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Alex Gowney

Alex Gowney

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    • Alex Gowney
      Alex Gowney replied to the thread Cows.
      Me too Neil, I think it's the most basic and minimum requirement to lessen the risk.
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      Alex Gowney reacted to Neil Blood's post in the thread Cows with Like Like.
      A local dairy farmer told me regarding bulls, its simple, if there’s a bull in a field stay out of the field as even the most placid of...
    • Alex Gowney
      Alex Gowney reacted to Paul Verity's post in the thread Worms for bait with Like Like.
      Great story
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      Alex Gowney reacted to Mark Swaby's post in the thread Cherwell with Like Like.
      In the 80's we were told he lived in the big Manor house with the lake and swimming pool on the right as you walked down the alley to...
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      Alex Gowney reacted to Mark Walker's post in the thread Cherwell with Like Like.
      My first ever fishing trip was on the Cherwell at Chipping Warden where my Nan still lives. I caught a ton of minnows with my uncle, was...
    • Alex Gowney
      Alex Gowney reacted to Dave Taylor's post in the thread Cows with Like Like.
      This Hereford bull was on its own but there was another herd across the river. It walked along the bank towards me then stopped about 30...
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      Alex Gowney reacted to Mike Hodgkiss's post in the thread Cows with Like Like.
      Hers my tips garnered from coming from a farming background and decades of fishing in areas where cows frequent . Bulls on their own in...
    • Alex Gowney
      Alex Gowney replied to the thread Cows.
      I had a close encounter on the Ouse as well Mark, back in the late 90s. Not sure where it was but it was a stretch I hadn't fished...
    • Alex Gowney
      Alex Gowney reacted to Mark Swaby's post in the thread Cows with Like Like.
      I have posted this before on BFW and even though I spent Summer holidays on a family farm as a kid I was really shaken / lucky that...
    • Alex Gowney
      Alex Gowney reacted to Paul Deans's post in the thread Cows with Like Like.
      Maybe 10 years ago I was fishing the Yorkshire river Nidd. The long walk to the swims was long...the short walk meant navigating a good...
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      Alex Gowney reacted to Barry Peck's post in the thread Cows with Like Like.
      How to stop cows charging This has always worked for me . As a kid I used to spend a lot of time with a fella who was a poacher . When...
    • Alex Gowney
      Alex Gowney reacted to Christian Tyroll's post in the thread Stef Horak - Bait and wait. with Like Like.
      That was hands down my favourite fishing magazine. Do you know when it stopped?
    • Alex Gowney
      Alex Gowney replied to the thread No passion for angling?.
      Some interesting points of view, and many varied ones too. I am not an angler who considers catching a fish to be a "bonus". That's the...
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      Alex Gowney reacted to Jon Young's post in the thread No passion for angling? with Like Like.
      One thing I would add on the nature side is I love seeing all the different animals barring rats and otters. The mice I can handle...
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      Alex Gowney reacted to Jon Young's post in the thread No passion for angling? with Like Like.
      Considering 2 of the last 3 seasons have started with a run of 20+ blanks for me there’s definitely more than just catching fish that...
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