maceo
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Anyone see this at 10pm on the 'Blighty' TV channel last night?
There was one episode covering the source of the Thames in Glos up to Oxford and then another covering Oxford to Kingston.
It was presented by some jolly hockey sticks type called 'Miranda Krestovnikoff' of whom I've never previously heard. Still, it was pretty interesting in parts. They showed some electro-fishing and a section with EA fellas going around checking rod licences.
They caught one guy with 3 rods out and only one licence and another who's wife/gf was with him and she didn't have a licence. Seemed a bit harsh really. Not sure if they prosecuted them, but in those two cases perhaps a bit of discretion and a warning might have been in order rather than a fine. Both of them had bought a licence after all. It's the ones who don't have a licence at all who need to be prosecuted.
They also showed a section about the flocks of parakeets that apparently live around the Thames. Some say they escaped from the studios where they were filming 'The African Queen' whilst others claim they were released by Jimi Hendrix for reasons unknown! I'll certainly be keeping an eye out for them anyway.
One other thing I didn't know was that 50 years ago the Thames was declared completely dead of wildlife. Not sure if that would have applied to the upper Thames where I fish. Credit where it's due, there's certainly been a turnaround since then....
There was one episode covering the source of the Thames in Glos up to Oxford and then another covering Oxford to Kingston.
It was presented by some jolly hockey sticks type called 'Miranda Krestovnikoff' of whom I've never previously heard. Still, it was pretty interesting in parts. They showed some electro-fishing and a section with EA fellas going around checking rod licences.
They caught one guy with 3 rods out and only one licence and another who's wife/gf was with him and she didn't have a licence. Seemed a bit harsh really. Not sure if they prosecuted them, but in those two cases perhaps a bit of discretion and a warning might have been in order rather than a fine. Both of them had bought a licence after all. It's the ones who don't have a licence at all who need to be prosecuted.
They also showed a section about the flocks of parakeets that apparently live around the Thames. Some say they escaped from the studios where they were filming 'The African Queen' whilst others claim they were released by Jimi Hendrix for reasons unknown! I'll certainly be keeping an eye out for them anyway.
One other thing I didn't know was that 50 years ago the Thames was declared completely dead of wildlife. Not sure if that would have applied to the upper Thames where I fish. Credit where it's due, there's certainly been a turnaround since then....