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Robin Howard (a.k.a. Fishyrob)
Jun 2, 20174 min read
Catch report 01/06/2017
Quick to the marks... More fishing time... Continuing the testing of stamina, I had arranged to meet Mitch at 05:00. Mitch is a very...
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Robin Howard (a.k.a. Fishyrob)
Jun 2, 20176 min read
Catch Report - 31/05/2017
Something very calming about fishing in fog... Today, I was mostly testing endurance. My endurance. And handover periods, as we needed to...
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Robin Howard (a.k.a. Fishyrob)
May 30, 20175 min read
Catch report - 29th May 2017
Approaching "Proteus" Today was supposed to be a write off. As I finally got to sleep last night, it was to the sounds of a storm, and at...
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Bruce Dickinson
May 29, 20173 min read
Stink Pots...
The affordable lure/bait hybrid that smells like the bottom of a hamster cage and, as it turns out, makes Bream go banzai. Rob and I...
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Robin Howard (a.k.a. Fishyrob)
May 28, 20176 min read
Catch report - 28/05/17
Two painted males... I left my shore based client at 05:30, after a less than satisfying overnight session, and headed down to the marina...
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Robin Howard (a.k.a. Fishyrob)
May 26, 20173 min read
Catch report - 26/05/2017
Capt Bruce gets today's "Smile of the day" award... Capt Bruce and I arranged to meet at the boat late morning. Not to take her out, but...
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Robin Howard (a.k.a. Fishyrob)
May 25, 20174 min read
Catch Report - 25/05/17
Smiles... Guaranteed... Another early start to make the most of the flooding tide. Anybody used to regular charter fishing who books BIF1...
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Robin Howard (a.k.a. Fishyrob)
May 24, 20174 min read
Catch report - 24th May 2017
Smiles... Guaranteed... As promised, the musings now BIF1 is "online" will become much more catch reports. And today's one, will be a...
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Robin Howard (a.k.a. Fishyrob)
May 14, 20174 min read
Getting to know her...
So, finally, after some last minute delays due to coding issues (the biggest one being the inspector off sick...) and some...
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Robin Howard (a.k.a. Fishyrob)
May 5, 20173 min read
Kicking our heels...
Gurnard in kind conditions in early April Excitement and anticipation. Two of our most amazing emotions as human beings I think. Two...
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Bruce Dickinson
Apr 18, 20174 min read
Light Rock Fishing "up north"...
My son Leo working the push net LRF (Light Rock Fishing) ... Light Rock Fishing (LRF) is a style of fishing in which anglers use very...
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Robin Howard (a.k.a. Fishyrob)
Mar 31, 20176 min read
Brighton Inshore Fly Fishing...
I was first shown how to shoot a straight fly line by my biology teacher, Mr John Sappwell, in the school field during lunch hour one...
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Robin Howard (a.k.a. Fishyrob)
Mar 27, 20173 min read
What lies beneath...
A shot from Brighton marina in 2006... sadly, I rarely hear of pollack tides just eleven years later... Part of the reason I was so...
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Bruce Dickinson
Mar 24, 20174 min read
Introducing "Capt Bruce"
Rob says we need to work on my happy face When I asked Rob to guide me on some bass fishing ten years ago I got on well with him...
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Robin Howard (a.k.a. Fishyrob)
Mar 24, 20173 min read
Falling in love again...
A very busy boat shed at Pirate boats... We had an agreement, that to purchase a boat ready to work was the only way forward for Brighton...
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Robin Howard (a.k.a. Fishyrob)
Mar 23, 20172 min read
Introducing the partnership...
Some of the catch from the first time I guided for Bruce. He is a results driven guy. I often wonder what might have happened had we...
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Robin Howard (a.k.a. Fishyrob)
Mar 22, 20173 min read
The birth of BIF...
"FlyFisher" drifting on a perfect tide. The first Pirate I met, courtesy of her owners, Ed and Matthew Roberts. For the last three years,...
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