Gotta love some duality

[Lenmcharristar 9,862]

3 hours ago, mackem said:

Muskellunge,from the Ojibwe for “Big fish”

I watched some bass guys zipping around casting lures into bays and inlets from a 60k USD boat,I caught a bass in 20 minutes on a worm from the shore.

Fished in mille lacs in 92 as a kid of 11, we fished in dusk, for walleye and didnt get one, was full of cray fish and we caught loads of sunnies i think they were called, fished lake superior too and foul hooked about 40 off a pier on an island we sailed too, one of the best holidays ever, was over on the childrens  programme of northern ireland. Also seen northern lights on mille lacs too one evening. When there we stayed in camp Ojibway with the church holiday, and won the fishing comp it was a holiday within a holiday lol. Feck some class memories of minniesota. Pity its heading down the liberal sewers now, what a beautiful place

[Lenmcharristar 9,862]

1 hour ago, foxdropper said:

Same with stalking .Boils my piss to see all these sponsored stalking types on the tube and Instagram doing their best to get others to buy into a product because they use it .Some bite and spend a fortune just to try fit in .

Thermal companies trying to get you to part with big money to keep up with tech that’s already out of date as soon as you buy it .I know lads chucking 10 grand at the game per year for what ,to try keep up with what they perceive is the must have because a high profile tosser wears ,uses it .
Ive the same camo gear I had 20 years ago and rifles under a grand each with money spent on scopes but these setups can reach 7 grand if you listen to the “influencers “.

I’ve fallen out with an old mate over it tbh when I did an “out the box “vid of my 30-06 ,scoped with a cheap fixed ret zeiss .Shot a fallow and tagged him in it
He sent me a pm asking me to remove him from the post Nope .He was  devastated to be linked to a cheap set up

With most of us on here we simply didnt have the money to be flash harry so we made do, it made us better hunters/countrysports men we honed our natural instincts, same with fishing, used what we had to catch what we did same as golf we had 2 clubs and never let it stop us playing, it makes you think and use your brain to succeed. Obviously when we were old enough to work we bought some better stuff that made it easier.

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

7 minutes ago, Lenmcharristar said:

With most of us on here we simply didnt have the money to be flash harry so we made do, it made us better hunters/countrysports men we honed our natural instincts, same with fishing, used what we had to catch what we did same as golf we had 2 clubs and never let it stop us playing, it makes you think and use your brain to succeed. Obviously when we were old enough to work we bought some better stuff that made it easier.

Yep I’m all for improving the kit as and when mate but check out Instagram and it’s full of lads trying to promote a product to get sponsored so they can live the dream ,lol,a dream that involve others parting with huge amounts of cash to buy into a name .

I remember getting sneered at in a winter league match sponsored by Diawa because I was the only one without a matching blue Diawa set up .

Those sneers stopped when I won the section though .It’s not the kit but the heart that hunts ,the heart and the skill accumulated over the years .

[Lenmcharristar 9,862]

10 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

Yep I’m all for improving the kit as and when mate but check out Instagram and it’s full of lads trying to promote a product to get sponsored so they can live the dream ,lol,a dream that involve others parting with huge amounts of cash to buy into a name .

I remember getting sneered at in a winter league match sponsored by Diawa because I was the only one without a matching blue Diawa set up .

Those sneers stopped when I won the section though .It’s not the kit but the heart that hunts ,the heart and the skill accumulated over the years .

Talking of fishing comps, in 06 i won the north down heats for trout masters and qualified for fishi g grafham water, well the magazine rang me and said congrats bla, bla, then said id be fishing with a fella from over here when over in england, so im listening and the 64 thousand dollar question was how much? They told me it will cost me £1200 for fishing the finals, i said aye no worries give it to 2nd place, they said what? I said contact 2nd place and give him the chance for im not paying 1200 quid to fish in a comp i won the regional heats on, now give it to 2nd place good bye, fecking £1200 quid to fish for stockie rainbows the robbing ba$tards

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

3 minutes ago, Lenmcharristar said:

Talking of fishing comps, in 06 i won the north down heats for trout masters and qualified for fishi g grafham water, well the magazine rang me and said congrats bla, bla, then said id be fishing with a fella from over here when over in england, so im listening and the 64 thousand dollar question was how much? They told me it will cost me £1200 for fishing the finals, i said aye no worries give it to 2nd place, they said what? I said contact 2nd place and give him the chance for im not paying 1200 quid to fish in a comp i won the regional heats on, now give it to 2nd place good bye, fecking £1200 quid to fish for stockie rainbows the robbing ba$tards

Ffs that’s not on Len .Glad you sacked it mate .

[Lenmcharristar 9,862]

Just now, foxdropper said:

Ffs that’s not on Len .Glad you sacked it mate .

Anno they where giving it the but if you win you get a sponsor and will get decent money after and i said aye if i lose ive been robbed of £1200, i just could t justify paying that to fish for stockies, theres plenty of other things to spend £1200 on

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Agreed mate .We have a stock pond near me tha5 gets poached to feck

Best thing to happen as it’s so easy up there .Silver paper will get you a take .