tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post4811121809774644561..comments2024-03-17T15:44:26.723+00:00Comments on Idler's Quest: Gravel Pit Bream - The Big Bream PuzzleJeff Hatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-41010563395641766342013-01-31T15:52:09.525+00:002013-01-31T15:52:09.525+00:00I have a Dave Tipping book, Tim. The Lagoon chapte...I have a Dave Tipping book, Tim. The Lagoon chapter I read back and forth last year. I'll see if I can find a copy of your collaboration. Cheers!Jeff Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-51539663641091647232013-01-28T21:23:13.741+00:002013-01-28T21:23:13.741+00:00Hi mate, get yourself a copy of The Stillwater Ang...Hi mate, get yourself a copy of The Stillwater Angler By Tim Ridge (myself) & Dave Tipping. Honestly finding big bream is easy (if a little time consuming).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-5584836319484450752011-05-20T08:17:49.250+01:002011-05-20T08:17:49.250+01:00Food for though there Phil - describing bream fish...Food for though there Phil - describing bream fishing as 'the abyss' and using terms such as 'dread' may be designed to put off the weak of constitution, but I am made of sterner stuff!<br /><br />I intend to catch at least a few of these manhole covers 'by design' this summer.<br /><br />As for tench, well if a biggy comes along in the meantime...<br /><br />Matt, I'Jeff Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-3801662294354297822011-05-18T13:10:26.891+01:002011-05-18T13:10:26.891+01:00It's a sad truth that once you catch a few big...It's a sad truth that once you catch a few big fish of any species, the experience loses a bit of its shine. I wish I could recreate the feeling I had when I first caught a 5lb wild brownie, but I've had a few now (and a few quite a bit bigger), and now they're just big brownies rather than the jaw dropping miracles they were at first.<br />Classy writing as usualJeff. This fluff Matthew Easthamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251652487123519104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-46620394102295770332011-05-18T10:16:59.980+01:002011-05-18T10:16:59.980+01:00Sorry to hear that you have decended into the abys...Sorry to hear that you have decended into the abyss of fishing for big bream. After literally thousands of hours on the bank chasing the dinner plates, I would dread being at the begining of the long journey today.<br />Feature fishing is the way, drop offs, bars [top of], change of bed make up, ie silt to gravel. Normally at range from the bank and I would favour sweetcorn as bait. I have Travelling Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13072857145839783661noreply@blogger.com