401 results returned for search: "" category "Opinion Writer" author Tight Lines
It’s doldrums time and while this isn’t normally associated with fast fishing action, we should be counting our blessings as the tropical season progresses uneventfully. Calm seas and sunny days make for the perfect type of thing that tourism brochur...
DATE: Aug 09, 2013
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Tight Lines
This is a great weekend! It is, doubtless, the epitome of summer in Bermuda. It seems to be the one occasion where a festive mood prevails and everyone has some social avocation with which to be involved. And now that the big game is over, the barbec...
DATE: Aug 02, 2013
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Tight Lines
Lots of people gauge the passage of a year by the occurrences of several events; sort of like: Good Friday, May 24th, Cup Match, Halloween, Christmas and New Year. And those who subscribe to this way of thinking will be quick to tell you that, after ...
DATE: Jul 27, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
It is said that a week in politics is a long time. No one probably thought about applying that to the angling scene but it is certainly applicable at the present time.
Last week’s Bermuda Billfish Blast was a hugely successful tournament with some 68...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
Bermuda wins! Again — for the eighth time, not to mention back to back with the 2012 winner also being caught here! The competition: the international Blue Marlin World Cup. That, in a nutshell, is the headline but there is a lot more to the story as...
DATE: Jul 06, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
The merry month of June is all but a thing of the past and the angling schedule moves on. High summer is upon us!
Things don’t usually get any better than they are now, even though there have been variable reports on the pace of the action. Certainly...
DATE: Jun 28, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
The second of the summer holidays has come and gone even though the official start to summer was yesterday when the sun had reached its northernmost at the Tropic of Cancer (23.44 Nº latitude). This is properly known as the summer solstice, a term wh...
DATE: Jun 22, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
Time to get out there! It is pretty much high summer now and the fishing is not far off its best. Endless procrastination will get us to that time of the year where it is too hot for most species of fish and it is really only the marlin and the demen...
DATE: Jun 15, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
Bright blue skies, calm seas and light southerly breezes: the Bermuda — Azores high pressure system must be making for Bermuda-full days and plenty of heat.
This is the time of year that anglers await but unfortunately it does coincide with the so-c...
DATE: Jun 08, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
June! Summer! Fishing season! Just a few weeks before the schools let out and the beaches become the Island’s playground. Anyone hoping to catch a bonefish off the beach shallows had better get on with it before the commotion drives them out into de...
DATE: Jun 01, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
