I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
favourite places are for fishing?

Cheers

John

In article , John
<URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
> favourite places are for fishing?

As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.

A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
forget the manufacturer.

A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
round-bend hook.

Nothing else.

Landed about a dozen and took 4.

Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
precludes backcasting.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 at 00:38:00 in uk.rec.fishing.game Derek Moody 
wrote:
>In article , John
><URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
>> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
>> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
>> favourite places are for fishing?
>
>As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
>(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.
>
>A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
>forget the manufacturer.
>
>A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
>round-bend hook.
>
>Nothing else.
>
>Landed about a dozen and took 4.
>
>Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
>precludes backcasting.
>
No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
browns without harm?

-- 
Nogood Boyo

In article , Nogood Boyo
<URL:mailto:NogoodBoyo@bwllfa.co.uk> wrote:

> No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
> release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
> browns without harm?

Yes bait.  Microbarbs. Varied from outside lip to tongue. Mostly by slipping
them into edge except one high bank.  Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
> Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
>occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
That's ctreless :-)

You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)
-- 
Bill Grey

In article <rC6eW8E+EoLGFw+f@graigroad.demon.co.uk>, W. D. Grey
<URL:mailto:Bill@graigroad.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article , Derek Moody 
>  writes
> > Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
> >occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
> That's ctreless :-)
> 
> You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)

A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.

I think I caught him four times in under a month.

I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
>A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
>below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
>front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
>and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
>group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
>but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
>impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.
>
>I think I caught him four times in under a month.
>
>I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Very interesting tale Derek.
-- 
Bill Grey

In article , John
<URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
> favourite places are for fishing?

As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.

A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
forget the manufacturer.

A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
round-bend hook.

Nothing else.

Landed about a dozen and took 4.

Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
precludes backcasting.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 at 00:38:00 in uk.rec.fishing.game Derek Moody 
wrote:
>In article , John
><URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
>> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
>> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
>> favourite places are for fishing?
>
>As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
>(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.
>
>A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
>forget the manufacturer.
>
>A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
>round-bend hook.
>
>Nothing else.
>
>Landed about a dozen and took 4.
>
>Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
>precludes backcasting.
>
No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
browns without harm?

-- 
Nogood Boyo

In article , Nogood Boyo
<URL:mailto:NogoodBoyo@bwllfa.co.uk> wrote:

> No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
> release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
> browns without harm?

Yes bait.  Microbarbs. Varied from outside lip to tongue. Mostly by slipping
them into edge except one high bank.  Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
> Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
>occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
That's ctreless :-)

You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)
-- 
Bill Grey

In article <rC6eW8E+EoLGFw+f@graigroad.demon.co.uk>, W. D. Grey
<URL:mailto:Bill@graigroad.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article , Derek Moody 
>  writes
> > Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
> >occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
> That's ctreless :-)
> 
> You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)

A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.

I think I caught him four times in under a month.

I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
>A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
>below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
>front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
>and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
>group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
>but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
>impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.
>
>I think I caught him four times in under a month.
>
>I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Very interesting tale Derek.
-- 
Bill Grey

In article , John
<URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
> favourite places are for fishing?

As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.

A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
forget the manufacturer.

A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
round-bend hook.

Nothing else.

Landed about a dozen and took 4.

Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
precludes backcasting.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 at 00:38:00 in uk.rec.fishing.game Derek Moody 
wrote:
>In article , John
><URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
>> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
>> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
>> favourite places are for fishing?
>
>As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
>(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.
>
>A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
>forget the manufacturer.
>
>A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
>round-bend hook.
>
>Nothing else.
>
>Landed about a dozen and took 4.
>
>Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
>precludes backcasting.
>
No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
browns without harm?

-- 
Nogood Boyo

In article , Nogood Boyo
<URL:mailto:NogoodBoyo@bwllfa.co.uk> wrote:

> No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
> release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
> browns without harm?

Yes bait.  Microbarbs. Varied from outside lip to tongue. Mostly by slipping
them into edge except one high bank.  Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
> Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
>occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
That's ctreless :-)

You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)
-- 
Bill Grey

In article <rC6eW8E+EoLGFw+f@graigroad.demon.co.uk>, W. D. Grey
<URL:mailto:Bill@graigroad.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article , Derek Moody 
>  writes
> > Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
> >occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
> That's ctreless :-)
> 
> You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)

A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.

I think I caught him four times in under a month.

I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
>A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
>below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
>front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
>and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
>group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
>but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
>impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.
>
>I think I caught him four times in under a month.
>
>I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Very interesting tale Derek.
-- 
Bill Grey

In article , John
<URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
> favourite places are for fishing?

As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.

A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
forget the manufacturer.

A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
round-bend hook.

Nothing else.

Landed about a dozen and took 4.

Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
precludes backcasting.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 at 00:38:00 in uk.rec.fishing.game Derek Moody 
wrote:
>In article , John
><URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
>> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
>> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
>> favourite places are for fishing?
>
>As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
>(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.
>
>A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
>forget the manufacturer.
>
>A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
>round-bend hook.
>
>Nothing else.
>
>Landed about a dozen and took 4.
>
>Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
>precludes backcasting.
>
No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
browns without harm?

-- 
Nogood Boyo

In article , Nogood Boyo
<URL:mailto:NogoodBoyo@bwllfa.co.uk> wrote:

> No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
> release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
> browns without harm?

Yes bait.  Microbarbs. Varied from outside lip to tongue. Mostly by slipping
them into edge except one high bank.  Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
> Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
>occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
That's ctreless :-)

You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)
-- 
Bill Grey

In article <rC6eW8E+EoLGFw+f@graigroad.demon.co.uk>, W. D. Grey
<URL:mailto:Bill@graigroad.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article , Derek Moody 
>  writes
> > Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
> >occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
> That's ctreless :-)
> 
> You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)

A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.

I think I caught him four times in under a month.

I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
>A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
>below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
>front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
>and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
>group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
>but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
>impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.
>
>I think I caught him four times in under a month.
>
>I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Very interesting tale Derek.
-- 
Bill Grey

In article , John
<URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
> favourite places are for fishing?

As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.

A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
forget the manufacturer.

A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
round-bend hook.

Nothing else.

Landed about a dozen and took 4.

Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
precludes backcasting.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 at 00:38:00 in uk.rec.fishing.game Derek Moody 
wrote:
>In article , John
><URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
>> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
>> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
>> favourite places are for fishing?
>
>As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
>(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.
>
>A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
>forget the manufacturer.
>
>A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
>round-bend hook.
>
>Nothing else.
>
>Landed about a dozen and took 4.
>
>Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
>precludes backcasting.
>
No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
browns without harm?

-- 
Nogood Boyo

In article , Nogood Boyo
<URL:mailto:NogoodBoyo@bwllfa.co.uk> wrote:

> No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
> release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
> browns without harm?

Yes bait.  Microbarbs. Varied from outside lip to tongue. Mostly by slipping
them into edge except one high bank.  Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
> Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
>occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
That's ctreless :-)

You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)
-- 
Bill Grey

In article <rC6eW8E+EoLGFw+f@graigroad.demon.co.uk>, W. D. Grey
<URL:mailto:Bill@graigroad.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article , Derek Moody 
>  writes
> > Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
> >occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
> That's ctreless :-)
> 
> You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)

A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.

I think I caught him four times in under a month.

I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
>A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
>below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
>front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
>and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
>group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
>but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
>impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.
>
>I think I caught him four times in under a month.
>
>I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Very interesting tale Derek.
-- 
Bill Grey

In article , John
<URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
> favourite places are for fishing?

As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.

A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
forget the manufacturer.

A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
round-bend hook.

Nothing else.

Landed about a dozen and took 4.

Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
precludes backcasting.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 at 00:38:00 in uk.rec.fishing.game Derek Moody 
wrote:
>In article , John
><URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
>> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
>> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
>> favourite places are for fishing?
>
>As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
>(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.
>
>A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
>forget the manufacturer.
>
>A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
>round-bend hook.
>
>Nothing else.
>
>Landed about a dozen and took 4.
>
>Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
>precludes backcasting.
>
No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
browns without harm?

-- 
Nogood Boyo

In article , Nogood Boyo
<URL:mailto:NogoodBoyo@bwllfa.co.uk> wrote:

> No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
> release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
> browns without harm?

Yes bait.  Microbarbs. Varied from outside lip to tongue. Mostly by slipping
them into edge except one high bank.  Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
> Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
>occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
That's ctreless :-)

You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)
-- 
Bill Grey

In article <rC6eW8E+EoLGFw+f@graigroad.demon.co.uk>, W. D. Grey
<URL:mailto:Bill@graigroad.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article , Derek Moody 
>  writes
> > Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
> >occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
> That's ctreless :-)
> 
> You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)

A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.

I think I caught him four times in under a month.

I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
>A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
>below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
>front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
>and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
>group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
>but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
>impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.
>
>I think I caught him four times in under a month.
>
>I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Very interesting tale Derek.
-- 
Bill Grey

In article , John
<URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
> favourite places are for fishing?

As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.

A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
forget the manufacturer.

A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
round-bend hook.

Nothing else.

Landed about a dozen and took 4.

Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
precludes backcasting.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 at 00:38:00 in uk.rec.fishing.game Derek Moody 
wrote:
>In article , John
><URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
>> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
>> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
>> favourite places are for fishing?
>
>As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
>(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.
>
>A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
>forget the manufacturer.
>
>A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
>round-bend hook.
>
>Nothing else.
>
>Landed about a dozen and took 4.
>
>Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
>precludes backcasting.
>
No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
browns without harm?

-- 
Nogood Boyo

In article , Nogood Boyo
<URL:mailto:NogoodBoyo@bwllfa.co.uk> wrote:

> No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
> release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
> browns without harm?

Yes bait.  Microbarbs. Varied from outside lip to tongue. Mostly by slipping
them into edge except one high bank.  Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
> Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
>occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
That's ctreless :-)

You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)
-- 
Bill Grey

In article <rC6eW8E+EoLGFw+f@graigroad.demon.co.uk>, W. D. Grey
<URL:mailto:Bill@graigroad.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article , Derek Moody 
>  writes
> > Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
> >occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
> That's ctreless :-)
> 
> You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)

A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.

I think I caught him four times in under a month.

I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
>A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
>below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
>front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
>and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
>group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
>but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
>impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.
>
>I think I caught him four times in under a month.
>
>I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Very interesting tale Derek.
-- 
Bill Grey

In article , John
<URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
> favourite places are for fishing?

As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.

A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
forget the manufacturer.

A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
round-bend hook.

Nothing else.

Landed about a dozen and took 4.

Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
precludes backcasting.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 at 00:38:00 in uk.rec.fishing.game Derek Moody 
wrote:
>In article , John
><URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
>> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
>> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
>> favourite places are for fishing?
>
>As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
>(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.
>
>A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
>forget the manufacturer.
>
>A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
>round-bend hook.
>
>Nothing else.
>
>Landed about a dozen and took 4.
>
>Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
>precludes backcasting.
>
No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
browns without harm?

-- 
Nogood Boyo

In article , Nogood Boyo
<URL:mailto:NogoodBoyo@bwllfa.co.uk> wrote:

> No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
> release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
> browns without harm?

Yes bait.  Microbarbs. Varied from outside lip to tongue. Mostly by slipping
them into edge except one high bank.  Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
> Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
>occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
That's ctreless :-)

You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)
-- 
Bill Grey

In article <rC6eW8E+EoLGFw+f@graigroad.demon.co.uk>, W. D. Grey
<URL:mailto:Bill@graigroad.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article , Derek Moody 
>  writes
> > Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
> >occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
> That's ctreless :-)
> 
> You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)

A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.

I think I caught him four times in under a month.

I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
>A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
>below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
>front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
>and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
>group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
>but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
>impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.
>
>I think I caught him four times in under a month.
>
>I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Very interesting tale Derek.
-- 
Bill Grey

In article , John
<URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
> favourite places are for fishing?

As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.

A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
forget the manufacturer.

A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
round-bend hook.

Nothing else.

Landed about a dozen and took 4.

Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
precludes backcasting.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 at 00:38:00 in uk.rec.fishing.game Derek Moody 
wrote:
>In article , John
><URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
>> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
>> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
>> favourite places are for fishing?
>
>As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
>(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.
>
>A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
>forget the manufacturer.
>
>A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
>round-bend hook.
>
>Nothing else.
>
>Landed about a dozen and took 4.
>
>Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
>precludes backcasting.
>
No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
browns without harm?

-- 
Nogood Boyo

In article , Nogood Boyo
<URL:mailto:NogoodBoyo@bwllfa.co.uk> wrote:

> No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
> release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
> browns without harm?

Yes bait.  Microbarbs. Varied from outside lip to tongue. Mostly by slipping
them into edge except one high bank.  Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
> Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
>occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
That's ctreless :-)

You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)
-- 
Bill Grey

In article <rC6eW8E+EoLGFw+f@graigroad.demon.co.uk>, W. D. Grey
<URL:mailto:Bill@graigroad.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article , Derek Moody 
>  writes
> > Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
> >occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
> That's ctreless :-)
> 
> You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)

A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.

I think I caught him four times in under a month.

I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
>A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
>below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
>front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
>and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
>group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
>but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
>impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.
>
>I think I caught him four times in under a month.
>
>I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Very interesting tale Derek.
-- 
Bill Grey

In article , John
<URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
> favourite places are for fishing?

As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.

A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
forget the manufacturer.

A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
round-bend hook.

Nothing else.

Landed about a dozen and took 4.

Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
precludes backcasting.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 at 00:38:00 in uk.rec.fishing.game Derek Moody 
wrote:
>In article , John
><URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
>> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
>> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
>> favourite places are for fishing?
>
>As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
>(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.
>
>A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
>forget the manufacturer.
>
>A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
>round-bend hook.
>
>Nothing else.
>
>Landed about a dozen and took 4.
>
>Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
>precludes backcasting.
>
No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
browns without harm?

-- 
Nogood Boyo

In article , Nogood Boyo
<URL:mailto:NogoodBoyo@bwllfa.co.uk> wrote:

> No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
> release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
> browns without harm?

Yes bait.  Microbarbs. Varied from outside lip to tongue. Mostly by slipping
them into edge except one high bank.  Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
> Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
>occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
That's ctreless :-)

You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)
-- 
Bill Grey

In article <rC6eW8E+EoLGFw+f@graigroad.demon.co.uk>, W. D. Grey
<URL:mailto:Bill@graigroad.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article , Derek Moody 
>  writes
> > Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
> >occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
> That's ctreless :-)
> 
> You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)

A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.

I think I caught him four times in under a month.

I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
>A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
>below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
>front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
>and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
>group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
>but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
>impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.
>
>I think I caught him four times in under a month.
>
>I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Very interesting tale Derek.
-- 
Bill Grey

In article , John
<URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
> favourite places are for fishing?

As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.

A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
forget the manufacturer.

A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
round-bend hook.

Nothing else.

Landed about a dozen and took 4.

Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
precludes backcasting.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 at 00:38:00 in uk.rec.fishing.game Derek Moody 
wrote:
>In article , John
><URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
>> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
>> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
>> favourite places are for fishing?
>
>As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
>(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.
>
>A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
>forget the manufacturer.
>
>A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
>round-bend hook.
>
>Nothing else.
>
>Landed about a dozen and took 4.
>
>Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
>precludes backcasting.
>
No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
browns without harm?

-- 
Nogood Boyo

In article , Nogood Boyo
<URL:mailto:NogoodBoyo@bwllfa.co.uk> wrote:

> No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
> release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
> browns without harm?

Yes bait.  Microbarbs. Varied from outside lip to tongue. Mostly by slipping
them into edge except one high bank.  Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
> Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
>occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
That's ctreless :-)

You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)
-- 
Bill Grey

In article <rC6eW8E+EoLGFw+f@graigroad.demon.co.uk>, W. D. Grey
<URL:mailto:Bill@graigroad.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article , Derek Moody 
>  writes
> > Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
> >occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
> That's ctreless :-)
> 
> You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)

A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.

I think I caught him four times in under a month.

I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
>A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
>below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
>front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
>and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
>group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
>but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
>impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.
>
>I think I caught him four times in under a month.
>
>I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Very interesting tale Derek.
-- 
Bill Grey

In article , John
<URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
> favourite places are for fishing?

As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.

A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
forget the manufacturer.

A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
round-bend hook.

Nothing else.

Landed about a dozen and took 4.

Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
precludes backcasting.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 at 00:38:00 in uk.rec.fishing.game Derek Moody 
wrote:
>In article , John
><URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
>> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
>> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
>> favourite places are for fishing?
>
>As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
>(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.
>
>A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
>forget the manufacturer.
>
>A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
>round-bend hook.
>
>Nothing else.
>
>Landed about a dozen and took 4.
>
>Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
>precludes backcasting.
>
No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
browns without harm?

-- 
Nogood Boyo

In article , Nogood Boyo
<URL:mailto:NogoodBoyo@bwllfa.co.uk> wrote:

> No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
> release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
> browns without harm?

Yes bait.  Microbarbs. Varied from outside lip to tongue. Mostly by slipping
them into edge except one high bank.  Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
> Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
>occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
That's ctreless :-)

You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)
-- 
Bill Grey

In article <rC6eW8E+EoLGFw+f@graigroad.demon.co.uk>, W. D. Grey
<URL:mailto:Bill@graigroad.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article , Derek Moody 
>  writes
> > Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
> >occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
> That's ctreless :-)
> 
> You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)

A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.

I think I caught him four times in under a month.

I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
>A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
>below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
>front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
>and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
>group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
>but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
>impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.
>
>I think I caught him four times in under a month.
>
>I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Very interesting tale Derek.
-- 
Bill Grey

In article , John
<URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
> favourite places are for fishing?

As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.

A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
forget the manufacturer.

A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
round-bend hook.

Nothing else.

Landed about a dozen and took 4.

Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
precludes backcasting.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 at 00:38:00 in uk.rec.fishing.game Derek Moody 
wrote:
>In article , John
><URL:mailto:thefin@lcylon.com> wrote:
>> I just wondered what rods and reels people in the group have as well
>> as other tackle, and also where you regularly fish and what your
>> favourite places are for fishing?
>
>As this is a game fishing group I'll tell you what I used on my last
>(Sunday) fishing trip for wild brownies.
>
>A 10' general rod, labelled as a 'ledger' rod but ignore the label - I
>forget the manufacturer.
>
>A 5" Leeds centrepin reel loaded with 4lb bs monofilament and a #10
>round-bend hook.
>
>Nothing else.
>
>Landed about a dozen and took 4.
>
>Venue - local free stretch of chalk stream in town where the busy footpath
>precludes backcasting.
>
No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
browns without harm?

-- 
Nogood Boyo

In article , Nogood Boyo
<URL:mailto:NogoodBoyo@bwllfa.co.uk> wrote:

> No bait?  Barbed or barbless?  How deeply were they hooked?  How did you 
> release them?  Are you confident that you can catch and release wild 
> browns without harm?

Yes bait.  Microbarbs. Varied from outside lip to tongue. Mostly by slipping
them into edge except one high bank.  Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
> Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
>occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
That's ctreless :-)

You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)
-- 
Bill Grey

In article <rC6eW8E+EoLGFw+f@graigroad.demon.co.uk>, W. D. Grey
<URL:mailto:Bill@graigroad.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article , Derek Moody 
>  writes
> > Harm? I get bitten on the thumb
> >occasionally, sometimes by the same fish two or three sessions in succession.
> That's ctreless :-)
> 
> You must get out more Derek - fishing in the bath is so last year :-)

A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.

I think I caught him four times in under a month.

I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Cheerio,

-- 
  Fishing:  http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/
  Writing:  http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ 
  uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
            http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Derek Moody 
 writes
>A couple of years ago there was a particularly good fish with a lie just
>below a bridge and with a small group of lesser fish acting as a screen in
>front.  -If- I managed to get a bait to them without one of them spotting me
>and spooking the rest it was inevitably grabbed by one of the screening
>group.  One of those was distinctive - long enough to go well over a pound
>but very skinny, a cormorant scar on its head and blind in one eye.  It had
>impressive teeth and always got the hook well down in an instant.
>
>I think I caught him four times in under a month.
>
>I'm pretty good about remembering to bring a disgorger nowadays.

Very interesting tale Derek.
-- 
Bill Grey