Bob Roberts – Fishing information for the complete angler

November 1, 2024

Deal Of The Decade?

For anyone who is considering coming along to the Nottingham Piscatorial Society’s Speakers Evening at the Newark Showground this coming Wednesday, November 6th, it is looking like you are in for a real treat. As well as 3 speakers there will be plenty of fantastic bargains to be had on the various trade stands (See you there Fisky! I desperately need to stock up) but surely no deal will be better than this one on the night.

I will be launching my eagerly awaited book (by me, that is, I simply can’t wait to hold it!), The Mighty Trent, at the show and to mark this rather special occasion you can purchase a copy of the book and get a full set of the critically acclaimed Caught In The Act DVDs completely free.

Yes, you read that correctly. They are FREE!

Each book customer will receive a complementary gift set, previously sold for £59.98p, for absolutely nothing. That’s right, zilch. Gratis

There is no catch or strings attached. Purchase a book and the DVDs will be yours to take away. I repeat, NO CHARGE WHATSOEVER! But please be aware, this is a show-only offer. Available for one night only.

It will go a good way towards covering most attendees fuel costs, for the night, I hope.

To make sure you got that, allow me to repeat myself once more; that’s that’s the book, signed if you like with a dedication, plus 4 DVD discs containing approximately 7 hours of the finest angling footage around for the show offer price of only £35.

Go on, I challenge you, show me a better show bargain than that! 🤗😊👌

Please be aware, this offer will likely be limited to the first 100 show customers, so my advice is arrive early and head for the LEP stand immediately to avoid any possible risk of disappointment. Well, okay, if all 100 were to go I will make sure every single customer on the night does get a set, but the deal is available on that one night only, okay?.

I will be in attendance on the Little Egret Press stand, all evening, happy to sign copies and/ or write dedications as requested. The poster below gives a more detailed idea of what the night entails.

I was fortunate to see Brian Ingram give a talk a few years back and he’s a natural raccontour, genuinely funny, though seemingly reluctant to get up on stages these days so watching him perform here will be a rare opportunity to witness him in action.

Show entrance is just £5. Parking is free. Doors open at 6.15pm on Wednesday 6th November, 2024. Post code: NG24 2NY

Why not come along and have a great evening?

Meanwhile, check out my new website. It’s bobrobertsonline dot co dot… you know the score. I would add a link but our social host (book face) doesn’t seem to like that and seemingly hides such posts from you. Sad really.

Hopefully see you there.

Bob’s Latest Book – The Mighty Trent

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Currently SOLD OUT. Watch this space for updates. Thank you for making my project a runaway success.

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Bob Roberts1 week ago

I thoroughly enjoyed my final outing of the river season yesterday on the mighty Trent targeting and catching chub on maggot feeder (WH Lane’s top quality maggots from Independent FishingTackle and Bait shop, Doncaster). It was far from an easy day with not so much as a touch in the first couple of hours but a change of swim found a few fish. When I say a change, I mean moving to the next swim upstream. Sometimes it’s a simple as that. Location, location, location.

Not that I caught monsters, the biggest were fours and I failed to get a picture of the best fish of the day as the rain was coming down horizontally like stair rods when I netted it. That one was a big four that looked as if it was newly minted. Not a scale or fin out of place and bright silver, too. It practically looked like a summer fish. Clearly a young fish that is growing fast. A potential future monster.

It was a cold, clear morning with a biting wind in my face but as lunchtime approached this shifted round to a northerly yet surprisingly it felt a topcoat warmer under the now cloudy skies. Of course, the change brought rain and hail showers, some quite vicious in nature.

I was packed and on my way home by 4pm, satisfied with 8 good chub. I missed two bites that I didn’t even see at the death. Frustrating but a reminder that chub fishing involves concentration and striking at bites rather than letting bolt rigs and bite alarms take the strain. When ‘proper’ fishing I struggle to keep up the necessary level of concentration required for more than 5 hours. Do you?

On reflection, what sets the really best anglers apart is not knowing how to tie a hair rig or shot a pole, it’s the level of concentration required to be on your A game for the entire duration.

Anyway, that’s it for the 24/25 river season. Time now to revisit the local canals, an odd commercial here and there, a couple of gravel pits are calling and it’s rapidly coming round to tench and carp. time again.

A change is as good as a rest.

Tight lines.

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Bob Roberts1 week ago

I appreciate this post will appeal to only a tiny minority of anglers, in particular, serious book collectors only. When Wayne Crier published my recent Mighty Trent book. Back in November he also produced just ten leather bound copies.
Leathers are incredibly expensive to create and are the preserve of a passionate few. They are certainly not cheap at around £250 each but that is what it costs for hand crafted books with their slip cases, silk bookmark, mottled page edges, dedications, etc.
The people who order them know exactly what they are getting, why the cost is so high and are still prepared to invest, as that is what the serious end of the book market is. Investing. And that’s why it came as something of a shock when two customers who had ordered their copies failed to respond when the leathers arrived on the doorstep of The Little Egret Press headquarters. As usual they were sent and email to advise payment was due but they simply ignored the message. Now there may well be a very good reason as to why they have not sent payment for the books they ordered but there simply has been no response, a reason, an apology perhaps. You might think an email, letter, FB Messenger, WhatsApp, phone call or whatever, would not be a lot to ask, but nothing, total radio silence.
Which means, two lucky people could unexpectedly find themselves the proud owners of a leather bound copy of The Mighty Trent. Should you be interested then please contact Wayne Crier at Little Egret Press: https://thelittleegretpress.co.uk/
Email: [email protected]
Or by phone: 07909 090983
Two copies doesn’t sound a lot when all copies of the Special and Limited editions sold out but it amounts to 20% of the sales on a short run like this and puts a bigger hole than you might imagine in the accounts.

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The son of a trawlerman, Bob Roberts began writing fishing articles some 4 decades ago. What began as a bit of fun and rapidly became serious. In demand as an entertaining and informative writer, he has written for most UK angling magazines published through this era, the Angling Times, Mail, newspapers both local and national plus a good few in other countries. A published author and contributor to many other book, Bob has appeared regularly on TV and Radio (National and Commercial), is a regular public speaker who is never short of a good tale to tell. Formerly a top flight match angler, a UK Masters Champion, a specialist and latterly an all-rounder fishing for whatever takes his fancy. He has fished in France, Holland, the United States, Canada, Uganda, Zambia, Egypt, India, Sri Lanka, the Indian Ocean, Caribbean, and more besides. He’s caught a few fish, too!

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