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stevecowles

Aug 22, 20232 min read

1980s Japanese Fishing Reel Win

I quite enjoy float fishing from the pier for mackerel, there is no heavyweight gear involved, and I have a tiny (I mean tiny) tackle box...

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stevecowles

Aug 21, 20231 min read

Can I grow cress?

Back when I was at primary school, I remember us growing cress. I don't believe I've ever done so since. Yesterday I visited the local...

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stevecowles

Aug 15, 20231 min read

A death in the camp

Back on July 7th, I captured 11 queen ants locally, until yesterday I still had all 11. Alas, Queen 10 (a Lasius Niger and I'm not the...

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stevecowles

Jul 25, 20231 min read

Mackerel 0 - 4 Steve

Finally, my first catch. The mackerel seem to have arrived as there were other people catching them too. Yesterday afternoon I switched...

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stevecowles

Jul 23, 20231 min read

Messor Barbarus (5) Update

I have had this small colony (queen number 5) for 2 months now, they arrived as a colony of a Queen and a handful of workers and that is...

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stevecowles

Jul 22, 20231 min read

The value of knowledge

A few years ago I used to primarily fund my hobby of RC racing by selling spares in what is a specialist niche market. Some of the spares...

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stevecowles

Jul 20, 20231 min read

2023 Captured Queen Ant Update

I've been deliberately ignoring the queen ants I captured back on the 7th of July so that they can have some peach to do their own thing....

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stevecowles

Jul 19, 20231 min read

What's in the post?

The postman has delivered me a strange combination of cheap goodies today. Coloured plastic tape, sequins, sparkly tape, coloured beads...

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Eye can see the difference, can the fish?

stevecowles

Jul 18, 20231 min read

Eye can see the difference, can the fish?

Well, I can see the difference but will the fish? I’ve bought a couple of job lots of fishing gear from eBay, much of it secondhand so...

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stevecowles

Jul 16, 20232 min read

Job lot 3 and tackle update

My third eBay fishing job lot has arrived, so why did I buy this one? basically, I fancied a couple of Red Gill lures and bumped into...

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stevecowles

Jul 15, 20232 min read

Calming unsettled queen ants

I posted recently about the new queen ants I have captured, several of them seem to have had trouble settling in and have been very...

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stevecowles

Jul 12, 20232 min read

My Beginners Pier Fishing Kit

A complete disclaimer here, I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing, I won't let that stop me though so here is my current kit to be...

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stevecowles

Jul 9, 20231 min read

Experimenting by the Lighthouse

The weather was nice first thing this morning after last night's thunderstorms but the rain is forecast to return for most of next week,...

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stevecowles

Jul 8, 20231 min read

Flying Ant Day at Last

At about nine o'clock yesterday evening, I'd finished what I was doing for the day and was settling in for an hour of YouTube before bed...

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stevecowles

Jul 5, 20231 min read

Feeling sorry for the postman

I want to make up a few basic fishing rigs myself in the near future rather than buying them, there is a saving to be made and it would...

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stevecowles

Jul 4, 20231 min read

Another job lot

The other day, I posted about an eBay job lot I purchased to build up my collection of fishing gear at an affordable price. If fact I...

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stevecowles

Jul 3, 20231 min read

House-proud ants

Ants are often quite neat and tidy, some species more so that others. I recently added a test tube pod (from Wakooshi) to my small Messor...

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stevecowles

Jul 2, 20231 min read

My first fishing trip

I went sea fishing with my own gear for the first time yesterday, was it a success? I believe so. In fairness, I caught nothing but...

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stevecowles

Jun 30, 20231 min read

eBay Fishing job lot - a bargain?

I'm just starting out with fishing, in fact I've not actually been yet. I did but a cheap rod and reel and I got a tackle box with a lot...

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stevecowles

Jun 28, 20231 min read

Wiggly Worms in the Fridge

My ants need a combination of sugar and protein to thrive, the sugar is easy, I use Sunburst Nectar which is made for the purpose and a...

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