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isPermaLink="false">http://www.masterblanker.com/?p=1449</guid> <description><![CDATA[Just a quick post to remind you all in the UK that your rod license will expire at the end of the month. Go here to get a new one sorted out and remember that if you fish 3 rods you need 2 licenses.You can also get your license at the post office or by [...]
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.masterblanker.com/?p=1524</guid> <description><![CDATA[well it is the 3rd of March and that means for most of us that the pike season ended 3 days ago. Sad really that we have abandoned closed seasons on most waters in the UK ( though not in Norfolk)  but we still cling to this antiquated idea that October &#8211; March is the [...]
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.masterblanker.com/?p=1474</guid> <description><![CDATA[Just a quick piece of reflection on a blog in the Guardian News paper on the subject of eating UK freshwater fish. The article that can be found here by Nick Weston, espouses the idea that as the fish stocks in the sea surrounding the UK are dwindling that we should start to consume the [...]
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.masterblanker.com/?p=1442</guid> <description><![CDATA[As I have a lot of readers from the Netherlands ( and I have written a section on the expats guide in the rules in NL) I thought I would make you all aware of a tweet by Hsfvissen ( re tweeted by Pikemasterlures ) where they stated, &#8220;Boete vissen met levendaas verdubbeld!&#8221; ie the [...]
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.masterblanker.com/?p=1342</guid> <description><![CDATA[In what is not really the shock of the century &#8220;scar&#8221; from Les Graviers has come back out, matching the previous record from Rainbow lake by Martin Locke, the Solar head honcho. Strangely it is the Daily Mail who has reported on it again rather than the forums or the angling media. Paul Roberts from [...]
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.masterblanker.com/?p=1331</guid> <description><![CDATA[To all those carp anglers who boast about 200 yard casts&#8230; try with a fly rod ? I came across this video today showing Steve Rajeff casting a fly line over 120 foot with an obstruction behind him&#8230; I am amazed, simply amazed. Like all masters of their art he makes it seem all too [...]
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