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Alex Gowney

Alex Gowney

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      Alex Gowney reacted to Graham Elliott's post in the thread Carp for a change with Like Like.
      Thought I would do a French trip whilst the faculties allow. Beautiful location with 14th century castle and moat on site. Very...
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      Alex Gowney reacted to Andrew Jackson's post in the thread Avoiding bream !! with Like Like.
      If it were me I'd just concentrate on fishing as effectively fir the Barbel with good baits and rigs and just take the Bream as they...
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      Alex Gowney reacted to Tim Marks's post in the thread Avoiding bream !! with Like Like.
      On the Thames we have used baits up to about 45mm and we still catch bream ! Tiger nuts are recommended as an anti-bream bait by carp...
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      Alex Gowney reacted to Cliff Turner's post in the thread Avoiding bream !! with Like Like.
      Jack, if you're catching barbel and bream on the Teme you're doing great, seriously, stick with it !
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      Alex Gowney reacted to Martin Osmond's post in the thread I actually caught one! with Like Like.
      Been a long time coming, blanked the whole of last season although didn't really have my fishing head on to be fair, but a few weeks ago...
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      Alex Gowney reacted to Steve Kenchington's post in the thread Cows with Like Like.
      About 40 years ago I was sitting back from the bank above four feet of water on the short bank above school bridge on D Stour between...
    • 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...
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      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...
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