Happy New Year! 2020 brought about numerous challenges – some obvious, and some less so. Here’s my summary of events…
Category: The Lure of The Bass book
My Recent Catches – Switching it up…
How adjustments to my approach in line with ‘bass behaviour’ has brought about my recent catches.
My Recent Catches – A ‘Purple Patch!’
The reasons ‘why’ I’ve been using the Patchinko so much during (ironically) a memorable period of catches…
My Recent Catches – Fun in the Sun!
Prohibited to guide clients but able to fish myself – I’ve used this time to experiment with venues and methods.
My Recent Catches – Retrieve to achieve! Part 2 of 2
When to change the lure. Plus, more tweaks to the retrieve that ‘worked!’
My Recent Catches – New lures, old methods…
When the bass are proving difficult to ‘lure’, consider a completely new lure type or maybe a ‘forgotten’ method…
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!
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.
Client Catches – Odds-on favourite
When bass are fixated on one food source, is there a tactic you can use to enhance your chances? I believe so…
My Recent Catches – Striking it lucky!
Watercraft, instinct and the right lure – added to a huge dollop of luck! How I landed a recent whopper!
My Recent Catches – A Writer’s Retreat!
An almost perfect session as fellow angling writer, guide and photographer Henry Gilbey makes the trip over the border to south Devon.
My Recent Catches – The Needle has landed!
An account of my 7lb+ ‘slab of silver’ lured on my self-designed needlefish – plus, that of a former clients’ 6 pounder!
