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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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Tag Archives: isolation
Day 30….. Namaste Butty..
As another lockdown Saturday draws to a close you could well be mistaken in thinking this image is from today… but oh no this is Monknash Beach from six years ago…. see I have been social isolating since before it … Continue reading
Day 20….. How are you coping?
With first and second breakfast completed there is only early lunch left to punctuate the morning. Neither of the meals were memorable and the girl child said I needed to up my game for early lunch as I have taught … Continue reading
Day 18 April Bank holiday
Just Hang On…. When a big fish takes its first or subsequent runs there is not much you can do but let the drag do its job and just hang on and if you are lucky someone will get some … Continue reading
Day 16: More Pollacks
The weather remains amazing. For the third night in a row I have cooked on the barbecue in the back garden. My kids have consumed so much burnt flesh that they think their mother has started cooking the evening meal.But … Continue reading
Day 14: The world goes past my window.
Or does it? The nurse across the street still has her normal routine. An ambulance siren wails as I write, the first I have heard in days which is surprising as I live on the direct route to the hospital. … Continue reading
Day 10 the second Sunday…
Ten days in and already I have to look at the previous posts to see what images I have already posted so I do not repeat myself. Whilst many of the images I have taken have been done on self … Continue reading
Day 9…… not so special Saturday
Aberavon Beach Easy to get to, easy free parking, easy to walk to and easy to fish. The smile says it all. What a first fish? and if this does not make an angler of him I do not know … Continue reading
Day 8….. The first week is done
And on the eighth day… I have quite surprised myself with the discipline of choosing a photo every day for last the week, and when I think about it I have to pick two, one for the featured image. Every … Continue reading
Day 7 … looking forward to the weekend?
You know all those jobs that we as men say we never have time to do? Yesterday herself suggested that as I had time on my hands that I could fit the new double sink I have had in the … Continue reading
Day six…Darwin or God?
Day six of the corovirus lockdown and I look at bass and the meaning of life Continue reading
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