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Welcome to the wanderings and ramblings of Baitdigger where I try to share experiences and photographs of my continuing sea angling journey around the coastline of County Clare and South Wales
From tope and huss on the heavy gear in the North of the county, rays from the Shannon, conger and wrasse from the rocks and more recently lure fishing from the much under-rated and unexplored Clare coastline. Read my weekly whines about the lack of mackerel and the twelve months of mild winter that make up Ireland’s weather. Read updates bemoaning crowded beaches, uncontrolled children and unruly dogs in South Wales and my search for fish in one of Britain’s truly stunning coastlines.
Born in England I moved to Ireland’s West Coast to take care of my parents and fell in love with the wildness of the Burren and it’s miles of unspoilt coastline.
I started fishing with my father over fifty years ago but I am a firm believer that everyone has something to teach me especially in the steep learning curve of modern lure fishing for bass.My camera has become an essential part of my fishing gear and I am just has happy taking snaps as catching fish. It started with a panasonic lumix dmc, which was covered in mackerel scales and wrapped in a tea towel, it has gone through several Nikon regenerations and I am currently using a D750 but it is still covered in fish scales and wrapped in a teatowel
All opinions are my own arising from what has or hasn’t worked for me. Any criticism of tackle brands are just as I find them and I leave you to decide for yourselves what suits your needs and as ever I value comments both positive and negative.
And finally many of my posts may be tinged with a touch of tongue in cheek so please accept them in the spirit they were written.
Neil
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Day 66….Reintroduction of humanisation..
In other words no fishing to write about again today.. I still have a couple of dozen frozen peeler crabs I picked up click and collect from Rhondda tackle so under cover of darkness I plan to hit my local beach … Continue reading
Day 65…the lunatics have taken over the asylum?
The more eagle-eyed or sober among you may have noticed that I did in fact have two Day 63 posts? No time travel, no significance, I just lost a day and one of my spawn asked me why I had … Continue reading
Day 64… as clear as mud.
So is the five mile travelling limit restricted to visiting friends? have they moved the sea closer? Covert missions it is then until this thing has gone dormant for I fear it will not go away, just hide and … Continue reading
Day 63… still no news ?
Fuck the housework, it can’t be that bad I only did it yesterday. Off out up the mountains early this morning hoping to come home to some news from Mark Drakeford the Welsh First minister. A little bit of clarity … Continue reading
Day 62…. The long walk home
No fishing, not even a fishing based anecdote for it is a morning of domesticity for me, despite earlier plans. I have not driven my van for several months. Since a week before lockdown it sits collecting dust and acting … Continue reading
Day 61…an error in my thinking
Or I won’t be doing that again…….. In an attempt at compliancy and really just to have a look at the geographically closest salt water to me I set out this morning for the Mouth of the Neath River. There … Continue reading
Day 60…. does anyone really know what is going on ?
So today legend has it the Welsh Constabulary have been wandering along the coastline issuing tickets to criminals fishing. Anyone who lives further away than five miles has been told that it is too far to travel. But that contravenes … Continue reading
Day 59
No daily grind to report today… no fishing or plans of fishing. Just a photo and a few words. If you squint very carefully you can see the lengths people will go to catch mackerel. In the top left hand … Continue reading
Day 58…..blogging?
Blogging for me was a simple choice. When my ankle was broken in hospital I had to look for an alternative career as the chances of returning to carpentry at the time looked slim. The original operation to re-build my … Continue reading
Day 57…..No Friday feeling.
The Friday feeling just isn’t there. No crunchy day. All you ‘Auld Wans’ will remember the reference. No poets day (one for the chippies out there) Around 4pm (past morning) the girl child found me in my workshop tidying my … Continue reading
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