401 results returned for search: "" category "Opinion Writer" author Tight Lines
With most of the year now a matter of history, the penultimate month of 2018 will be angling’s last stand before the winter sets in and other avocations take priority. If the weather holds, there may be opportunities for forays off on to the briny an...
DATE: Nov 03, 2018
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Tight Lines
Trick or treat! It is that time of year again when the blue briny surrounding this island is worked over by anglers in all sorts of guises trying to rout out the best of the treats and to avoid the pitfalls of the blanks or slim pickings that are so ...
DATE: Oct 27, 2018
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Tight Lines
The weather this past week has been classic change-of-seasons weather. The passage of the first of many cold fronts dropped the humidity, brought rain and lowered the temperatures. In short, soon winter.
On the plus side of things, although there ma...
DATE: Oct 20, 2018
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Tight Lines
Where have all the anglers gone? It seems that they have just about all given up on the present season and turned to other things. The thought that Florence might visit did lead to a lot of boats being hauled out of the water and it is reasonable to ...
DATE: Sep 29, 2018
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Tight Lines
Boom, it is autumn and slowly but surely, the weather is on the change. Cold fronts have started to blow on through, bringing a bit of thunder and lightning, and showers that were certainly well needed by most tanks and gardens. Does this mean that s...
DATE: Sep 22, 2018
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Tight Lines
It was with some trepidation that the organisers awaited the dawn on Sunday. Florence fears were abounding, and many boat owners had decided to be proactive and to remove their various craft from the water, concluding this year’s boating season. Stil...
DATE: Sep 15, 2018
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Tight Lines
What is it with the weather and tournaments? It can be fine, calm and sunny for weeks on end and then a major tournament comes along and the island finds itself the target of its first taste of some undesirable, seasonal tropical weather system.
With...
DATE: Sep 08, 2018
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Tight Lines
Have you noticed anything? The calm weather and blisteringly warm days have had a profound effect on the inshore waters although most people drive by such phenomenon day after day without even realising it; certainly not seeing it.
Something that the...
DATE: Sep 01, 2018
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Tight Lines
The sun was bright, the clouds puffy and, all in all, it was a Bermudaful day as the island’s juniors gave what was probably a first course in the fishes of Bermuda at the Flagpole as they presented their catches in the Bermuda Anglers Club Junior To...
DATE: Aug 25, 2018
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Tight Lines
It is so hot that even the fish seem to be taking a bit of a break. With the foreign marlin fleet almost completely departed, the thought of trolling in air conditions is largely out of style and it is back to the old hot and sweaty grind.
The trolli...
DATE: Aug 18, 2018
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Tight Lines
