Grayling gannet............

[mackem 27,519]

Had an invite last night to cast a line on a stretch of a Barnsley trout river,apparently some EU urban regeneration scheme directive wanted the fish removed and the pristine waters silted up with Morrison-trolleys,bike-frames,and old sodden mattresses,local ASBO youths requested the water be restocked with pirhanas and great-whites as watercress stream grayling and brown trout were far to effeminate for Barnsleys mucho-macho image :kiss:

Barnsleyites of my aquaintance normally fish with dynamite or jump leads wired direct into the local sub-station,saves electricity or gas and having to cook the fish later,we southerners are more delicate,or as Leegreen says "Intimate"(in his dreams :kiss: )so we opted for 50lb uglysticks and shimanos the size of lager-kegs,its quite hard casting a nymph with elegance using such equipment but we persevered and soon had the technique perfected

'Tinternet is indeed a wonderful research-weapon,the worlds greatest library and knowledge-base in the comfort of your own home,and I had researched this particular water well,peak-season a two-person beat is £500,thats not to buy,thats just to fish I resolved to pay my customary quid,but JOE rationalised that once the goodly Barnsley inhabitants realised a fine southern gentleman such as myself was in town flaunting such wealth I would be a target and rich-pickings for every vagabond and ne'er-do-well attracted by my golden coin of the realm,so I flipped a verdigris penny into the river instead,any reports this weekend of mass-suicidal drownings is probably directly attributable to the fact people now know beneath the rippling surface lies wealth beyond their wildest imagination,the stuff dreams are made of,a whole new-penny

Fishing was great,bite followed bite,almost too easy to be frank,we fished for close to an hour and a half,probably 55-60 assorted grayling and brown trout,superb fish,also caught four random eels in a short stretch,and the final fish was a decent sized Chub,Pics to follow when lazy-bollocks wakes up

[mackem 27,519]

I enjoyed it don,except when a fishing-platform "Collapsed"under joe and he steadied "himself" and saved "himself"(spot the theme?) from a drenching by pushing me into the water Disregard the sign,we did

[chess 0]

I enjoyed it don,except when a fishing-platform "Collapsed"under joe and he steadied "himself" and saved "himself"(spot the theme?) from a drenching by pushing me into the water Disregard the sign,we did

 

There is something not right about the "syrup" M, proper puts the willies up me it does

[mackem 27,519]

No more rainbows for me for a while mate,finished chasing them,till next week anyway when we are once again fishing the land of the flint,I just had loads of ear-ache earlier because the freezers are packed,empty is the time for hassle,not full I think?

[mackem 27,519]

"Willies up you" Chess and theres me thinking its only LG who likes those sort of intimacies

I always wanted to be a strawberry-blond Don,sadly its not natural :kiss: Watch out for TRANNIES GO TROUTING :kiss:

[mackem 27,519]

I just emptied a plate of potato gratin Don or I would have tried one tonight in garlic-butter,maybe tommorrow If they taste as good as chalk-stream trout I will kick myself because we released a load last night

[Guest WILF]

Simply the best looking fish swimming............nice one

[mackem 27,519]

Like I said,theres a few in the freezer,I can always return if they are palatable,though it is £500 for the beat so might have to save my pennies I have been trying to get a polish friend to register an account,he went fishing polish-style the other night,even took a wheelbarrow(I shit you not)to carry home the catch,his haul was rainbow approx 5-6 lbs each in two hours

[leegreen 2,210]

Nice one son nice to here you put some back, those Grayling were concidered as a pest many moons ago, do they taste nice? I've yet to try one and oh thanks for the shout out :shout: .

[mackem 27,519]

Nice one son nice to here you put some back, those Grayling were concidered as a pest many moons ago, do they taste nice? I've yet to try one and oh thanks for the shout out :shout: .

Thanks dad I released all the last lot we caught LG,I have a dozen in the freezer,never tried them before,maybe tommorrow?You should have came out,we rented the whole beat,you could have used my rod I am sure you would have found the whole experience very enlightening

[maty j 6]

A wheel barrow feck me, How many kids has he got!

[mackem 27,519]

A wheel barrow feck me, How many kids has he got!

None,he is a polish version of joe and myself,he just likes fishing,his methods are an eye-opener but very basic,I will ask him to register

[maty j 6]

Allways interesting to hear about different methods

[mackem 27,519]

Some methods are best kept inside a tight community He might teach you the odd thing or two though,thats assuming he comes on here

[kingfisher 0]

Like I said,theres a few in the freezer,I can always return if they are palatable,though it is £500 for the beat so might have to save my pennies I have been trying to get a polish friend to register an account,he went fishing polish-style the other night,even took a wheelbarrow(I shit you not)to carry home the catch,his haul was rainbow approx 5-6 lbs each in two hours

f**k me i think i need to learn some of that polish technique. you wanna let on?