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The Sessions - Dec 2021

I finished last month’s piece having returned from a tough trip to Spain where the weather really had an impact on the fishing but we still managed a few decent Carp and Colin had one big Cat on the final day. My fishing car had died and I was waiting for the good or bad news.

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The Sessions - Nov 2021

I finished last month’s piece having only managed three sessions but with some truly fantastic fishing catching lots of Barbel to 16-06. Winter had arrived in November and I had a long overdue trip to Spain planned searching for my holy grail.

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The Sessions - Oct 2021

I finished last month’s piece with some good Barbel after a run of blanks fishing for different species, with October being one of my favourite months to be on the river Barbel were my target fish.

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The Sessions - Sept 2021

I finished last month’s piece after catching some good Barbel and another big Summer Crucian at a shade over 4-00, and wanted to get back on track with my season plan after not managing to do any planned summer Rudd fishing.

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The Sessions - August 2021

I signed off last month after a month of not much fishing but with some good fish along the way, the highlight was most definitely the certificate and letter confirming my British Record Crucian. August looked much better for time on the bank, I just hoped I could make it count

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The Sessions July 2021

I signed off last month having had a not so magical 16th on the river and a good session to finish my Spring Tench fishing, July wasn’t looking good for time on the bank so I hoped to make the most of what little I had.

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The Sessions - June2021

I signed off last month having had a difficult month looking for a big Tench, my plans for June were to continue with the Tench fishing and start the river season somewhere quiet on the magical 16th

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The Sessions - May 2021

I signed off last month after having caught a monster and new British Record Crucian, I’d made the front cover of AT and can now tell you that I made the front cover of Catch Cult, two front covers I felt very privileged to have been chosen for.

May had arrived and I was looking forward to some Tench fishing.

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The Sessions - April 2021

I signed off last month again after having looked back through my diaries and telling you about an amazing trip to the Ebro System in Nov 2012 where I capitalized on some brilliant Carp fishing. Finally this month I can get back to normal and tell you about my last month’s fishing.

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The Sessions March 2021

I signed off last month having looked back at my experiences boat fishing for the Spanish Carp on the Ebro system. With another month of no fishing I looked back through my diaries again and will tell you about and amazing trip in Nov 2012 where I capitalized on some brilliant Carp fishing.

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The Sessions - February 2021

I signed off last month having looked back at the start of the pellet revolution fishing for Catfish in Spain, having suffered another month of little fishing with one trip in Feb I looked back through my diaries again and will tell you about my boat fishing for Carp in Spain.

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The Sessions - January 2021

I signed off last month having had a poor month fishing wise but writing and enjoyable blog about my fishing friends, I had some lovely feedback, so thank you to everyone that read and enjoyed it.

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