401 results returned for search: "" category "Opinion Writer" author Tight Lines
Like it or not, it is summer. That came into fact yesterday at 12.54pm local time.
That is the time that the astronomers reckon the focus of the sun’s rays came as far north as it is going to. Not that it has anything much to do with the sun; it is ...
DATE: Jun 22, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
This has the potential for an interesting weekend. First off, it is a long holiday weekend in what Bermudians take to be their summer. Secondly, there is the Father’s Day celebration.
How many fathers might prefer to head offshore for some excitemen...
DATE: Jun 15, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Waking to lightning, thunder, torrential rain and gusty winds last Sunday meant that postponing last weekend’s Bacardi Tournament turned out to be a wise move. The tournament will now be held this Sunday in far more conducive circumstances.
While the...
DATE: Jun 08, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Time, tide and fish wait for no man and the short season that is the summer offers few opportunities.
Short, because it goes by so quickly and there are so many other diversions that few weekend warriors can get in the amount of fighting that they w...
DATE: Jun 01, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Now is the time to get down to some seriously fishing. Yesterday was for picnicking, swimming and soaking up the sun. Consign all that to the history books and get offshore where there has been some very encouraging signs over the last couple of week...
DATE: May 25, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Time for the ol’ sea dogs to do what they do best; and that is; slip in a weekend of fishing between Mother’s Day which kept many land-bound even though the weather was somewhat less than encouraging (a bit of sour grapes, maybe?) and the 24th May Be...
DATE: May 18, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Steady breezes and a building sea were enough to force a postponement of the 2019 BFCAT tournament last Sunday. The alternate is not this weekend which, if it had been, would have caused all kinds of upheaval, it being Mother’s Day.
Instead, it is s...
DATE: May 11, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
What a glorious week this has been! All tied up with work on land while the ocean beckons with near-flat calm seas and sunny skies — very poor planning.
One should have known better because by all indications spring came early this year and now the ...
DATE: May 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
We’re back! And how did you spend your free time this winter? Visiting the gym, watching football, NFL, binge watching, house chores? Bet it wasn’t fishing and that is probably what you should have been doing.
For one, the weather was not all that aw...
DATE: Apr 27, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
And herewith endeth the season; for most, at least, with the tropical season finally winding down and the water temperature dropping below the threshold at which such systems can strengthen.
Although hurricanes and tropical storms will no longer be o...
DATE: Nov 10, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
