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Tag Archives: Fishing

Dorset Life

February 7, 2018by Kevin Parr 4 Comments

I had a couple of hours free yesterday afternoon, and, thanks to Ben (my brother-in-law), I had almost a pint of maggots in my bait tub. With relatively clear skies […]

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Polarization

November 8, 2016by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

I often wonder how other people view ‘time’ in their minds. Mine shapes like a loop in a rollercoaster, blurred at the bottom, but specific dates (my birthday for one) […]

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Summer Crus

July 13, 2016by Kevin Parr 2 Comments

Such is the delicious intensity of the final few weeks of the fishing season, the slightly lengthening days countered by the shortening of opportunity, that when it stops, I cannot […]

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Shapes

February 10, 2016by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

With less than five weeks until the end of the fishing season, I am normally fishing frenetically in early February, but even on those odd days when the river has […]

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More Tench….

July 7, 2015by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

Time has not been my friend so far this season. After Opening Day I have only been able to squeeze one evening’s fishing in – and I had to return […]

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Opening Day

June 17, 2015by Kevin Parr 2 Comments

It came around a bit too quickly this year and caught me slightly off guard, but still my sleep was fitful on the night of the 15th. Opening Day really […]

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Old and New

June 2, 2015by Kevin Parr 4 Comments

Apologies for the trumpet blowing, but needs must….! There is a rather nice review of The Idle Angler in the latest edition of Salmo Trutta, the annual journal of the […]

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Open Season?

April 14, 2015by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

At the end of the 19th Century a close season was introduced for coarse angling. With the majority of fish being caught and killed, it was determined that fishing be […]

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Final Day Fun!

March 18, 2015by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

There was a low turnout for the annual Golden Scale Club Final Day Fish-in this year – mainly because no-one knew about it. Of course, with the lack of competition, […]

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Sunshine perching

March 11, 2015by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

The final week of the season is my favourite time to be on the bank. The fish are at their fittest, the days stretching and time, suddenly, is so precious. […]

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