401 results returned for search: "" category "Opinion Writer" author Tight Lines
Another ideal fishing weekend ahead with near calm winds and no swell to speak of; fine small craft weather and a sign that the Bermuda summer is all but here. This augurs well for the Bermuda Fishing Clubs Annual Tournament, which will be held tomor...
DATE: May 19, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
Calm seas, light breezes, bright sunshine, but there won’t be much in the way of fishing this weekend; the good weather forecast notwithstanding.
Mother’s Day has a way of shifting the normal onus off Mom on to everyone else and any notion of heading...
DATE: May 12, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
Funny how wintry conditions can suddenly disappear and summery weather becomes the norm. That is what is happening right now.
Things are now settling down quite quickly; there are even high pressure ridges over the central Atlantic, a forerunner of ...
DATE: May 05, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
The very merry month of May is upon us and there can be no doubt that fishing season is at hand. Why? Because all the old books and magazines, not to mention tourism brochures, said so, that’s why. And also because the family is going to want the boa...
DATE: Apr 28, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
The weather through the week may not be doing too much to instil the thought of fishing in the heads of many but this should be ignored and attention paid to the calendar instead.
Thus far there have been a few wahoo caught here and there; some of th...
DATE: Apr 21, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
Like a large, hairy mammal emerging from its hibernation, this column once again comes out to weather the spring and summer seasons. Having been in slumber there will be some catching up to do and a return to the clockwork.
For some just surviving ye...
DATE: Apr 14, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
A welcome long weekend before the annual holiday madness sets in. And although the fishing has been quite good this past week, the offshore forecast is sufficiently grim to dissuade even the most diehard angler from braving the briny to wet a line.
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DATE: Nov 11, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
There is something about November and angling that simply does not go together. Perhaps it is the belief, not totally grounded on misinformation, that there will be no fishing weather until the spring or it may be that people who fish in the summer s...
DATE: Nov 04, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Face it! Much as you may not want to, summer is over and a lot of places in this world are turning their clocks back this weekend. This is not done to appease the ghosts and goblins of Hallowe’en but to try and cast a bit more light on the early morn...
DATE: Oct 28, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Winter is rattling her sabre now and it won’t be long before the sweaters and anoraks start appearing. Although the winds have been fairly moderate, the showers and generally poor conditions are doing plenty to restrict commercial fishermen to their ...
DATE: Oct 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
