Jason Davis

Polly, whomever you may be, i don't normally answer people on this type of forum who do not have the courage to post under their real names, but in this instance i will. Firstly, i run the Nunnery Fishery at Thetford and have done now for over ten years. The angler to whom you refer seeing fishing at the Nunnery is a member of a small, ten man pike syndicate that fish two of the lakes on the complex. He has paid his money for this priviledge in the same manner as the other nine members have. On the day to which you refer, our man was accompanied by another member of the pike syndicate, with both members fishing with three rods as i allow them to do. For a short period during the day, the other angler had left the lake in question to go and have a look at another lake on the complex, leaving our man looking after his gear. If you had taken the time to look perhaps a tad closer, you would have seen that three of the rods that our man was minding had in fact been wound in, and were not actually fishing. Although i was not actually present at the fishery on the day in question, these events have been confirmed for me by other members of the general syndicate who were present. I too would strongly advise you against 'naming names' over this matter. This angler has clearly not been fishing with six rods in the way that you describe on the day in question, and for you to suggest otherwise thus attacking his reputation in the public arena, is something that, from a legal angle, i would suggest you seek legal advice before doing. One final shot if i may. I have always found in life that the most sensible course of action to follow before forming an opinion about an individual, is to at least talk to them first.In this instance, if you had in fact chosen to talk to the man first prior to critising him here, then perhaps this situation would not have arisen. I very much hope that this will be an end to this matter, and that all participants in this thread can just get on with going fishing and enjoying themselves, rather that worrying what might or might not have happened at a small lake in Norfolk on Sunday. Jason Davis