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Hooked on Hope The Podcast

Hooked on Hope The Podcast

By Hooked on Hope

James Gilbraith reads his tales of angling the predictably unpredictable waters of Lancashire's River Ribble, trying to capture that most illusive of creatures, joy. Hooked On Hope is a sonic journey about fishing, chasing salmon, friendship, music, humour and balance.
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Episode 4, Turning Pro-biotic - One Of Us Is Dead

Hooked on Hope The Podcast Dec 12, 2020

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Episode 7, Sure fire ways to sweeten the mind

Episode 7, Sure fire ways to sweeten the mind

Boo explores the harsh realities of salmon fishing and walks us the the mental process of flicking the switch to the 'on' position.

Jun 09, 202329:09
Episode 6, The Deconstruction of Evolution - A Hymn for Everyman

Episode 6, The Deconstruction of Evolution - A Hymn for Everyman

Buy the ticket and take the ride! Journey to planet beauty therapy and beyond. Battle your demons and live your nightmares. Metamorphosis, Kafka, parasites, insanity and Big Bad Barry. Buckle up and climb inside the escape pod - literally! Welcome to Episode 6 of Hooked on Hope Re-Cast 

Aug 16, 202227:01
Episode 5, Only Love Can Do That

Episode 5, Only Love Can Do That

TC - Chapter 6 Only Love Can Do That

'There's more to fishing than catching fish', is the mantra of the philosophical angler. Let's face it, it's nice to get one once in a while, so after nine long months without even a hint of a take, Boo finally gets a pull... but like being clean through on goal sometimes its the miss that teaches us the most. 

Jul 22, 202121:25
Episode 4, Turning Pro-biotic - One Of Us Is Dead

Episode 4, Turning Pro-biotic - One Of Us Is Dead

TC - Chapter 3 & 4

Having had a taste of Aberdeenshire Dee – Lamont and I try to join the monied elite via the shortest route possible. We battle HR, dodge, and skive while also contemplating what makes a contest.

Chapter 3 – Turning pro-biotic

Chapter 4 – One Of Us Is Dead

Dec 12, 202034:33
Episode 3, ABC Dee – Fire the Arrow to Kill the Beast

Episode 3, ABC Dee – Fire the Arrow to Kill the Beast

Sometimes you just need to get away and cast off to new beginnings and a brighter form of sunshine. Lamont & I leave our local river in search of some spring silver on the mighty river Dee. Paul is at the control tower and takes us on the journey in technicolour as we continue our voyage through the first book.  Sit back, relax, and remember that on a journey to anywhere you can draw your own map.
May 07, 202043:01
Episode 2, Weights & Measures

Episode 2, Weights & Measures

The terminal chancer bunks off work to dash to the river to get his fishing fix, daydreams about an imagined suicide attempt, bumps into Ahab and re-enters the seasonal cycle of salmon dementia.

Feb 14, 202025:29
Episode 1, Clint Best Vs The Cosmos

Episode 1, Clint Best Vs The Cosmos

This episode is taken from James Gilbraith's first book "Terminal Chancer" released in 2014. This is a story of competitive sports fishing at its most psychedelic. James takes on the 'National Association of Local Government Officers', the farmer's mad dog Ming, his long standing rival and best friend Mick Crook, and an epic comedown on a baking hot summer's day in Blackburn circa 1990. Who'll come out on top, Clint Best or the Cosmos?
Jan 03, 202028:14