dezza
Well-known member
Whilst out fishing?
For me it has to be the time I hooked a puffadder on a dry fly.
To be honest I thought it was an eel of sorts, but then when I got it near the boat, it began writhing, hissing and striking in all directions with 1 inch long fangs. In those days I carried a revolver and managed to shoot the thing through the head with the third shot.
What a fright I had.
Then there was the time when a 5 inch long centipede got into my tent. The bite from a large centipede can be very dangerous indeed. This this had a shiny brown body and orange legs - lots of them.
I did get a snake in my tent on one occasion, a red lipped herald snake which is not particularly poisonous. It is back fanged.
But I did have a boomslang (tree snake) try to climb up the edge of my float tube on one occasion. Those snakes are dangerous, but they are not particularly aggressive.
And then there was the bull in a field by the side of the Leam in Warwickshire.
How many of you have had altercations with bulls?
For me it has to be the time I hooked a puffadder on a dry fly.
To be honest I thought it was an eel of sorts, but then when I got it near the boat, it began writhing, hissing and striking in all directions with 1 inch long fangs. In those days I carried a revolver and managed to shoot the thing through the head with the third shot.
What a fright I had.
Then there was the time when a 5 inch long centipede got into my tent. The bite from a large centipede can be very dangerous indeed. This this had a shiny brown body and orange legs - lots of them.
I did get a snake in my tent on one occasion, a red lipped herald snake which is not particularly poisonous. It is back fanged.
But I did have a boomslang (tree snake) try to climb up the edge of my float tube on one occasion. Those snakes are dangerous, but they are not particularly aggressive.
And then there was the bull in a field by the side of the Leam in Warwickshire.
How many of you have had altercations with bulls?