401 results returned for search: "" category "Opinion Writer" author Tight Lines
Believe it or not, now is the time to plan your summer! April is upon us and, with the spring festivities just a couple of weeks away, the next thing you know, people will be expecting you to have the boat ready for May 24.
This may sound strange, gi...
DATE: Mar 29, 2014
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Tight Lines
It is officially spring and there has been some fairly decent trolling, even though there has been very little effort expended in that pursuit. As mentioned, a very limited number of anglers have taken advantage of the surprisingly good weather and s...
DATE: Mar 22, 2014
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Tight Lines
“Beware the Ides of March!” Shakespeare wrote those words in his play, Julius Caesar, but they can certainly be applied to the local fishing scene at present.
Getting a good view of what is happening is getting difficult because the commercial operat...
DATE: Mar 15, 2014
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Tight Lines
Time marches on and, with the clocks changing this weekend, the warm weather that seems to have stayed with us will really give us a taste of summer and the fishing surely cannot be too far off the season’s commencement.
Despite limited effort, the c...
DATE: Mar 08, 2014
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Tight Lines
It is a bit of a change but, why not? A bit of a blustery start to the month; should mean that things quiet down and that nature will change the Island from wintry pall to summer splendour.
There will be storms and rain but they won’t last; just wat...
DATE: Mar 01, 2014
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Tight Lines
It has been a good long time since anyone has seen a February such as this one and, now that March is nearly upon us, the thoughts of lions and lambs must be occurring. Certainly there have been numerous opportunities to get offshore, even though exp...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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Tight Lines
It is time for a reality check! Although it is February and despite the wintry weather of the past few days, it has not really been cold and the warmer temperatures and the increasing solar insolation are contributing to the continuing upwards moveme...
DATE: Feb 15, 2014
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Tight Lines
Confused or what? Here it is, February — normally the month of our winter’s discontent, marked by rainy skies, gales, hail and the thought that global warming has given way to nuclear winter — acting completely out of character.
Anoraks, woolly sweat...
DATE: Feb 08, 2014
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Tight Lines
It may be a lot later than you think. Something that has gone unnoticed by many casual observers of nature is the considerably warmer than normal temperatures that the Island has been experiencing. There have been daily highs this past week that are ...
DATE: Feb 01, 2014
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Tight Lines
After an unlikely but positively springlike interlude, Nature reverted to her normal self and the howling winds, grey skies and cooler temperatures have prevailed this past week.
A bit of rough weather is actually welcome, as it aids the offshore mix...
DATE: Jan 25, 2014
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