I'm a pretty keen angler and I just wondered whether there are more of us on .net?
Mainly coarse fishing but also sea (off boats and rock) and more recently fly fishing too.
Just me?
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I'm a pretty keen angler and I just wondered whether there are more of us on .net?
Mainly coarse fishing but also sea (off boats and rock) and more recently fly fishing too.
Just me?
The most participated pastime in the world apparently. You’ll not be alone. Not for me despite having a river near the bottom of my garden growing up.Quote:
Originally Posted by One Day Soon
My old man is Linlithgow Angling Club Champion, he loves his fishing. I'll always remember the massive boost he got during lockdown when they were allowed to start fishing again, he was like a little kid on Xmas morning.
A guy who used to post on here took me fishing once, i asked him for a beginners lesson because i thought it might be up my street, i like nature and enjoy the outdoors. I just never got into it. Too much silence for too long, i think. I do like watching Mortimer and Whitehouse do it though!
Was brought up on the river Tweed so used to guddle the salmon bring them home and put them in the bath for my mum. Live near the river Thames now & theres no way I'm putting my hands in that.
Can be very therapeutic and torture at the same time.
I’ve never tried it; it isn’t something that appeals to me, but I think I would be temperamentally suited to it, as I like my own company and can sit quietly for hours. I think I would need a book to keep me occupied. It seems to be one of those hobbies like golf, in that people would love it or hate it, and those who love it get obsessed with it.
Haven’t fished in 30 odd years since moving to Scotland. Was a keen coarse fisher throughout my youth and early twenties. Mainly lakes and stock pond fishing. One of my favourite places to fish used to be Capesthorne Hall stock pond near Knutsford. Will probably dabble again when retired.
I'm a fishaholic. River Tweed, Clyde, Don, Nith, Tummel, Tay I fish them all. I've met loads of pals due to the fishing. 8 of us head up to fish Orkney every year now.
My old man used to go fishing up there every year, they go to Rutland each year more recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibbymick
That's a fly fishing club. They've got a nice Facebook page and a pretty decently active membership by the look of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
Who was that and can you remember where he took you fishing? If it was coarse then depending on how you are fishing it can be a bit monotonous if they're not biting.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
I'm very jealous. I know the Thames varies in the bits that are pretty and the bits that are not but its a cracking river and the water quality has (or at least had) improved massively in recent decades. I don't there's any sewage discharge into it these days and not much industrial waste either. All sorts of fish and aquatic life had started to thrive on it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scottie
I fish near Walkerburn from time to time with an old friend and some of the much older locals remember in their youth when they say you could almost walk over the mill lade on the backs of the salmon. Must have been a hell of a sight.
I go away for a week's fishing every summer with the guys I grew up with here in Edinburgh. Met in our teens kicking a ball about the park every night of the week and we are still all very close 40 years later.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibbymick
One of us lives near London now with a big house so we all go stay with him and his family and fish from dawn until dusk every day for five days. Take the fishing seriously during the day and then drink and yak away at night telling our old war stories. Easily the most therapeutic thing I do all year.
I don't have a brother, but in a way I have six brothers.
That sounds exactly the same as my old man's trips to Rutland.Quote:
Originally Posted by One Day Soon
Down the Slope, aka slopey. A regular poster who hasnt been on in years. It was a stocked loch i think near Gifford as far as i remember. Not much help.Quote:
Originally Posted by One Day Soon
Is his name Ricky ? I remember my Brother In Laws mate said he posted on here a few years ago and that username is familiar, although Im not sure if Ricky fishedQuote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
Edit - My bro in law thinks his username was Doon the slope
Tweedale fishery probably. Decent fishery but always freezing cold :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
I fish the Clyde around Lamington/biggar area down to the boat bridge at Thankerton a lot. I usually get a United Clyde permit also and try various spots down that stretch. Also fish the Tweed around Innerleithen.
I've tried numerous times to learn fly fishing, just can't get it at all so always end up back on the bait, will be heading out again soon, I like a day out on a Loch but prefer the fisheries
Nope, Ricky not his name (i suspect there have been a fair few variations of that down the slope user name over the years!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bridge hibs
I was believing you until you mentioned friends, you have none Mick????Quote:
Originally Posted by hibbymick
🤣🤣🤣 Only you 🤣🤣Quote:
Originally Posted by blackpoolhibs
It was James bollah. I fish with James a few times a year.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
I had to Temporarily change my address to get on the Tweed at the beginning of the end of Lockdown. That's the lengths i had to go to to get my fix as it was only opened up to locals with a certain postcode. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
Hes not or was with Royal mail was he ? I know a few of them who used to go up and spend a lot of their time now on Rutland instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
You have hit the nail on the head with that post. That's exactly what its all about. Our first trip away is the River Don next month then a trip to the river Tay in may along with a weekend away to a loch up the Tummel valley with ex poster on here down the slope( hes still on but under a new name) round about end of May,,,,,,then Orkney for a week end of June. There will be more trips still to be made. In between I'm usually on a river somewhere :greengrin. Christmas day is spent on the River Nith, don't ask how i get away with that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by One Day Soon
I get the UCAPA ticket every season and fish Thankerton occasionally. Usually I'm up Abington or Crawford.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy Bee
Correct. Nice lad, hope hes doing well :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by hibbymick
Aye he's doing great , just lives up the Rd. Funny enough I met him through our old Edinburgh derby pro board when I took up a fishing offer from him 😁Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
No, ex-BT. I think he was in The Civil Service Angling Club at the time, at least 20 years ago now IIRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibbymick
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Originally Posted by hibbymick
:greengrin:greengrin:greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Up-the-slope
I dont know how you have got away with a lot of things Mick? :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by hibbymick
Harsh.... but True :faf:Quote:
Originally Posted by blackpoolhibs