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Tag Archives: Perch

Curled up

January 13, 2020by Kevin Parr 2 Comments

  January. A thick head and heavy limbs. Uncomfortably numb. Comfort comes in sleep. A gentle drift into dreams. They aren’t always pleasant, and many are bizarre and untouchable, but […]

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Reality

February 20, 2019by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

I have come to realise that I do not much enjoy living in ‘interesting times’. If that is indeed what we can call the now. We are certainly living in […]

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Off-line

May 3, 2018by Kevin Parr 1 Comment

It’s been a peculiar 10 days or so. Having become conditioned over the past fifteen years or so to a life online, a cow with an interesting appetite has thrown […]

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Time to see..

March 24, 2018by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

I wake up each year on March 15th with a clear minded sense of relief. After the intensity of the final throes of the fishing season, comes the reality that […]

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Too much…

March 13, 2017by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

Had the coarse fishing season ended a week ago, then I really wouldn’t have minded. Having book-ended the weekend with trips to a new stretch of canal, I found myself […]

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October

October 24, 2016by Kevin Parr 2 Comments

Gosh it’s been dry. Aside from the dew, which frosted last week, we haven’t had significant rainfall for weeks. Then, last night it finally came, and today has remained damp […]

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Busy Busy

April 11, 2016by Kevin Parr 3 Comments

I like to reflect at the end of the fishing season, and enjoy a mildly indulgent reminisce. I don’t diary my catches and nor do I keep tallies of the […]

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Gudgeon

March 2, 2016by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

Gudgeon are a dreadful distraction. There I was, happily inching a float along the far bank, a couple of worms on a size 6 hook, when a shout came from […]

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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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Year’s End

December 29, 2014by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

Well, at least it’s nearly year’s end and perhaps more symbolically, we have passed the Solstice and the days are beginning to ever so slightly stretch. The winter has been […]

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