It's Fishing Wilf, But Not As We Know It!

[Mark Wintle]

On the Chesil Beach episode I said to Joanne(who, tellingly , enjoys the programme hugely , if not the sport it depicts ) 'I guarantee Bob is not going to lose his footing on the shingle and fall in here .' Helluva difference between falling on some mud at the side of a pond and falling in the sea ...

I take it for what it is ,and I know I am meant to be triggered by stuff like Bob's inability even to hold the bloody rod right . It's not important that I am , the show is essentially about friendship, loss and mortality.

Bob's antics on Chesil Beach beggared belief. No-one, absolutely no-one, wades/goes into the water on Chesil Beach. It's the mariners' graveyard as when ships were wrecked off the beach it was all but impossible to get ashore due to the very steeply shelving off underwater. A sea fishing mate of mine told me that it was always wise to stay well back from the edge when fishing there.

 

[@Clive]

Bob's antics on Chesil Beach beggared belief. No-one, absolutely no-one, wades/goes into the water on Chesil Beach. It's the mariners' graveyard as when ships were wrecked off the beach it was all but impossible to get ashore due to the very steeply shelving off underwater. A sea fishing mate of mine told me that it was always wise to stay well back from the edge when fishing there.

That is why it was known for its dustbin swims where food items were trapped in the undertow. I wouldn't paddle there let alone wade.