tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44159426887283845282024-03-14T08:05:19.289+00:00angling for somethingFishing, if I a fisher may protest, Of pleasures is the sweet'st, of sports the best, Of exercises the most excellent. Of recreations the most innocent. But now the sport is marde, and wottye why? Fishes decrease, and fishers multiply - Thomas Bastard (1598)Nick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174095010315298941noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415942688728384528.post-79867219949735688872013-08-22T10:48:00.000+01:002013-08-22T15:42:36.249+01:00Evening Meanderings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Got the kids off to bed last night and jumped on the bike to go and see what was happening down at the river. No decent fly hatches to speak of although I did get the odd eyeball and mouthful of midges. It was encouraging to see plenty of fry around, but I'm not so sure Phil Clayton & Adam Mack will be pleased to see an armada of goosander in one of their favorite swims.</div>
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I followed the river down through Salford into Manchester and then onto the Medlock and the Ship Canal. I didn't string the rod up, didn't see anything to cast at, but it was nice to be out and great to see a young heron fishing in Castlefield and a kingfisher flying down the Medlock at Potato Wharf.<br />
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The relative rude health of these urban waterways and the return of fish stocks has brought about this abundance of fish eating birds, but the balance is fragile and the damage a flotilla of 30 cormorants can do should not be under estimated. If the fish are gone then so are the kingfishers and herons.</div>
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The annual Serengeti style Ship Canal migration was in full flow last week, a highlight being a couple of huge ghost common carp. In the picture above you can just about make out that the river is thick with bream the size of bin lids.Nick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174095010315298941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415942688728384528.post-89243533746153634552012-09-26T16:16:00.000+01:002012-09-26T16:16:55.568+01:00Costa del Salford<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just stumbled across this ale at lunch time. If you want to sample it, you'll find it in the beer tent at the Manchester Food & Drink Festival in Albert Square.Nick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174095010315298941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415942688728384528.post-6858006948131778342012-09-08T20:14:00.000+01:002012-09-08T20:16:16.246+01:00Keep Broughton Tidy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When enjoying the free fishing on our lovely river, if you're going to be civilised enough to make a bankside fruit juice cocktail while smoking slim panatellas, be a good chap & pick your fucking litter up.Nick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174095010315298941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415942688728384528.post-81777243406030585652012-09-03T14:49:00.001+01:002012-09-05T23:02:32.012+01:00Lakes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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No special effects here, just caught this on my phone as the changing light illuminated a part of our damp isleNick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174095010315298941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415942688728384528.post-91400830338439803692012-08-31T09:33:00.000+01:002012-08-31T12:01:36.519+01:00Trout<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Nick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174095010315298941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415942688728384528.post-25137809091251203682012-08-08T20:57:00.000+01:002012-08-08T20:57:33.863+01:00Salford Friendly Clubhouse in Telegraph<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm starting to get that melancholy feeling that the season is slipping away, washed off downstream towards winter with the days already drawing in... Christ, it's only July.... stop fucking raining!</div>Nick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174095010315298941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415942688728384528.post-66350352580491414382012-06-06T21:37:00.001+01:002012-06-08T16:50:39.257+01:00Urban Trouting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I concur</div>Nick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174095010315298941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415942688728384528.post-78955304872000230702012-06-01T14:42:00.001+01:002012-06-01T14:46:01.442+01:00Humpy Boggart<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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He uses Humpys & he's a Boggart...Nick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174095010315298941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415942688728384528.post-29218714265819024232012-05-08T21:46:00.001+01:002012-05-08T21:46:57.542+01:00Super Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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It was then to the river(via the New Oxford) to meet Adam, another of the Salford Friendly crew to show him how to chuck a fly. At the river we were met with an incredible hatch of LDO's & caddis. Amazingly the fish Tom snagged below wasn't the best of his day...</div>
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We fished into the evening catching & losing some beauts & then rounded off the day down the club house.<br />
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Adam should have had his hooked swede checked out as you can see, later on, the side effects of urban trouting can be pretty gruesome</div>
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<br />Nick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174095010315298941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415942688728384528.post-44869923695312302202012-03-24T23:27:00.008+00:002012-03-29T22:11:12.645+01:00A Facial Study Of The Various Emotions Of The Angler<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZ-6eonTw0S5EIGwhWz3ZFb_xBVggqhgvzZWygZ7b9jFuLPQFWiZHzRtJx_ruSV4nXhGdDJQniMgvqHrmWDrMB19gU7-Zw4PjHgulQ6TI6dT3dZPbWVK75sw1ft2O9lIjPlveFM2-z24/s1600/SAM_0560.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZ-6eonTw0S5EIGwhWz3ZFb_xBVggqhgvzZWygZ7b9jFuLPQFWiZHzRtJx_ruSV4nXhGdDJQniMgvqHrmWDrMB19gU7-Zw4PjHgulQ6TI6dT3dZPbWVK75sw1ft2O9lIjPlveFM2-z24/s320/SAM_0560.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Disbelief</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Discover the reason why: <a href="http://tominargentina.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/reasons-not-to-lie-in-bed-on-saturday.html" style="text-align: center;">http://tominargentina.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/reasons-not-to-lie-in-bed-on-saturday.html</a><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div></div></div></div>Nick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174095010315298941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415942688728384528.post-22944952674512136452012-03-18T19:45:00.001+00:002012-03-19T08:53:17.109+00:00Happy 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92SrtEl-nGmPdDqPcfaGPHF304cPL3AkYWbx8oMLXDpyourx88udlmCRbK1v0DfLESKbsoSRwDs_DHMfKAiwEAVsGZ6m1Zb0-sV27FY7oUxhtWuxEp68Lygdya1G8K9zh2jmVVH8Sle4/s1600/start+of+season.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92SrtEl-nGmPdDqPcfaGPHF304cPL3AkYWbx8oMLXDpyourx88udlmCRbK1v0DfLESKbsoSRwDs_DHMfKAiwEAVsGZ6m1Zb0-sV27FY7oUxhtWuxEp68Lygdya1G8K9zh2jmVVH8Sle4/s400/start+of+season.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Wading into position to pop a fly on this fish I didn't realise my phone was taking a dip in my pocket...Yet another f**ked crackberry to be sent back. Tom asked if the phone was OK? my answer - "to be honest I couldn't give a £#*k, a trout on the dry is worth a thousand phones!"Nick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174095010315298941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415942688728384528.post-69675381580311725692012-03-15T21:16:00.000+00:002012-03-15T21:16:16.182+00:00Reservoir Blogs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Auntie Mike</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iRGpHnmYogaqHpxrCo_2TCsESKEERr3bM8w-VtdZrMgLaLDaUZzLwz-2LqzPcH6u3P4gI4PfVV4-5HyRE-CJLflxnvLk72BMbRO9F89XsyiSdgCVwqxlL_YQ96MLYdHvlZdPoSkTw-0/s1600/salford+friendly+bbc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iRGpHnmYogaqHpxrCo_2TCsESKEERr3bM8w-VtdZrMgLaLDaUZzLwz-2LqzPcH6u3P4gI4PfVV4-5HyRE-CJLflxnvLk72BMbRO9F89XsyiSdgCVwqxlL_YQ96MLYdHvlZdPoSkTw-0/s400/salford+friendly+bbc.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Duddy on the beeb</div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/courses/manchester-ship-canal/lessons/manchester-ship-canal">http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/courses/manchester-ship-canal/lessons/manchester-ship-canal</a>Nick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174095010315298941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415942688728384528.post-10141849315331446682012-03-09T01:06:00.002+00:002012-03-29T22:04:43.953+01:00flotsam & jetsamI didn't want anyone to think the TITT Urban Conclave weekend was wasted on the SFAS so I thought I'd drop a quick post before the season starts. We've been busy recruiting, training & recording the efforts of a growing band of kick samplers throughout the catchment; Irwell, Roch & Croal. It is also nice to see the river itself has been giving a helping hand by securing some Large Retail Debris (LRD) along the banks.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here's a little treat for Dr Gaskell; A Babby's Yed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Anyone found a more sinister piece of bankside jetsam?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- A prize will be given at our AGM for this years best entry.</div>Nick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174095010315298941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415942688728384528.post-81696351513919413372012-02-16T19:56:00.000+00:002012-02-16T19:56:32.454+00:00Salford Friendly Anglers' Society AGM booze-a-thon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJTOae47dozr0WHkSupmvtBTIM7Dx4ScIfjT4vW5ySbkC9dAzaomtwR-DOaQUIRSmPgUfFG74oAxOtwx99yb2M8xhxCckiSHIvpVMWRA5x3zwnyzJ6zOBv_iMaV_niP0q9qGVcgnyLto/s1600/kings+arms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJTOae47dozr0WHkSupmvtBTIM7Dx4ScIfjT4vW5ySbkC9dAzaomtwR-DOaQUIRSmPgUfFG74oAxOtwx99yb2M8xhxCckiSHIvpVMWRA5x3zwnyzJ6zOBv_iMaV_niP0q9qGVcgnyLto/s400/kings+arms.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Had a great night at the AGM at the Kings Arms last night. Really enjoyed having a pint and swapping stories with the rest of the lads.Nick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174095010315298941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415942688728384528.post-16188418780793417702012-01-15T20:41:00.006+00:002012-01-19T10:05:26.360+00:00Dickensian Salford.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHygPWGCmxImyj9m8_uiCGIlny2niBe-N1O-cbz_2SrbN3aLIPeShTFjwCmDZa3974J41PgzJ5jNQxuAzx6Oqb2QnW2OcGw48SDgr0TQ01G-qOw4ou2pUpiUx4EhJ0jQsRga1LtGsLBUk/s1600/514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHygPWGCmxImyj9m8_uiCGIlny2niBe-N1O-cbz_2SrbN3aLIPeShTFjwCmDZa3974J41PgzJ5jNQxuAzx6Oqb2QnW2OcGw48SDgr0TQ01G-qOw4ou2pUpiUx4EhJ0jQsRga1LtGsLBUk/s400/514.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Extract from Oliver:<br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2062419/" style="color: #70579d;">Workhouse Boy</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">:<b>(Me)</b> [</span><i class="fine" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Woken by boy pacing back an forth</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">] <b>Tom</b>, give it a rest will ya? We're trying to sleep (<b>Fish)</b>. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1490500/" style="color: #70579d;">Hungry Boy</a>(Mike)</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">: Can't sleep(<b>fish</b>). Too hungry. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2062419/" style="color: #70579d;">Workhouse Boy</a>(Paul Carr)</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">: We're all hungry. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1490500/" style="color: #70579d;">Hungry Boy</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">:<b>(Mike)</b> Yeah, but I'm scared. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1375304/" style="color: #70579d;">Workhouse Boy</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">:<b>(paul)</b> Scared? Of What? </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1490500/" style="color: #70579d;">Hungry Boy</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">: I'm so hungry<b>(Not had a f'kin sniff of a fish all day)</b> I'm scared I might eat<b>(poach the peg)</b> the boy<b>(Paul)</b> that sleeps<b>(fishes on the next peg)</b> next to me. </span><br />
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My Kiwi bud & I had hiked up to Lake Daniels deep in the Southern Alps for some Trout fishing, the lake is a good 3hr hike up out of the main valley following the Alfred River up to the Manson-Nicholls hut where we had planned to stay the night giving us the chance to fish into the dark.<br />
The place is amazing & after exploring the lake, casting to the resident Rainbows we decided to stop for dinner & wait for the evening rise. As my rucksack is always full of fishing/camping gear & booze, I pretty much gambled on catching dinner, luckily this wasn't a problem. So as I was gutting & cleaning the fish in the margins in my shorts I suddenly got this feeling of encroaching large dark shadows behind me... I turned around, shit myself & left the water like a Jesus Lizard in one swift movement.<br />
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Some of the Eels in this gang were as thick as your thigh. Not wanting to miss the opportunity I swiftly rigged up some trout guts on a large hook & bagged the bugger above!<br />
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Well to find out more about us & to join, visit; <a href="http://www.salfordfriendlyanglers.co.uk/">http://www.salfordfriendlyanglers.co.uk/</a><br />
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You can catch up with what we're up to through the blog; <a href="http://salfordfriendlyanglers.blogspot.com/">http://salfordfriendlyanglers.blogspot.com/</a> or you'd be welcome to pop down to one of our meeting at the 'clubhouse' the excellent Kings Arms in Salford.<br />
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NickNick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174095010315298941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415942688728384528.post-54079884664328895202011-05-09T08:26:00.000+01:002011-05-09T08:26:57.503+01:00Bilbo Baggings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyUx0J83dHrJLQ50q3pigukmmBbdJDYcIhcgDMH5qUXknpntbVSMy9yx1NoDi9ahwgB53uoDSBGrI74o4J7IA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Nick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174095010315298941noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415942688728384528.post-45511239614546917152011-04-28T08:35:00.003+01:002011-05-14T12:54:09.204+01:001 big brownie, 1 fooked smart phone, 1 happy soaking angler!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Just sat at the laptop its half 7 AM & I am buzzing & its not because I've just come back from an all-nighter!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The Brownie that has been haunting me for the last week or so finally fell for a gently glided in Comparadun under a tree at ten past 6. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmB3ow8fFR3fZT_ftceXbEEp2igJ5HF0_yKzYcuYt6oMvI3EGIRkv_DjRNj9ifOmfAaJpgukMe8CzD9D0Z_SdmTdbnMQ9FOKtZByGyYfGdUJQ6ao6p2YmVYAQ9ojqGq-I2nMPjsSYx0c/s1600/big+brownie+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmB3ow8fFR3fZT_ftceXbEEp2igJ5HF0_yKzYcuYt6oMvI3EGIRkv_DjRNj9ifOmfAaJpgukMe8CzD9D0Z_SdmTdbnMQ9FOKtZByGyYfGdUJQ6ao6p2YmVYAQ9ojqGq-I2nMPjsSYx0c/s320/big+brownie+004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Staying over at mums house as our kid & his family are over from Ireland afforded me the chance to get out on the water first thing. Creeping around downstairs at 5 I was busted by mum, "what you doing up? its five o'clock, you're not going fishing are you?" </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">"just going to see if that trout's there"</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">"be careful"</div> I approached from the high wooded bank where it tends to be stuck in tight to try & get a view, yep, there it was holding in the current coming up for a sip & then doing its patrol up the outside bend of the meander. I then headed downstream to where I could wade across & creep up on it from the opposite bank. After putting so many hours in on this fish I know you can't wade in on him in his deeper glassy glide so I just crouched down covered by the bank & waited for him to reveal himself. Fly ginked, backcast clear I plopped the fly to a rise, SIP, STRIKE... bollocks, not the biggie. Quickly, I brought in a small trout hoping its trashing about wouldn't spook the whopper.<br />
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Back to the start, crouching in position, every sound seems amplified in the cold morning, the rip of velcro, the snap of the gink bottle all sound like they could spook the fish. After 10 minutes or so there's a big swirling rise, I cover it with the comparadun, it floats past... then, SLURP, STRIKE! the rod bends into a solid fish and for the next 10 minutes I'm praying the fly holds as the fish bores up & down the river trying to shake the hook.<br />
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Mid fight, I get out the phone, "mum, bring the camera, I've got it". As I'm trying to sqeeze the fish into the net leaning forward, water comes rushing over the top of my waders, just then I see mum coming across the field in her PJ's & wellies - What a great mum!<br />
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A beaut! not the fish I've been stalking, this is his younger brother.Nick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174095010315298941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415942688728384528.post-29630716249490515412011-04-20T07:03:00.001+01:002011-04-20T07:07:30.342+01:00roid rage<b>roid rage</b><br />
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side effect of being able to spot lunkers with polaroids but having the inability to catch them.<br />
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First cast got blown up the bank. Second, too far out. Third, just right. As it drifted down it paused for a moment as it swirled in the eddy with the various flotsam, then GULP, ZZZZZZZZZIP, JUMP, SPLOOSH! The fish then ploughed out into the current with it's head down.<br />
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