Fishing India

A few weeks ago I returned to India and what a pleasure it was to leave behind the gloom of England and step out into the sunshine of the sub-continent. The fishing has started with a bang! For many months I've been dreaming of getting stuck into some big, hard fighting, saltwater fish and I certainly haven't been disappointed! The fishing over the summer in the UK was certainly good, but there was one thing missing; and that was a screaming...

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Barbel fishing on the River Kennet and other piscatorial findings

Although the summer has been quite a washout, with rain seeming to fall most days, I was lucky enough to be working near the River Kennet in Berkshire. With one of the land's best barbel rivers less than a stone's throw away, I needed no excuse to fish the river at every opportunity, with the main target being the its whiskered inhabitants. This fish, that was just shy of double figures, took a piece of rolled luncheon meat in a heavily pressured...

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Australian endings!

After an Epic year of fishing and cycling around the Western half of Australia it's finally time to leave and start preparing to the next big trip at the end of 2012. It was a memorable trip indeed; the people, landscape, nature and fishing were all above and beyond my expectations and will be sorely missed until I can return down under. A big thanks goes to all the people that helped me along the way, specially Lloyd and Elise for their...

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