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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 88…. stick to what you know..
For all the normal family feud reasons I have not spoken to my brother for years.. too many years but stupid arguments tend to do that to even the strongest families and like hillbillies and rednecks we are good at … Continue reading
Day 82…June 16th
What next? After years of Brexit related anxiety, for and against, dividing the country into camps of remainers and leaver it took a virus to wipe it off the news. No longer will we have to worry about Brexit destroying … Continue reading
Day 74… Or there about..
“I have been careless, and so have been thwarted by luck and chance, those wreckers of all but the best laid plans.” ~ J. K. Rowling Surprised? I am not. I did go to work, twice and very briefly. There … Continue reading
Day…..?
..69 Dude……. Apologies for the Bill and Ted Reference but strange things are afoot. A disaster has once again befallen me…….I have been asked back in to work to plan my return tomorrow… so this will be (probably) my last fishing … Continue reading
Day 68…. Crepuscular creeping to no avail..
Blanked…again Once again I feel that early morning accomplished glow. Last nights tackle is cleaned and hook lengths replaced. I have mopped and brought the bins in. I even jet washed the big bin because it smelt like someone had … Continue reading
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 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
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