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[albert64 1,882]

started off ferreting rabbits and rats as a kid,and still going 40yrs on , i love watching the dog hunt especially where there's not much game

he'd beat a field to death to find a rabbit, nowadays numbers dont mean anything just being there's enough, feck that lying in bed

i used to carp fish at least 3 nights a week before the kids came along but no time for that anymore just take my lad and tiddler bash

and to tell you the truth i forgot how much fun it was as long as he's catching i'm happy

 

but you'll be back the draw of the hunt will get you !!!

have fun with your dog in the mean time

[tomburras 2,730]

Yeh and it's the fish/birds etc that you have to work for that give the excitement in the first place which is why it was so fun when you were a kid. Just getting to the canal or lake was a major deal!

 

I started out course fishing but do mostly fly fishing these days. The problem is that there everywhere we go is stocked with big fish so even catching a 4 or 5 pound rainbow is nothing. I remember my first wild brownie when I was 13 and will never forget it. We were fishing up near Lockerbie and I caught it on a dry fly, it was only around 3/4 of a pound but my heart was nearly coming out of my mouth. I killed it and had it for my tea, the whole cycle; catch it, kill it and cook it was completed Now we catch rainbows and just say "nice fish" before chucking it back in.

 

I felt a bit the same way on my first drive pheasant day and if it wasn't for the beaters and pickers up I got talking to it wouldn't have been that much fun. Some of the other guns were a bit weird, just turn up kill stuff and go home...they didn't seem to appreciate it and I was disappointed to see none of them took birds...I guess that is what money breeds. The game keepers wife had cooked dinner for us and some of them just made their excuses and f****d off home and I was ashamed for them. Just because you pay your money doesn't mean you shouldn't show your gratitude and manners.

 

If I could chose I would only rough shoot and fish for wild river trout the rest is too artificial for me.

 

Exactly, fishing carp comercials is like that. People fishing side by side all the way around a pond catching stocked fish shouting there conversations at each other doesnt do it for me. Fishing is supposed to be a getaway, peaceful and relaxing.

 

Its hard to beat a wander with a couple of ferrets, a pocketful of nets and your gun.

 

It shows that the simplest and cheapest things are also the most fun!

 

Atb tom.