401 results returned for search: "" category "Opinion Writer" author Tight Lines
If the forecast is anything to go by it looks like being another weekend best spent ashore. Winter fishing is pretty much a non-starter for weekenders — a calm day is necessary but it doesn’t help much if the seas have been mountainous for the previo...
DATE: Jan 31, 2015
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Tight Lines
Despite a few not far short of gorgeous days during the week just past, there isn’t much for the weekender to look forward to. A fell forecast offers little reason to even go down to the boat and even less to do anything that might be considered angl...
DATE: Jan 24, 2015
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Tight Lines
Not exactly fishing weather, by any stretch of the imagination, at least not for the weekender who seeks pleasurable days afloat with the promise of reward.
Professionals usually concentrate on other fishing methods during the months of January thro...
DATE: Jan 17, 2015
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Tight Lines
The passage of the year’s first real cold front probably knocked thoughts of venturing out on to the ocean out of most people’s minds as they scurried for parkas, boots and other winter paraphernalia. And, to be honest, the forecast for the next few ...
DATE: Jan 10, 2015
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Tight Lines
Happy New Year and what to do now? The festivities are over, the tree and ornaments are being trashed, boxed and otherwise put away for another 11 months but the boat has remained idle for near on a month and the weather doesn’t look too encouraging....
DATE: Jan 03, 2015
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Tight Lines
As the days start to lengthen out ever so slightly, 2014 comes to an end and, for many anglers and commercial fishermen, it could not come sooner.
The bottom line is that this has been the worst year for fishing in just about anyone’s memory. And tha...
DATE: Dec 27, 2014
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Tight Lines
There won’t be many making it out onto the briny this weekend or over the two day holiday that is finally upon us. There is a glimmering of hope for the coming weekend but one must suspect that a combination of inclement weather and thick heads will ...
DATE: Dec 20, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
Why is it that anything even approaching a decent day for fishing; bright sunshine, light winds and a virtual calm, almost always occur midweek when the workers among us have no choice but to keep our noses to the grindstone. Add to the fact that it ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
It’s that time of the year again. Where the weather has failed to prevent offshore excursions, social pressures and the festivities associated with this time of year have also done their share to keep anglers home. Those few who have successfully avo...
DATE: Dec 06, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
Time marches on and with it dwindles the number of angling opportunities open to locals.
With the holiday season not all that far away and the clean-up thanks to Tropical Storm Fay and Hurricane Gonzalo still on-going, many will be tasked with getti...
DATE: Nov 15, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
