Thinking, Blanking, Thinking, Blanking! ~ Part 1
….Even I found this video boring to watch! I appologise for the poor audio (I need to get an external mic for the camera), also I didn’t bother going mad with music and effects like the last one. I only put it on to try and emphasise how hard the fishing is here, and how the fishing on our river has become incrementally more difficult season by season as fish stocks decline. Every year I swear “this is my last season on the river“,... [Read More...]
Camping & Carping In WA No Way!
Is there anywhere I can put my bivvy up Bruce? I have just returned from what has to be one of the most disastrous carp trips to date. The sheer frustration I experienced from this colossal cluster was enough to drive someone of lesser mental fortitude to a complete nervous breakdown! However, I admit I did throw a massive tantrum at the lake, once we came to realise that our cunning plan to fish there for the weekend was completely out of the... [Read More...]
West Australian Coarse Anglers Club
I regularly receive emails, PM’s from forums and Facebook messages requesting information about carp fishing in Perth, and the rest of WA. Which has prompted me to write this blog, to try and help promote awareness of the existence of WA’s only coarse/carp club. To some extend I’ve become a bit of a contact point for carpers migrating here from the UK. Who, I’m always happy to advise and help if I can, but with extremely... [Read More...]
Southwest Quest
It was 41 degrees centigrade as left the Perth environs. After a hot and sticky 400km drive we arrived at our rammed earth cabin; nestled in the forest beneath tall stands of karri trees, gums and eucalypts. The loud hum of suburban airconditioners, groaning in the heat, gave way to sounds of the forest insect life. With a gazillion cicadas clicking in a semi-orchestrated corus, all thoughs of city life melted away in mere moments. Just outside the... [Read More...]
