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Happy New Year Crabtree kids! Here’s to 2014 being a bumper year in every way!

Okay. It’s January. It’s cold. You’re still thinking about fishing but you’re not at your most inspired.

Well, this month’s challenge is all about inspiration! We want you to inspire yourself and everyone around you to get out and hit the banks! As anglers we are arguably amongst the most connected to nature and the beauty of our surroundings and it’s time to share the pictures we take with everyone else.

In the original book (now available for kindle), it was in January that Mr. Crabtree and Peter committed to being year-round anglers.

 

Now either it’s got colder or Mr. Crabtree and Peter were particularly hardy types – no one is going to go fishing in a three-piece-suit these days – but with the proper gear (was Santa kind to you?) and a decent bobble hat you’ll be set to take on the world.

Mr. Crabtree Goes Fishing - get the ebook!Even if the fear of frostbite means you’re not quite ready to hit the banks just yet, you can still easily take on this month’s challenge…

Picture the Scene:

* 31 days
* 31 images
* 31 inspiring moments

If you’re not already using Instagram you might want to consider dipping your toe in now. The great thing about it is that you can set it up to post automatically to Twitter and Facebook as well, and there’s enough editing capability built in to keep most of us happy. It’s a great way of sharing images and finding people with similar interests. Come and have a chat with us on Twitter if you want any hints on getting started.

Here’s this month’s rules:

1) A picture every day – These can be photographs you’ve already taken, pics of you as a youngster, a pic you snap when you’re out walking of a piece of water you’d love to fish, a misty dawn, Crabtree sunrise or sunset, even a drawing or illustration – basically anything goes as long as it’s something that inspires you to go fishing.

2) If you haven’t got Facebook, Twitter or Instagram you can email your pics to us here. We’ll be putting together an online gallery to display them all.

3) You must tag all of your Facebook updates, tweets or Instagram posts with the #CrabtreeChallenge or #PicturetheScene or simply #Inspire hashtags so we can find you and share your pics.

And that’s it! Let’s light up January with a plethora of pics that will inspire even the most fair weather angler to get out on the banks!