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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 54…….The Hole of Sorrows
Poulnabrone Dolmen County Clare When ever I get chance to go back I try to visit the Dolmen a few miles outside Ballyvaughan, I do not know why but there is something about it, something that draws people to it … Continue reading
Day 51… jumped the gun then?….
Angling Cymru or the Federation of Welsh Anglers trading as Angling Cymru is in their own words the umbrella body representing recreational angling in Wales, recognised by Sport Wales & Welsh Government. Earlier in the week they stated that we could … Continue reading
Day 47….Dad, you’re such a knacker….
Bass fishing from the rocks Cameras do lie, or they can be made to. If I had taken this image from the other side it would have shown Tom standing safely on a prominent rock with spray breaking over … 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 45….
Early January this year myself and most of the people I work with suffered from severe flue like symptoms, you know, the ones they are saying we should consider as being Covid-19 symptoms? This flu swept through the office and … Continue reading
Day 44…the menace of Corvids, a murder of crows?
Chris Packham this one is for you… In lockdown our physical world has become insulated and smaller. I have taken refuge and shelter in the garden. Feeding birds, planting bee friendly plants and leaving patches of dandelion daisy, green alkanet, … Continue reading
Day 43… writing for the sake of writing ?
Dog owners have often been the focus of my rants. I am not anti-dog, I like them in fact. I am anti bad dog owners. Those who do not take the time to train and exercise their charge. Those who … Continue reading
Day 42 and the Bank Holiday Eve…
Bank holiday on a Friday? we have already done that haven’t we ? No one of my generation can fully comprehend the horrors seen or sacrifices made by Allied troops to bring the Second World War to an end. Although … Continue reading
Forty days and forty nights…
Just to prove that I do smile (externally) sometimes. Forty days and forty nights but an ark would not save us at the moment, oh wait that was rain and I live high up in the foot of the mountains … Continue reading
Day 36……Rockhopping in Clare
No words today, just the image. The sun is shining the water is calm. Happy days
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