Late September Blog….100% fishing!!!
The Hook Bait Company’s new website is now live!
THE HBC ‘s new website is now live and all the little edges that I have been using this season are up for sale to anyone that wants to press “click” and spend a few quid.
But in this day and age where the bait market is saturated with small “lone-wolf” operators why should the paying punter choose one of these over lets say “Dynamite Baits”
The answer is simple, individuality.I love being unique, I actively strive to have a bait that is totally different to the norm, even before I was taken on by Teme Severn and then Hook Bait Company and I was free to use whatever baits I wanted, I messed around with them. I used Dynamite Source…but I purchased the base mix and rolled my own, bigger, small, softer, different!
And that is what you can get with HBC baits…Difference!
Darren will roll to specifics but even his off the shelf stuff is different, there are edges to be had
And as anyone that has ever read anything I have written about fishing knows, I consider “edges” to be the difference between the average angler that occasionally catches and the bloke that fills his boots!
And generally it has to be said…My boots get filled quite often, I don’t get “next pegged” many times in a year, then again my idea of the “next peg” is generally measured in 100′s of yards rather than the standard 10.
Anyway, get yourself over to the site and have a look around, I like the “Gloops” and I think the “Natural Crave” takes some beating as far as boillies go although it has to be said “3-B” is also pretty damned impressive as is the Natural Black…
The choice is impressive, the quality is high…the consultants catch rates reflect this
http://81.19.185.2/~hookbait/wp/?page_id=344
You’re having a Laffar aintcha ?
I like the whole Social Media and publishing scene, I like seeing my picture in magazines and I like Youtube, I like how people can become “famous” for being good at something, I especially like Facebook, it allows me to keep in touch with my mates, see a load of fish and keep up to date with what is happening in the world… But some people seem to take the whole “fame” thing a bit too seriously
One chap who has popped his head above the parapet of late is a geezer caller Lee, Leigh or Leo Laffar…This bloke has it seems taken the whole “getting your face known” thing way too seriously…
Now I am not going to reproduce his pictures because that would be inviting bother but lets just say this young man has taken to photo-shop like a duck takes to water!
What on earth he thinks he is doing I haven’t got the foggiest idea but in a very short time he has just about made himself look like a complete shyster and fraud, the shame is, it looks like he can actually “fish a bit”
The enthusiasm of youth…
What I would do if I was him is hold my hands up and say “fair cop” I was wrong, unfortunately he has the hide of a rhino and the last I saw he was getting all shirty and offering people out, which is completely the wrong thing to do as the whole specimen fishing scene is littered with blokes that can scrap a bit and would in most likelihoods tear this young scamps head clean of his shoulders and piss down his neck.
But you cannot tell these youngsters anything…they have to learn the hard way, which is a shame as angling needs some young blood.
BEWARE OF THE WASPS!!
My good mate Mike Townsend had a bit of a run in with a wasp nest recently when he just happened to stand on one, he ended up in a proper state by the sounds of it as the wasps in question were hardcore English wasps and not these placid Greek ones I am using for illustration purposes.
Danny Johnson who was with him said that he could not count the number of stings involved but it was in the dozens…Mike was lucky!
And not only with the wasps and not ending up with some kind of shock but he also managed to bag himself a decent fish…lucky man!!!
Anyway here is his story in his latest blog update http://www.miketownsendfishing.co.uk/?p=384
lee, please no more just fishing! The katie Perry blog was the best ever and no fishing, posted the link to several non fishing mates they are going to be dissapointed with this one!
It amazes me how people can just turn on people the pics had been on facebook for over 3 years for one day somebody to turn the internet agaist me and give me abuse no body could ever wish on there worst enermy the fish was 3lb 8oz and one id edited same fish which I made a mistake by saying 4lb on but it wae my pic id not even sent it in for your record I didnt offer anybody out that you portray im a young lad in his 20s which im sure your blokes could rip my head off and piss down my neck the photo had been on fb over 3 years I hadnt even been in a mag or anything with it plus was a great fishor hardly fished in two years I got shurtey in the thousands of comments that people bullied me with one fb troll steals old pics and makes peoples life hell I got shurtey when people brought my partner saying theyd like to send me shit through the post and shag my missis wouldnt you get your facts right and I suggest you remove the blog as its threatning towards me can you imagine you just getting on with your life and one day a pic which had been on fb over 3 years gets you more abuse than a killer the people who said some of the comments that caused hurt to me my partner etc what sort of bloke would bring peoples partners into a hate campaighn for an old pic im a good angler and wont be stopped from doing what I love doing . Please remove it mate thanks lee .
Now this is has to stop im fed up of the 27th abuse of this poor lad, I saw some of the comments that were put to him and I can honestly say it was a disgrace ! This is fishing a photo or photos as I know him well , were old he had not raised above the parapet since 2011 , how anybody can steal pics spread them and cause hate is beyond belief he stuck up for himself when he was 1 agaist 1000 ! the comments above are out of order. Please can we just see fishing in future and not cyber bullying, what this lad went through on 27th was enough to really hurt somebody, he hadnt been in the magazine since 2011 and hes a top lad and did not deserve what he went through that day, for no wrong doing give it a rest , grown men bullying a young enthusiastic youngster get a grip !
Hello Lee and Rich, sorry Jade you got spammed , ok lets “talk”
Lee,
I don’t like bullies, I never have done and never will do, it is wrong and if what you say occurred in that people made threats of violence against you and you partner then I am disgusted!
What I say in my blog is that I am “disappointed” in your behavior, you can obviously fish a bit and you look the part unlike me who is a balding middle aged fat bastard…YOU DON’T NEED TO FLIP FISH AND CHEAT
And that is what it is when you try to deceive people, it’s cheating.
Concentrate on the facts and don’t drift into the realms of Wieghmore scales and photo-shop fish and you will do ok, you are young and should be allowed to make a mistake and not have it follow you round forever.
Jade,
I comment on fishing, I don’t bully, Lee has some skills and could do well at fishing, he “cheated”, people get angry about this type of stuff in the specimen fishing world, that’s life.
I am not trying to generate “hate” against this lad.
If anything I would like to see the boy get a second chance but he will have to stand up and admit what he did was fooking stupid and maybe then he can move on.
As for the legalities I did not use copy-right material and posted nothing that was hateful or could cause the incitement of hate, I simply made the point that I was disappointed in his behavior.
Back to Lee…
If you would like to make a statement saying that you are sorry and accept what you did was wrong I will host if for you here and will give you your forum of reply.
To the bullies…
To those that threatened to post shit through his letterbox and do other stuff that is below contempt, I say this.
“GROW UP!!!”
Heya mate yes thats totally fine the fish I flipped was a stupid mistake I didnt send it tho to any mag somebody took it off my fb account, It had been on years but I still put it at a wrong weight . Im a good angler and I would like to have a second chance . The hate I got and threats to my family and partner over a fish that was 3 years old I find hard to give these individuals ive made a mistake and hope I can get the forgiveness from fellow anglers all the best lee
P.s thanks for the kind words anything I catch il make sure its weighed and I wont do daft things from pics ive learnt my lesson from the worst day of abuse ever . Lee
You are a decent kid, its over as far as I am concerned.
All the best