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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, Â 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 50?…. and chaos reigns
And on the third day of fishing ? It is much as expected. The government tells us we can fish? stay local, shortest journey possible? For many that is an hour in the car but it still complies with the … Continue reading
Day 46…. BoJo speaks…..
So yesterday BoJo addressed the Nation… but due to devolution he didn’t for his voice carries no weight this side of Offa’s Dyke, we are once again divided. From Wednesday English anglers can once more return to the sea, and … Continue reading
Day 13: This town……
‘Is coming like a ghost town’ The title of today’s ramble was inspired by The Specials 1981 hit and a recent trip to Tescos, not such an odd combination in the current chaos. Written about urban decay in the … Continue reading
Day 12… Don’t go too far down memory lane……
…..You may not find the way back ? The bastards have become nocturnal. On an early(ish) roll call to check on the inmates the girl was snorting like a small pig picking up acorns but the two boys were wide … Continue reading
Summer holidays for local schools begin, still without a guest appearance from either sun or summer. On the fist full day the kids are bored already, bored with the telly, bored with the computer, bored with the Wii, bored with … Continue reading
Refusals
There are places where seasons can be gauged by migrating birds, sowing and harvest, calves and lambs, but here on the Burren the build-up to summer is marked by the mighty steel beasts from the city that crawl slowly along … Continue reading
On the rocks
After the initial success with the tope it would be hard for me not to make follow-up visits but with the exceptions of one dropped run, which was a slack line and may or may not have been a tope, … Continue reading
Shall we take the kids to the……..
I didn’t wait for the sentence to be finished before I was loading the car with rods, seatbox and bucket of Thursdays mackerel …. oh and the odd bucket and spade. Barely enough room for the children after the picnic … Continue reading
They’re in!!
Thursday burst in with the first day of summer, glorious sunshine and very little South East wind. With the bass ban in swing it is time for us to target bigger toothier stuff and in order to do so we … Continue reading
A new club and an old enemy
First of all, the old enemy. Can anyone not have noticed the weather? It is like the middle of winter. Earlier in the week I had held out hope for next week. XC weather had forecast the wind would drop … Continue reading
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