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My Recent Catches – Only by the night…

How I landed a mid-winter ‘Pit Bull’ in addition to a clutch of ‘night time marauders’ since the New Year.

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My Year in Review 2020

Happy New Year! 2020 brought about numerous challenges – some obvious, and some less so. Here’s my summary of events…

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My Recent Catches – Switching it up…

How adjustments to my approach in line with ‘bass behaviour’ has brought about my recent catches.

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The MC Magnetic Weight Shifting ‘Surf’ Needlefish.

Very, very proud to be officially releasing these longer casting models. In new colours too!

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My Recent Catches – Retrieve to achieve! Part 2 of 2

When to change the lure. Plus, more tweaks to the retrieve that ‘worked!’

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My Recent Catches – Retrieve to achieve – Part 1 of 2

How changing the retrieve style has accounted for some recent captures.

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Client Catches – Ending on a high…?

With no guiding between the 5 Nov -2 Dec, this could very well be the final ‘client catches’ post of 2020…

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Client Catches – Beginners luck?

Facilitating and witnessing the success of someone who had never cast a lure before – what a buzz!

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Client Catches – Out of the doldrums

A veritable feast of lure caught bass for my clients, but it hasn’t been easy to find them, or what they want!

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Client Catches – Finicky, Fussy, Fun!

Recent client catches, in addition to examples of the capricious nature of the bass and how we’ve overcome this.

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Client Catches – Out of the gloom…

With my guiding season having been delayed due to COVID-19 it feels great to be releasing this post!

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My Recent Catches – Frosty Bass…

All this wind and rain has made it difficult in comparison to last winter – but the bass are still there!

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