Grand Day out *56k warning-ish *

[shiato storm]

well, here's one of the results of a fine evening sitting on the river bank, beer keeping cool in the water, fly on the line gently dabbing the water, flies quitely flitting past. was so nice!

[Emzay]

poor fishy - did you set him free?!

[0iD]

Unlikely as the club used to bash his brains in is laying beside him if i'm not mistaken.

[TeePee]

Looks good enough to eat! Which I hope you did!

[Butuz]

I sencerely doubt it was set free considering the ominous trout-sized baseball bat laying next to the slain

Butuz

[shiato storm]

poor fishy - did you set him free?!

um...no. he's about 2 and 3/4 lbs...you don't throw them back...
and yes, that 'baseball bat' is known as a priest.

[Skii]

Ahh the peaceful serenity of the riverbank, accompanied with the squelch of smashing a trouts brain in

[Howard]

Haha. Ace

[shiato storm]

WARNING, THE FOLLOWING IMAGE DISPLAYS AN ACT OF MINDLESS VIOLENCE, IF YOU ARE AT ALL AGAINST THIS - LOOK AWAY NOW...or follow your curiosity and look on...















































the priest in action for all you blood thirsty lot...


I did put two back after catching them, "only take what you need" and all that, being respectful helps - they'll be fatter next time when I go back

[Stewart]

Ahh the peaceful serenity of the riverbank, accompanied with the squelch of smashing a trouts brain in

Indeed.

Thats exactly what I was thinking when he was giving it 'nice cold beer, relaxing, etc' and then had the picture of the slain fishy.

What a lovely day. Sun shining, birds singing, and plenty of trout to murder in cold blood by smashing their skulls in with a heavy stick.

I ask you, what better way is there to spend a bank holiday? I mean, if you can't randomly slaughter animals when the Banks are closed, when can you?

Takes me back to that wonderful day several summers ago when we visted West Midlands Safari Park.

Ah the sheer pleasent relaxation to be gained by smashing in the rib cage of a Red Necked Wallaby with a bit of fence post, whilst the warm summer sun beats gentle down on you.

The wonderful feeling of serenity as you slowly pull an Emu's feet off, as a slight breeze brushes against your face.

The smell of piles of freshly cut grass mixing with the smell of a Stag impaled through the face with one of its own antlers, snapped off specificaly for this purpose only seconds before.

And of course, who could forget the heart-warming sight and sound of the bumble bees hoping from flower to flower, whilst I set fire to an African Wild Dog behind the carpark.

Ah.

[Flibb]

Nice fish, is that one destined for the BBQ? Have tried fly fising a couple of times, will hopefully go later in the year, managed to ctach most bits of my body just not any fish. My Bro in law has done quiet a bit,he had the local record the other year. Friends of the familly have built a lake that we can go and have a play on, with a castle on the island. Its fed from a stream and not stocked so hopefully theres the odd browny to chase.

[shiato storm]

yeah, you might get lucky.
it was a may-fly hatch on so there was quite a bit of plopping around the place. was a main river with lots of little carrier streams that we fish on, challenging in places where the water runs very slow - they can see the fly is a fake and it can get frustrating when they just rise and nudge it. but thats part of the 'sport' of it I suppose...teaches you patience.

[Flibb]

It is strangely relaxing, although comming from worm drowning having all that line laying about was a tad odd. Actually getting the fly where I wanted it was great, but I kept laughing when the casting went to pot and nearly throttled myself with the line. Do like carrying minimum kit, and that kit being very cheap.

[Yohji]

Looks tasty.

[shiato storm]

...and that kit being very cheap.

um, well, a decent carbon fibre rod (a few years ago admitedly) set you back a few hundred, say £3-400. then line and all the rest of it. £500 total. is that less than it is for the 'sitting getting miserable on the side of a lake'-type fishing? I never could get on with those guys, I row and they're always getting arsey at us going by, I constantly resist the urge to say 'there are better things to do than sitting in the rain playing with your worm...'

[Flibb]

I picked up a basic Bob Church carbon fibre fly rod from a show (tried a couple of rods on the pond), they threw in some extras and it came to around £90. Think it was previous seasons colours or something

I was pretty gob smacked when I bought a carbon carp rod a few years back, what would have been a cutting edge rod 5 years previous cost only £75. Was a bit of a jump going from my inherited split cane and fibreglass rods Then again I do still use the old 6ft split cane for small streams, its great with an old center pin reel, nice lightweight combo.


I tend to fish river and stream more than lake and pond, deffinetely none of that sitting in a deck chair fror 3 days stuff. Although that does appear to be a marrried mans sport My big carp rod acts as a multi use bit of kit, have used it on carp, pike, etc. Need to go and cut some swims at some point, have a bit of private land to play one, but cant currently get at the river due to brambles. Have a plan of camping out down there with the fishing rod and air rifle for a couple of days, living off the land type thing.