401 results returned for search: "" category "Opinion Writer" author Tight Lines
Surprise, surprise! A mid-November tropical system was the last thing that was expected, especially in conjunction with a public holiday, but that is exactly what happened this past week, making the offshore scene grouchy, to say the least.
Certainly...
DATE: Nov 14, 2015
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Tight Lines
The glory that was Greece, the grandeur that was Rome, the British Empire fading away; the same might be said of this Island. Once the North Atlantic Mecca for world records on light tackle, now there are only a few left held here and that has just d...
DATE: Nov 07, 2015
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Tight Lines
It looks like Bermuda has had whatever treats it is going to get this year, and the trick is to find enough in the way of fish over the next six months to justify even keeping a boat overboard.
It is a bit of a conundrum that the official angling sea...
DATE: Oct 31, 2015
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Tight Lines
There seems to be trouble in paradise. The fishing is exceedingly poor and there is precious little effort being put in.
The weather is always the first thing to be blamed and this year is no different. The northerly breezes have dropped the temperat...
DATE: Oct 24, 2015
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Tight Lines
The weekend forecast is almost good enough to make an angler want to head offshore, but the threat of an easterly breeze and the chance of thunder is off-putting enough and, if the truth to be told, there is little to encourage anyone to drop everyth...
DATE: Oct 17, 2015
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Tight Lines
Anything remotely resembling a fishing report would have to consist totally of lies and other tall tales spun by fishermen who have been kept ashore by blustery conditions and the arrival of Hurricane Joaquin.
Joaquin’s moved out into the North Atlan...
DATE: Oct 10, 2015
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Tight Lines
Time does indeed march on and it seems that the next thing on the agenda is Hallowe’en. Having said that, it needn’t mean that the fishing has to come to an end just yet. There are a few weekends left before winter really arrives with authority and p...
DATE: Oct 03, 2015
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Tight Lines
The first days of autumn indeed. The equinox may have come and gone but it seems more like high summer than anything else.
There are so many who are reckoning that this past week has been the hottest of the year; with nary a puff of wind to ease the...
DATE: Sep 26, 2015
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Tight Lines
Oh, the wonders of September. A drop in humidity, slightly cooler mornings and breezes from the North and East — does this mean that summer is over?
Well, probably; but nothing ever happens quite that quickly and, for the angler, this has long been a...
DATE: Sep 19, 2015
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Tight Lines
For so many anglers the season came to an end on Sunday as the last major tournament of the year was fished.
Despite rather lumpy conditions, partly the result of several days of stiff breezes from the east and a running sea, the tournament took pla...
DATE: Sep 12, 2015
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Tight Lines
