JAA's Interweb Links

Web-sites are supposed to have a 'links page'. Apparently.

There’s a fine line between reciprocal links inserted purely to convince the crawler ‘bots of the world that one’s website is a good resource of its type and those just providing links to stuff one likes in the broad interests of the casual reader.

You’d be surprised how many rum emails I get promising me instant business and suggesting it would be nice if we linked to each other. That many of these are selling products that I would never endorse, and in many instances have heaped vitriol on, suggests that the senders are either ‘machines’ or ‘wildly optimistic’. As for those that insist that with the right tweaks, provided for a small fee, my site would reach so many more customers...

I keep firmly to the right side of this line; if it amuses me or I like it, it’ll be on this page somewhere. If it doesn’t, it never will.

There.

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'Blogs and Forums

These are displayed in the reverse date order of their addition to the site - so newest at the top...

The Avon DiaryThe Fabulous Avon Diary This quite wonderful record of a stretch of the Avon at Somerley is well worth dipping into on a regular basis. It's nicely recorded and focuses on the subjects themselves: fishing, the environment, the water meadows and their other denizens. Give it a go.

Look Ye Also"The Wonder of the World, The Beauty and the Power, The Shapes of Things, Their Colours Lights and Shades, These I Saw, Look Ye Also While Life Lasts." - Denys Watkins-Pitchford: The author writes: "This Blog is a record of my love of the countryside, all things in it, especially old tractors, growing good food, drinking good tea and taking time out to enjoy life!"

This is a lovely, gentle and honest 'blog. Do take a look.

The Idler's QuestJolly hard for me to resist the blog of one who writes, in respect of roach fishing, that ''...so we have stick float fishing on rivers at the top and bolt rigged swim-feeder fishing on gravel pits at the very bottom of the admissible method list and in their respective positions because the one takes a great deal of skill, practice and hard work to perfect and the other, none whatsoever.'': Jolly hard for me to resist the blog of one who writes, in respect of roach fishing, that "...so we have stick float fishing on rivers at the top and bolt rigged swim-feeder fishing on gravel pits at the very bottom of the admissible method list and in their respective positions because the one takes a great deal of skill, practice and hard work to perfect and the other, none whatsoever." When you add in the home made floats and stuff about the advantages of grey as a colour, well, it's just good to know there are more of us.

Just got a bit of a cold, that's all... Well worth a read is CarpspottingThe New Confessions of a Carp Fisher - I was put onto this gem by The Scottish Correspondent, one similarly Soulhooked and after a read through, find that I can at last admit the truth. I'm a recovering carp addict, I can give it up any time I want, I can handle it, I'm just a bit tired that's all. Obviously, 'recovering' is a subjective term. Nice work Greg.

Hugh Miles - Wildlife AdventuresHugh Miles - Wildlife Adventures: Hugh Miles is a British filmmaker who specialises in wildlife films. An award-winning cinematographer, Hugh likes to be involved in as many aspects of the filmmaking process as possible, even appearing in front of the camera to help the audience get closer to the experience of actually being out on location.

His blog is always beautifully shot and is well worth a visit at any time.

Retiarius - Angling Ancient & (quite) ModernRetiarius - Angling Ancient & (quite) Modern. Creative use of the word "modern".

Salt and FreshThe life and times of a hopeless fishing addict. The life and times of a hopeless fishing addict. What? You're hopeless and coincidentally a fishing addict? A very bad fishing addict? Very addicted to fishing? What? Ah well. Well you said it Putnamsmif...

Worth a visit for the most wonderfully evocative photography.

Monty Dalrymple and the View From Yat RockMonty Dalrymple and the View From Yat Rock. Possibly a rant. Possibly a blog. Hard to tell really. One must bring one's own soapbox...

The Tuesday SwimA dog dangling kinda day to go fishing... is a place, a moment, a thought, that sometimes exists but on occasions may just emerge from the imagination. The Tuesday Swim uses fundamental tackle that gives pleasure in its simplicity in the pursuit of touching nature, encapsulating everything that is important and dismisses all that is trivial. The Tuesday Swim is a constant state of discovery.

The Path by the WaterThe forum has reopened forum was founded in July 2011 to provide a temporary home to the dispossessed of 'Pure Piscator' among others and still potters along. The site is run by 'JAA', webmaster, watchman and adjuster of technical things. "TPBTW" is a cyber-space shed with kettle, for like-minded anglers who place as much emphasis (well almost) on the type of biscuit or cake as they do the rod, reel or bait. It's much less about tackle and rigs and much more about ethos.

There is a smattering of 'traditional' tackle here, but we are not a "traditionalist re-enactment group". For the most part, it doesn't matter what your fishing rod is made of or what reel you use. We do care about your fishing exploits, your fettling and anything vaguely fishing related. Or even things that are not fishing related, 'beyond the rabbit-proof fence' as it were.

We like meandering threads. "A good web discussion should be like a good pub chat - beginning with a notion, weaving back and forth into the proposition at regular intervals but going off like a specimen fish played on light tackle, with a thumb on the reel and the expectation it will be netted in the end (mixing metaphors along the way of course)." - 'Gluey'

The name is borrowed from the A. R. B. Haldane's account of his early days of trout fishing as a boy in the Ochil hills and then onto trout waters in Argyll and the water meadows of Hampshire. It's an evocative and wonderful account, all fishermen should read this and dream.