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Carpitaly 2012: no more the only one
Gonzaga, a small town near the city of Mantua, beetwen Venice and Milan: here the traditional fair market called Carpitaly takes place every year. This year’s edition was a …
The Venice lagoon
Many of you will immediately think of Venice as the city of San Marco, with its bell tower, the channels with the gondolas, a center unchanged over the centuries, but …
FishingShow one year ago
“F” as February, “F” as fairs: who doesn’t know the world of Italic sport fishing might be led to thinking this month is the best one for trade shows, instead …
Strategic mistake
River Lemene, Christmas eve. I asked my friend Giampaolo Borile to come fishing with me for a few hours using long whips to catch many triotti, a traditional tecnic in …
A quiet day
Those who were expecting a technical article will be disappointed: in this first work dedicated to the pêche au coup I fished together with my friend Mauro Teso and his …
Italian Master 2011: the last match (2/2)
In my previous articles I always carefully avoided using terms like Italy and Italian, preferring to replace them with Italic peninsula and Italics. Not this time, as you can read …
Italian Master 2011: the last match (1/2)
I know: this photoblog seems biased in favour of the chronicles of matchfishing events, but things are about to change. The second edition of Italian Master disputed last Saturday, 12 …
Yuri Grisendi: profile of a predangler
During these first 36 years of my earthly existence, I’ve managed to have only one certainty: if you’re looking for something on Google but can’t find it, then it means …
Italic championship 2011: part 3/3
Ostellato natural oasis, 58 kilometres south of Venice lagoon: Ballabeni looks alone in his thoughts. Left to him Jacopo Falsini is catching regularly as well as other competitors are doing …
Italic championship 2011: part 2/3
Fourth, last match hour; the sun comes out from behind the clouds and temperature is rising. Before continuing in the description of this second day match, it’s necessary to write …