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Having a clearout and found my old scrapbook. Thought I would share this with you, first time pendulum casting in print...........from 1971 !!! doesn't time fly

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Angling Magazine September 1971

 

Each shot was of seperate casts, all landing between 180 and 190 yard

 

 

Glass fibre Super Surflite rod, Standard Penn 100 reel, and 6oz weight.

 

Those were the days, look how slim I was :)

 

 

Den

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"When through the woods and forest glades I wanderAnd hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,And hear the brook, and feel the breeze;and see the waves crash on the shore,Then sings my soul..................

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brilliant just like i remember from the mags i think :thumbs:

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Dave, I found a packet of little thumbnail prints, about 13/8" X 1" (35mm) Scanned them at high res, and a bit of a cleanup and sharpening :) I am well happy :)

 

Yes they are the ones used in the magazine.

 

One of those casts went a LOT further than the rest, still wish I had gone back to car for measuring line.............could have been my first 200+, not bad for the tackle I used :) That rod is well wrapped around me 'ennit :)

 

Helped a guy out on the beach last week, he went away happy..cast 40 yards further than before :clap2:

 

Can't manage it myself any more, nearly crippled myself on Friday :o

 

Offer still stands Elton :)

 

Den

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"When through the woods and forest glades I wanderAnd hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,And hear the brook, and feel the breeze;and see the waves crash on the shore,Then sings my soul..................

for all you Spodders. https://youtu.be/XYxsY-FbSic

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blimey just the 40 yards would do me ,I've never managed to bend a rod yet :oops:

Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you

None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies!

 

There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong

 

Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle

 

Mathew 4:19

Grangers law : anything i say will  turn out the opposite or not happen at all!

Life insurance? you wont enjoy a penny!

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson

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Thanks for the memories, Den. Angling was my favourite magazine of years gone by, and although I didn't sea fish much at the time and hadn't then learned to cast a fly I still read all the articles, not just the coarse fishing ones. With fewer mags available and no specialised ones, articles had to be really good to get published in those days.

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  • 11 months later...

Hi

I Only signed up to Anglers Net Last night and to be honest what caught my eye was Den Poledark and his inyerest in Steam engine building. i was a mate of Digger Derrington and folowed the Old Angling mag religiously. Dennis Darkins articles inspired my interest in casting plus his skill at debunking myths (catching cod in a fog with salted lug). Any other names from the past still active Nick Cranfield, Doug Cooper, Vic Homewood and Brian Harris.

Any sign posts to memory lane??????

Trots

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