Day 3. Rain stopped play

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No need to get wet

we have all the time we need

plan for tomorrow

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by Scooj

Day 2. Lantic Bay

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Exhausting cliff walk

rewarded with beautiful bay

bass today’s quarry

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by Scooj

Day 1. Bodinnick

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Anticipation

northerly wind, south coast mark

first cast of the year

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by Scooj

Ruffle

Grey Heron, River Frome, Bristol, May 2026
Grey Heron, River Frome, Bristol, May 2026

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Smooth laminar flow

a heron ruffles feathers

pre-hunt ritual

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by Scooj

Red Porgy

Red Porgy or Common Seabream (Pagurus pagurus), Bodinnick, Cornwall, October 2025
Red Porgy or Common Seabream (Pagurus pagurus), Bodinnick, Cornwall, October 2025

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Jewel of the sea

aquatic hidden actor

underwater scene

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by Scooj

  • all fish caught on my recent fishing trip were returned safely to the sea.

Little egret


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Little Egret, River Frome, Bristol, September 2025
Little Egret, River Frome, Bristol, September 2025

White as snow, black bill

fishing here year after year

creature of habit

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by Scooj

Why we do it

Fishing, Pentewan Beach, Cornwall, October 2024
Fishing, Pentewan Beach, Cornwall, October 2024

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Everlasting hope

meditation, in the zone

at one with nature

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by Scooj

Freeloaders

Fish lice on a corking wrasse, Pallas Cove, Cornwall, October 2024

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Uninvited guests

sucking the life out of host

and hitching a ride

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by Scooj

Mind cast

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Fishing tomorrow

annual trip to Cornwall

daydreaming the scene

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by Scooj

That’s my girl

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In Cambodia

daughter spent a day fishing

feasting on her prize

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by Scooj