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Guest fishing blog contributors wanted!

I’m currently looking for guest contributors to have their fishing-related articles & blog posts featured on my revamped website… Whether you’re a published angler or you’re interested in writing your first piece, if you’d like your writing to be showcased on my site, head to the Contact Me page, fill in your details (including a link to your blog or website, if you have one) and email it to me with “Guest blogger” as the subject.  I’ll be in touch soon to discuss your ideas and you could see your writing on this site soon! Interested in a guest blog spot? My idea for guest fishing bloggers is not in order to promote sales websites, it’s to promote genuine talent from anglers with something to say – NOT with something to sell! So, if you intend to promote your brand or boost the SEO of your revenue-generating website, please don’t bother. There are plenty of places out there for you to hawk your wares. However, if you genuinely want to help other anglers through offering advice or instruction, or you think your writing might encourage more people to take up angling, then that’s my intention here.

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‘Posh Bloke’ – an introduction…

Posh Bloke - angling adventures in a Charabanc

I’m pleased to introduce the very first guest contribution to my website.  It’s the first in a series of guest blog posts by “Posh Bloke”.  An enigmatic and quite flamboyant character of the upper-class, written by a mystery guest writer, taking a snobbish but light-hearted view of all things fishing.Enjoy!Andrew… Hello old chams! I thought I’d share a little tale with you regarding my latest adventure from the back of the old Charabanc… It all happened a little while ago – whilst Igor was driving me to a discreet little ‘fishery’ in the middle of London, I spied (to my earnest delight) – a very pleasant-looking Angling Emporium. One always has to pop-in for a good snort about when one discovers such enchantments… “What Ho!” – I cried. “In we go, Igor! Tally Ho!”, I shouted as he pulled in the car park, or should that be carp arc? Upon entering this rather superb emporium, I must say I was impressed. There were things I’d never seen before… strange umbrella-type tents (‘bizzies’ I think they are called) – but certainly one can’t beat the good old-fashioned log cabin for a one-nighter, you know it makes sense. Around me were rods …

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PIKE Care – Don’t Catch ’em – Until You Know how to Handle ’em!

pike on unhooking mat

(Pike care article kindly provided by Colin Goodge of Pike Anglers Club of Great Britain.) It happens all too often when a parent buys a son or a daughter a cheap rod and reel with a couple of plugs or spinners, and sometimes a small landing net for the school holiday, just sometimes to give them something to do. The thinking is ‘Well I don’t suppose they’ll catch much, only a few tiddlers’, but this can be fatal, because Mr big fish can turn up at any time, and suddenly these youngsters can be thrown into a frenzied sense of excitement crossed with panic, and poor old Mr big fish lies thrown up the bank and will no more give any pleasure to boy, girl or anyone. I feel that sometimes a visit by an experienced angler to one of the local schools before the summer holidays could save a lot of fish lives and teach a lot of youngsters how to get more pleasure from their fishing. Fishing is a great pastime and helps us appreciate the wonderful gifts of nature, and lets face it, would probably keep a lot of youngsters from mischief. Please before you buy or …

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