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Nigel Connor(ACA ,SAA)
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Lee, in the words of Ed, "Calm Down"!
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Nigel Connor(ACA ,SAA)
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Jeff, they'd probably throw it away!
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swordsy
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Woody my asterix key`s gone and ####### packed in on me ,get your inventing head on mate 
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Nigel Moors 2
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I totally agree with Lee although an awful lot of our society would drop dead tomorrow if what he wished for were to take place exactly as he hopes!
Unfortunately this is a society problem. We have become a country obsessed with own personal gain and little thought about how our actions affect those around us, man or animal. We need to educate again though I fear we've gone too far down the slippery slope to stop this running away and getting further out of hand.
Nigel, you're right about it not always being angling litter. I have a long stretch of the Thames on my doorstep which barely sees more than a handful of anglers all season, yet throughout the summer there are piles of rubbish left by the mooring boats. Old fires, barbecue remains and piles of beercans to name a few. The same thoughts still apply - the packaging weighs far less empty so take it away you dumb s***s!
Despite what I've said before about my reluctance to carry away other ignorant subhuman neanderthal rubbish, I do my best to remove what I can no matter how much it galls me to do it. I try to do this at the dn of my session though so it can be stowed with my junk, so if any bailiff finds me with litter in my swim please be patient with me.
For anyone reading this and not participating in the debate who know full well that they don't carry away their litter, then GET A F****** GRIP!!!
Sorry Lee, your * key has found a new home on my keyboard.
Unfortunately this is a society problem. We have become a country obsessed with own personal gain and little thought about how our actions affect those around us, man or animal. We need to educate again though I fear we've gone too far down the slippery slope to stop this running away and getting further out of hand.
Nigel, you're right about it not always being angling litter. I have a long stretch of the Thames on my doorstep which barely sees more than a handful of anglers all season, yet throughout the summer there are piles of rubbish left by the mooring boats. Old fires, barbecue remains and piles of beercans to name a few. The same thoughts still apply - the packaging weighs far less empty so take it away you dumb s***s!
Despite what I've said before about my reluctance to carry away other ignorant subhuman neanderthal rubbish, I do my best to remove what I can no matter how much it galls me to do it. I try to do this at the dn of my session though so it can be stowed with my junk, so if any bailiff finds me with litter in my swim please be patient with me.
For anyone reading this and not participating in the debate who know full well that they don't carry away their litter, then GET A F****** GRIP!!!
Sorry Lee, your * key has found a new home on my keyboard.
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yoggy
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Bring back national service,if its one thing the army taught me it was respect..one thing most kids lack.
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Cakey
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Graham I know what your saying but your way only works until the next one decides to leave litter
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Martin Blackmun
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I am incensed by the amount of litter left and do not want the dog walking fraternity to think all the crap around me is mine. I wouldn't dream of collecting up the mess left by dogs, but since I don't take a dog fishing cannot be blamed either. (poor thing would soon get fed up spending so long with me)
I saw the pictures of the owl tethered to line dangling from a tree. I suppose it was left by so many as they didn't see fit to attempt to remove it as "they had not left it"
I saw the pictures of the owl tethered to line dangling from a tree. I suppose it was left by so many as they didn't see fit to attempt to remove it as "they had not left it"
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Martin Blackmun
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Woody,
I would not offer you some of my recycled tackle as you can cleary can afford your own.
I usually offer what I have collected in the past few weeks in my "bin" to juniors who I so often see using barbed hooks (normally size 10 or 12) struggling to remove them from small fish; or floats with 2" standing clear of the water. Half a dozen quality hooks and assorted split shot go a long way.
Wouldn't it have been nice if someone had offered free advice and a little tackle more appropriate to the job when we were young?
Fishing is an institution and whatever we can all do collectively to maintain the high quality of our sport must be a good thing.
If, god forbid, there ever were a total ban on free stretches, we would all be here impersonating scrooge still moaning about mowing the lawn or decorating! (some of us still will come March 15th)
I would not offer you some of my recycled tackle as you can cleary can afford your own.
I usually offer what I have collected in the past few weeks in my "bin" to juniors who I so often see using barbed hooks (normally size 10 or 12) struggling to remove them from small fish; or floats with 2" standing clear of the water. Half a dozen quality hooks and assorted split shot go a long way.
Wouldn't it have been nice if someone had offered free advice and a little tackle more appropriate to the job when we were young?
Fishing is an institution and whatever we can all do collectively to maintain the high quality of our sport must be a good thing.
If, god forbid, there ever were a total ban on free stretches, we would all be here impersonating scrooge still moaning about mowing the lawn or decorating! (some of us still will come March 15th)
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Quote:Wouldn't it have been nice if someone had offered free advice and a little tackle more appropriate to the job when we were young?
Strange my father has fished this area since 1949 and he tells me it was always packed the weekends and you could go off to Marlow and leave your tackle with another angler and come back to find it was still there. They all helped each other so I am afraid you are talking rubbish! Hig's park was always packed and was well fished all the way up to temple, not now you don't even have a tackle shop in Marlow. There use to be 2 once. Me thinks the sport has fadded!! and this was before the bypass bridge was even built.
The sport is full of self centered anglers who really don't care.
Jeff by the way is an angler who cares for the sport and its future and has done far more in this area than you and me put together. Wish there were more like Jeff.
Strange my father has fished this area since 1949 and he tells me it was always packed the weekends and you could go off to Marlow and leave your tackle with another angler and come back to find it was still there. They all helped each other so I am afraid you are talking rubbish! Hig's park was always packed and was well fished all the way up to temple, not now you don't even have a tackle shop in Marlow. There use to be 2 once. Me thinks the sport has fadded!! and this was before the bypass bridge was even built.
The sport is full of self centered anglers who really don't care.
Jeff by the way is an angler who cares for the sport and its future and has done far more in this area than you and me put together. Wish there were more like Jeff.
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Wolfman Woody
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Thanks Stuart. And I hope the others like me are catching more fish. (
River's up slightly on Saturday, btw.
(River's up slightly on Saturday, btw.
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Nigel Moors 2
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Martin, the type of litter I'd always try to remove would be discarded tackle such as line, hooks and open/sharp cans. Despite those of us who have misgivings about picking up litter left by others I think the majority wouldn't leave line if they can effectively remove it. A lot of line is quite often hanging from trees/branches over water and not always easy to retrieve.
Stuart, I agree somewhat with you. The sport is full of self centred anglers who don't care about others. They are generally very secretive and unwilling to help other less fortunate/skilled anglers. All part and parcel of what I meant when I said this is a modern society problem. I think me and you have discussed this before about river anglers etc?
Stuart, I agree somewhat with you. The sport is full of self centred anglers who don't care about others. They are generally very secretive and unwilling to help other less fortunate/skilled anglers. All part and parcel of what I meant when I said this is a modern society problem. I think me and you have discussed this before about river anglers etc?
I was speaking to a fishing mate the other night, on the eve of another clean up party that was organised for the following day. He said something which I thought might bear a bit of truth to it.
He said that he honestly believes that the cause of most rubbish on club waters, is because of the introduction of these bagging pools.
Okay, you could say rubbish was as bad before the bagging pools arrived, but think of this -:
On one of these bagging pools, all the angler does it turn up and fish, then he goes home. Any rubbish is picked up for him by a paid attendant. So is this what the angler expects on any water he goes on? Wait for it???????.This bailiff watched an angler remove a load of tangled line from around his spool, and put it on the floor beside him.
He tackled this bloke about what he had just seen him do, and asked why didn?t he put it in his bag and take it home?
The reply was, the bloody bailiffs can pick it up, and that?s what we pay them for. (Card in pocket, see you down H.Q.)
I don?t know of any club bailiffs that get paid, it is purely voluntary. Can you believe the $$$$$$$$$$$ attitude and mentality of some people?
He said that he honestly believes that the cause of most rubbish on club waters, is because of the introduction of these bagging pools.
Okay, you could say rubbish was as bad before the bagging pools arrived, but think of this -:
On one of these bagging pools, all the angler does it turn up and fish, then he goes home. Any rubbish is picked up for him by a paid attendant. So is this what the angler expects on any water he goes on? Wait for it???????.This bailiff watched an angler remove a load of tangled line from around his spool, and put it on the floor beside him.
He tackled this bloke about what he had just seen him do, and asked why didn?t he put it in his bag and take it home?
The reply was, the bloody bailiffs can pick it up, and that?s what we pay them for. (Card in pocket, see you down H.Q.)
I don?t know of any club bailiffs that get paid, it is purely voluntary. Can you believe the $$$$$$$$$$$ attitude and mentality of some people?
Just for information, this is another view of the same stretch of river I found the waste on, just around the corner at the end. The house up on the hill is the Pink house, I forget it's full name, but it is a bright pink colour. You see it for miles around.
It's obviously considered an attractive bit because the EA have used it here.
It's obviously considered an attractive bit because the EA have used it here.
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there is another danger to this i was fishing a fishery the other week and the amount of shot and line i picked up was terrible this is just giving ammunition to our opponents and thats without the potential danger to wild life