Leon Roskilly

Apparently the number of toddler drownings have gone up considerably in the last few years. Something to do with the growing popularity of 'water features' as popularised in some TV gardening programmes. Don't forget to provide an escape ladder for hedgehogs etc. Netting keeps the fish safe from cats (excellent clawed anglers!) and the fish and frogs safe from herons. My wife won't let me have a pond Shame really, I used to spend hours on laying on my belly as a kid, watching the insect life in dad's pond, and as I'm now about to enter my 2nd childhood...... That's when I wasn't fishing for the goldfish. I discovered that a jam-jar, or milkbottle made an excellent 'water-scope' for seeing creatures deep in the water in 'close up'. Watching fish slowly become aware of the presence of a strugging worm within the silkweed, had some influence on my angling. The fish would slowly turn toward the source of the vibrations, then inch forward trying to work out where they were coming from. You could almost see the point when it saw the unfortunate creature. It would swim forward purposefully, and snatch the worm from amongst the weed. On the other hand, bread would go a long time before it was eventually discovered. Then there was the stalking. Trying to sneak up on the fish without sending them diving for the weed cover, keeping low off the 'horizon', moving slowly - surprising how difficult it is not to spook them. Tight Lines - leon [ 08 May 2002, 04:12 PM: Message edited by: Leon Roskilly ]

Apparently the number of toddler drownings have gone up considerably in the last few years. Something to do with the growing popularity of 'water features' as popularised in some TV gardening programmes. Don't forget to provide an escape ladder for hedgehogs etc. Netting keeps the fish safe from cats (excellent clawed anglers!) and the fish and frogs safe from herons. My wife won't let me have a pond Shame really, I used to spend hours on laying on my belly as a kid, watching the insect life in dad's pond, and as I'm now about to enter my 2nd childhood...... That's when I wasn't fishing for the goldfish. I discovered that a jam-jar, or milkbottle made an excellent 'water-scope' for seeing creatures deep in the water in 'close up'. Watching fish slowly become aware of the presence of a strugging worm within the silkweed, had some influence on my angling. The fish would slowly turn toward the source of the vibrations, then inch forward trying to work out where they were coming from. You could almost see the point when it saw the unfortunate creature. It would swim forward purposefully, and snatch the worm from amongst the weed. On the other hand, bread would go a long time before it was eventually discovered. Then there was the stalking. Trying to sneak up on the fish without sending them diving for the weed cover, keeping low off the 'horizon', moving slowly - surprising how difficult it is not to spook them. Tight Lines - leon [ 08 May 2002, 04:12 PM: Message edited by: Leon Roskilly ]

Not so long ago it was common for most clubs to have a rule forbidding the return of pike. Surprisingly, some clubs have never got around to rescinding the rule! Tight Lines - leon

Not so long ago it was common for most clubs to have a rule forbidding the return of pike. Surprisingly, some clubs have never got around to rescinding the rule! Tight Lines - leon

And he was an Animal Rights Activist!! Hide Chesters mate, Hide! TL - leon

And he was an Animal Rights Activist!! Hide Chesters mate, Hide! TL - leon

This sounds as though it could be nasty http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?...p?id=ns99992252 Be careful out there! Tight Lines - leon

This sounds as though it could be nasty http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?...p?id=ns99992252 Be careful out there! Tight Lines - leon

Like them on the end of your line, or not. Eels are an important part of the fresh and saltwater biodiversity. It's good to see people doing so much to try and reverse the decline. Tight Lines - leon

Like them on the end of your line, or not. Eels are an important part of the fresh and saltwater biodiversity. It's good to see people doing so much to try and reverse the decline. Tight Lines - leon

quote: Originally posted by ALAN FAWCETT: [QB]Bloody smartarsed sea anglers !!! [QB] Alan, Its because we often eat what we catch - fish oil is good for your brain! Tight Lines - leon er, what was it I was just doing?

Ah, but rivers are made of evaporated (mostly) sea water, falling as rain. As the water evaporates out of the sea, it leaves its burden of salt behind. When it falls as rain, and runs as a river, it leaches salt and minerals from the earth and delivers them into the sea. The sea thus becomes saltier and saltier over time. The salt solution in living creatures (including fish)is almost the same as the sea once was, when life first emerged from the oceans! That's why, when you find yourself adrift on a raft far out to sea, with your fishing tackle, you can drink fish-juice, but not sea water. er, Given that all rivers run back into the sea, does that mean that sea-anglers can join the RSSG? (Who's taking on the role of Catchment Officer for the North Atlantic?) Its quite amazing what one can think of when there's no work tomorrow. OK, OK boss, I'm back onto it Tight Lines - leon

Is that Ray Farrell you're referring too Chevin TL - leon

Is that Ray Farrell you're referring too Chevin TL - leon

I've had some spam! TL - leon

I've had some spam! TL - leon

It happens ----------------------------------- Subj:Re: SACN: For Information Date:4/27/02 1:26:15 pm GMT Daylight Time From:XXXXX To:LEONROSK Thank you very much for this information. Yesterday, at the radio (France inter), I heared that french marine policemen had arrested two "pair trawlers" with some dolphins in board, ready for human consummation..... It was in 'Vendée"..... Bye Philippe Debeire ------------------------------------------- Tight Lines - leon Sea Anglers' Conservation Network (SACN) http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/sacn/

Elton's mobile number is 07803 05....aaarrghhhhh! Where the bl***y hell did that come from?!!!! Merry Birthday Elton TL - leon

Elton's mobile number is 07803 05....aaarrghhhhh! Where the bl***y hell did that come from?!!!! Merry Birthday Elton TL - leon

A lot of endangered exotic species are increasingly appearing on the supermarket fish counters, especially during the barbecue season. hmmmm! delicious swordfish steaks! All the supermarkets are doing is supplying what the consumers want! (So they tell us). (Funny, I never see the label pointing out that 'this fish species is being harvested unsustainably, and many dolphins are suffocating in the nets used to catch it' - er, I'm not being species specific here) Most supermarkets can be contacted via their website. Ask them for more information about what is currently on sale on their fish counter. Even the humble cod! Most cod comes from one of two sources: Icelandic caught cod (which is sustainably harvested) and North Sea cod (which isn't). Ask the person on the fish counter which fishery the cod he/she is selling comes from, and it's unlikely that they'll have any clue at all. So email the head office and ask them to provide better labelling (after all, they label eggs so that we can shop according to our ethics). The Good Fish Guide, mentioned in the post above, is a good place to start, to begin to understand the issues, and what we should be looking for. Tight Lines - leon Sea Anglers' Conservation Society http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/sacn

And your SACN mail keeps getting bounced Tight Lines - leon

And your SACN mail keeps getting bounced Tight Lines - leon

The Marine Conservation Society has listed Marlin as one of the top 20 fish species we should not buy at the supermaket. See: http://www.mcsuk.org/action/gfginfo.htm#marlin The Good Fish Guide, which has plenty of advice for those who want to know whether what they are buying from the fish counter is sustainably caught, or not is reviewed (and can be ordered from): http://www.mcsuk.org/action/gfg.html Useful to have on the bookshelf, and a great gift for anglers to give to friends at Christmas etc. er, the entry on mullet has a familiar ring to it in places Tight Lines - leon

Well done Paul My MP usually sends me an acknowledgment saying that he is 3 weeks behind with his 'case load'but he'll eventually get round to it! Not too long ago, no matter what was happening to our stocks, only the occasional, mostly ill-informed, letter was turning up in the mailbag - easily ignored and brushed aside. How things have changed! Recreational Sea Anglers are becoming a lot more well-informed, and they are writing in numbers. Every letter to an MP, MEP etc, results in requests to the authorities for more information, and the authorities don't have it, so they have to set about finding it, and they learn about Recreational Sea Angling, and what they are facing! EU and national consultations, on such as the management of fish stocks, really meant for the commercials to respond to, regularly draw a greater number of responses from anglers than their intended targets. Anglers talking sense! And we are learning! I just hope that anglers don't get too much writer's cramp and give up, particularly when they get the kind of reply which seems to brush their concerns aside, or sometimes no response at all. Believe me, Morley and his civil servants have started to notice us, and so have EU politicians and officials. There's still a long way to go, but we're moving now. Thanks to everyone! Tight Lines - leon Sea Anglers'Conservation Network (SACN) http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/sacn

AAAAAaaarrrrghhhh! I'm three years older than I was back then. This can't go on happening to me!! Well done Elton Tight Lines - leon