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Originally Posted by kevw
Can't remember how long ago it must be since I saw a match on the Leeds-Liverpool near where I live. As kids we used to walk the banks watching the nationals, guys struggling to catch on size 26's and bloodworm as hookbait.
Used to go and scrape bloodworm with the old man from the River Douglas, then filtering them from the silt through a pair of nylons  |
Jeez I nearly misread that then, had this image of you thigh deep in water with a bucket wearing fishnet tights...
I guess the challenge of trying to hook half a joker on a size 30 hook after a night on the lash in -3 degrees at 7am with numb sausage fingers after a twenty minute trek down't cut with a heavy ASI seat box just isn't deemed 'fun' for match anglers any more just to catch 150 roach/gudgeon/skimmers and weigh in 12oz... can't think why...
And they laugh at us carp anglers in our bivvies with bacon butties,comfy bedchairs and 'vd' players...alarm clock beeping,wakey wakey....nescafe...insert nose....sniff....can you smell it?