401 results returned for search: "" category "Opinion Writer" author Tight Lines
So, here it is, summer. Long awaited and now having taken a life unto itself. The holiday’s festivities now behind us were apparently enjoyed by all; plenty of barbecues, watermelons and snowballs now magically appearing on a scene that saw winter pa...
DATE: May 23, 2013
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Tight Lines
Nature says that it is summer. The flowers are in bloom, the farmers have crops in the field and, contrary to some opinions, there are some fish to be caught offshore. The weather has finally decided to moderate and the sun is certainly hot enough to...
DATE: May 18, 2013
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Tight Lines
Say what you will: it is now, for want of a better word with all politically correctness set aside, “fishing” season. This means that the weekenders and those with the luxury of being able to head out at will can now plan to wage a campaign on the ga...
DATE: May 04, 2013
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Tight Lines
Despite a bit of bluster here and there, the predominant summer weather pattern is going to great lengths to establish itself and it won’t be too much longer before the Bermuda-Azores high becomes a source of humidity and heat to the American East Co...
DATE: Apr 27, 2013
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Tight Lines
The weather is starting to cooperate and there are some signs that the fish are as well. Observers of nature will have noted herons standing on the edge of bays and inlets and this is a sure sign that there is bait around and that means that mackerel...
DATE: Apr 20, 2013
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Tight Lines
Okay, so now you are running out of excuses. The weather has done a complete turnaround over the last couple of weeks and the days are nice and warm, replete with clear skies and calm seas. Isn’t that the formula for a journey to the deep blue briny?...
DATE: Apr 13, 2013
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Tight Lines
There are those of us who are beginning to think that angling has become a thing of the past. Winter is expected to be the down time for most but this year has even seen the commercial operators finding fairly desperate conditions for any sort of off...
DATE: Apr 06, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
Here we are, a holiday weekend and one that is probably not going to be too fishing friendly, so don’t plan on an excursion. Instead, there will be family social events that preclude trips down to the boat much less taking the boat anywhere. You wil...
DATE: Mar 30, 2013
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Tight Lines
March has certainly spent most of this last week in its leonine mode with plenty of wind howling and growling. With any luck, it may roar itself out and start settling down to more user-friendly conditions. We don’t want it totally dropping out all o...
DATE: Mar 09, 2013
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Tight Lines
Well, whether or not you believe it, it is now March and that is a month that goes by ever so quickly, at least from a fishing perspective. While it might seem that the traditional May start to the season is many weeks’ away, it really is later than ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2013
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Tight Lines