Vagabond

There is only one thing more satisfying than catching fish on flies tied (and sometimes designed) by yourself, and that is catching fish on flies of your own tying, using fur or feather from game you have shot yourself. There is this illusion of self-sufficiency........ I don't do much shooting these days, but still have a lifetime's supply of pheasant and partridge feathers. OTOH My collection of flies occupies about a dozen fly-boxes, whereas my collection of fly-tying materials occupies a chest of drawers!

Only discovered the facility a week ago after having been a member for six months! ( yet another example of how dumb I am at this game) Must agree with Newt tho' - what's wrong with straight Email ? OTOH It is useful for messages between members that have not disclosed their Email addresses

Only discovered the facility a week ago after having been a member for six months! ( yet another example of how dumb I am at this game) Must agree with Newt tho' - what's wrong with straight Email ? OTOH It is useful for messages between members that have not disclosed their Email addresses

No need to be sad...just think how many great years of angling you've got ahead of you I remember fishing with a fairly well known angling writer, who was a bit cross about a letter to AT in which the young letter-writer (now also fairly well known) had criticised one of his articles. Authors tend to get a bit steamed up over things like that. "I'd caught a thousand trout before he was in his nappies" he said. "Maybe" said one of his mates, "but that means he might catch a thousand trout after you are in your box"

No need to be sad...just think how many great years of angling you've got ahead of you I remember fishing with a fairly well known angling writer, who was a bit cross about a letter to AT in which the young letter-writer (now also fairly well known) had criticised one of his articles. Authors tend to get a bit steamed up over things like that. "I'd caught a thousand trout before he was in his nappies" he said. "Maybe" said one of his mates, "but that means he might catch a thousand trout after you are in your box"

Despite fishing being strictly forbidden by my parents, I started at the age of seven, so have notched up 61 years. Must have learnt something in that time.

Despite fishing being strictly forbidden by my parents, I started at the age of seven, so have notched up 61 years. Must have learnt something in that time.

OK, but ya gotta drink it in one go !

"Victory has a thousand fathers, defeat is an orphan"

"Victory has a thousand fathers, defeat is an orphan"

Cheers Elton , Guinness, is it ?

A husband seeking advice from a friend on late homecoming complained that however quietly he coasted the car into the drive, however carefully he turned his key in the lock, however gently he opened the door, however stealthily he removed his shoes and crept up the stairs (avoiding the fifth stair that creaked) and however surreptitiously he got into bed, his wife would be awake and start nagging, whingeing and generally producing severe earache. "You have it all wrong, Mate" said his friend " When I'm late I drive into the drive fairly fast, slam the brakes on so the car scrunches on the gravel drive, slam the car door, slam the front door, clump upstairs singing "The Rose of Tralee", fling open the bedroom door, lurch over to the bed, slap the wife on the bottom, and say "how about it then?"....................... ...and she always pretends to be asleep"

A husband seeking advice from a friend on late homecoming complained that however quietly he coasted the car into the drive, however carefully he turned his key in the lock, however gently he opened the door, however stealthily he removed his shoes and crept up the stairs (avoiding the fifth stair that creaked) and however surreptitiously he got into bed, his wife would be awake and start nagging, whingeing and generally producing severe earache. "You have it all wrong, Mate" said his friend " When I'm late I drive into the drive fairly fast, slam the brakes on so the car scrunches on the gravel drive, slam the car door, slam the front door, clump upstairs singing "The Rose of Tralee", fling open the bedroom door, lurch over to the bed, slap the wife on the bottom, and say "how about it then?"....................... ...and she always pretends to be asleep"

Thanks Gray, I believe you - trouble is, all I get from clicking on the "select different Avatar image" is a Java Script message saying "function does not always return a value" which I thought meant nothing was there. What do I do next ? Keep trying? Or is there something clever that I've failed to do? Sorry to be a pain

Nice one Alan - beats my PB by 12 lbs, so now I have a target to aim at in August.

Nice one Alan - beats my PB by 12 lbs, so now I have a target to aim at in August.

Yeah, never was a goal more richly deserved by a team that refused to give up Just had a large John Jameson triple distilled to celebrate (I have no Irish roots but the wife has)

Yeah, never was a goal more richly deserved by a team that refused to give up Just had a large John Jameson triple distilled to celebrate (I have no Irish roots but the wife has)

Two matches stand out for me;- Senegal/France and S Korea/Poland 1/ The opening match, with the so-called "underdogs", Senegal, beating the holders, pleased almost everybody except the French. I don't know about the rest of you, but I can take a bit of Gallic disappointment in my stride. 2/ The South Koreans did exactly what England failed to do - when one of their guys was in possession, they RAN (how they ran!) into open spaces. When Poland had the ball, they RAN at their opponents and hurried them into poor passes [ 04 June 2002, 09:34 PM: Message edited by: Vagabond ]

Two matches stand out for me;- Senegal/France and S Korea/Poland 1/ The opening match, with the so-called "underdogs", Senegal, beating the holders, pleased almost everybody except the French. I don't know about the rest of you, but I can take a bit of Gallic disappointment in my stride. 2/ The South Koreans did exactly what England failed to do - when one of their guys was in possession, they RAN (how they ran!) into open spaces. When Poland had the ball, they RAN at their opponents and hurried them into poor passes [ 04 June 2002, 09:34 PM: Message edited by: Vagabond ]

Great stuff, Davy and Alan - looking forward to my annual skating in August. Nice PB Alan, well done.

Nope, still not there

quote: Originally posted by Chris Goddard: [QB I myself think that most of the so called cormorants on inland waters are in fact Shags!! [/QB] Shags tend to prefer rocky coasts and deeper water than cormorants - it is rare to find shags on inland waters unless they have been blown inland by storms. They are not so adaptable as cormorants to a diet of freshwater fish. Two were stranded on a local pond following a storm and looked like starving to death until captured and taken back to sea. Not a problem to anglers. Save all your dislike for the real villain - the various races of Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

quote: Originally posted by Chris Goddard: [QB I myself think that most of the so called cormorants on inland waters are in fact Shags!! [/QB] Shags tend to prefer rocky coasts and deeper water than cormorants - it is rare to find shags on inland waters unless they have been blown inland by storms. They are not so adaptable as cormorants to a diet of freshwater fish. Two were stranded on a local pond following a storm and looked like starving to death until captured and taken back to sea. Not a problem to anglers. Save all your dislike for the real villain - the various races of Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Thanks Newt/Nugg - Where we saw the signs was in the flat part of New Mexico, where normal braking would be adequate anyway. In Colorado, coming down from Rocky Mountain National Park (2 miles high) to Denver Airport (only one mile high), obviously I used low gear on the steep bits - I can now say I was Jake Braking. Thanks