly fr om Da rt fo rd ?! Jo hn is a we al th of kn ow le dg eb ot hi nf ro nt of, an db eh in da ca me ra so si tb ac ka nd en jo yh is fi rs ti ns ta lm en to ft hi sn ew se ri es
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OLI DAVIES
UK PB: 51lb 4oz
OCCUPATION: Proangler/photographer
SPONSORS: Nash Tackle INSTAGRAM: @the_olicle
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Ba it Ch oi ce Ma ny of us wi ll be lo ad ed up wi th ba it an dr ea dy to de pl oy it bu ti tp ay st o go so ft ly -s of tl ya nd no tg ot oo ma d un ti lt he wa te rw ar ms up ab it .I se ei t ev er yy ea ra ft er sh ow se as on ,w he re an gl er sh av ef ille dt he fr eez er sa nd ar es up er -keen to fe ed th ec ar pw it h th ei rl at es t, gr ea te st wo nd er ba it !N o ma tt er ho wg ood it is th ef is hw on ’t be up fo rt ro ug hi ng liket he ya re in th e au tu mn as th ey wi ll al re ad yb ep lu mp , so co mp et it iv ef eed in gs it ua ti on sa re ha rd er to cr ea te .A lt ho ug hI wi ll st ar tt o pr eb ai tI wi ll ra re ly fi sh ov er mu ch ba it be fo re sp aw ni ng .I t’ ss ti ll po ss ib le to ac cu mu la te bi gh it so ff is hp ar ti cu la rl y as th ey gr ou pu pf or sp aw ni ng by fi sh in gf or ab it ea ta ti me ,s oa lt ho ug h it is te mp ti ng to tu rn up an df ill it in ,f or me th at is n’ tr ea lly th em os te ff ec ti ve ap pr oa ch an dc an en du pb ei ng co un te r- pr od uc ti ve
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It ca nb ew or th st ar ti ng to in tr od uc ea bi to fb ai t in an ar ea bu tI ne ve rg ot oo ma df il lin gi ti nw hi le Ia ma ct ua lly fi sh in g.
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Le av en os to ne un tu rn ed in th e se ar ch .L oo ko nt he en do fw ar m wi nd sa nd th eb ac ko fc ol do ne s, an d vi ce ve rs a. In ve st ig at es ha ll ow,r eed lin ed ar ea sa nd sh el te re dc or ne rs
Ch ec ke ve ry sn ag ,c lim be ve ry tr ee an dk ee py ou re ye sa nd ea rs pe el ed fo rs ho ws .J us to ne he ad po ki ng ou t ca nb et he cl ue th at yo un eed
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In ea rl ys pr in gt he wa te ri su su al ly as cl ea ra si ti sg oi ng to be al ly ea r so it ’s ac ha nc et or ea ll yl oc at e an dc re at et ho se ar ea st ha tw ill be pr od uc ti ve al ls pr in ga nd su mm er.I t pa ys no tt ob lu nd er in to sw im sa nd po ke ho le sa ss om et im es th ef is ha re cl os ei ni na re as th at yo um ig ht no t ex pe ct th em to be .P ar ti cu la rl yo n la rg ev en ue sw he re th ec ar ps pe nd mu ch of th ey ea ro ut in th eo pe n wa te r, th is ca nb ey ou rc ha nc et o ge tu pc lo se an dp er so na lw it ht he st oc ka st he yp ro sp ec ta nd pa tr ol th e ma rg in s.
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It ’s cl ic he db ut it ri ng st ru ew he n yo ul ook at th er es ul ts .Q ui te si mp ly as th ec ar pw ak eu pt he ya re a bi ts lo we ra nd br ig ht co lo ur sa re mo re lik el yt oe lic it cu ri os it yt ha n so me th in gd ul l. Pi nk s, ye llo ws an d wh it es ar ea ll gr ea tf or gr ab bi ng th ea tt en ti on of pa ss in gc ar p. My ow ng o- to at th is ti me of ye ar is th ec la ss ic wa sh ed -o ut pi nk Ci tr uz , ah ook ba it th at ha sc au gh tm e nu me ro us bi gc ar po ve rt he ye ar s.
Th er ei ss om et hi ng ab ou tp in k th at se em st og et ar ea ct io no ve r th eo th er s. Th at ’s no tt os ay Iw on ’t tr ya ye llo wi fI fe el lik ei to rI ca n se et ha tt he fi sh ar ei gn or in gp in k. Ri ng in gt he ch an ge sc an be th ek ey to ge tt in gt ha tb it ea nd on ac ou pl e of oc ca si on si nt he la st tw oy ea rs sw it ch in gh ook ba it co lo ur ha s br ou gh tm ea qu ic kb it e. Th in ko f it lik ea lu re an gl er on ly ev er us in g on ec ol ou ro fl ur e! Yo uj us tw ou ld n’ t, wo ul dy ou ?
Al th ou gh Id on ’t us et he ms om uc h my se lf th es ed ay sw ea re co mi ng up to cl as si c‘ ch od di ng ’t im ea nd th er e is no do ub ti ng th ee ff ec ti ve ne ss of th ep re se nt at io n. Yo uc an ch uc ki t an yw he re an db ef is hi ng an dt he re is al ot to be sa id fo rt ha t. Wh et he r fi sh ed as as in gl e, or wi th as pr ea d
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Th at fi rs ts ig ht in go fc ar pu nd er th es ur fa ce ca nh av eu s ex ci te dl yr ea ch in gf or th ef lo at er sb ut wh en th ew at er is co ld ge tt in gt he mt of eed of ft he su rf ac ec an pr ov et ri ck y. Ha vi ng de vo te dp le nt yo ft im et ot hi so ve rt he ye ar sI ca ns af el ys ay it is ra re ly th em os tp ro du ct iv eu se of ti me ,a lt ho ug hA la n (B la ir )w ill di sa gr ee wi th me on th at on e! We al wa ys ha ve th is di sc us si on ab ou t‘ Fo ol ’s Go ld ’. It mi gh tl ook lik eg ol db ut mo st ly it is n’ t! On oc ca si on he ha sp ro ve dm ew ro ng an dn ic ke da bi te , so ne ve rs ay ne ve r, bu tf or me az ig pl ac ed un de rt he su rf ac ei n th ea re ai sm or el ikel yt ob ea wi nn in gt ac ti ct ha nc ha si ng th em wi th th ef lo at er sj us ty et
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Id on ’t do th at ma ny ni gh ts th ro ug ht he wi nt er th es ed ay s, pr ef er ri ng da ys es si on st ok eep my se lf ke en .A lt ho ug ht he re is pl en ty of ki ta im ed at ma ki ng lif em or ec om fo rt ab le th er e is no po in th ud dl in gi na bi vvy an ds er io us ly de nt in gy ou r en th us ia sm if yo ud on ’t en jo yf is hi ng in th ec ol d, an dI am re al ly st ar ti ng to fe el it mo re th an Iu se dt o. Ge tt in go ld er is sh *t !H ow ev er,a tt hi st im eo fy ea rw he nt he fr os ts re tr ea ti t’ s ba ck to th eo ve rn ig ht er sf or me ,t ri ck lin gi nb ai ta nd dr op pi ng on it .I t’ sa cl as si ct ac ti ci fy ou ca nf in da qu ie ts wi mt ha ty ou ca na ct ua lly ge tb ac ki nt o. La st sp ri ng Is ta rt ed sp ec ul at iv el ys pr ea di ng af ew po uc he s of Ci tr uz bo ilie si na na re at ha tI ha ds een fi sh sh ow re gu la rl y af te rd ar k. Th ef ol lo wi ng we ek Id id tw oo ve rn ig ht er sa nd wa s re wa rd ed wi th tw or ea ll yg ood fi sh .T he fi rs tw as ah om eg ro wn mi d- 30,a fi sh th at Ih ad ac tu al ly st oc ke di n2 01 7. Th es ec on d wa so ne th at ha db een on th ew an te dl is tf or aw hi le ,a be au ti fu l4 0l bh ea rt ta il ed lin ea r. It wa sa gr ea ts ta rt to my ca mp ai gn
Chodsfor Gods!It'sa great rigfor spring big'unslike this innerLondonbeast
Overnightsuccess in theshape of amid-30 homegrownmirror.
This biglinearmade my season.Theyare at theirbiggest andintop conditionright now!
Carr yalls
Ruck sack s
Food Bags
Cool Bags
Rod Skins
Pouches
