''A bittersweet situation''.

[sam vimes]

thank god there's not an anglers pound shop, I would empty it in a week.

One Pound Fishing Tackle | End of Line Clearance Deals

 

[robtherake]

...and there's some good stuff on there, Mark!

I keep thinking that I've got enough gear - if only new situations didn't keep opening up that surely require a piece of tackle that's just so, then I'd have it licked.

The problem with having all that kit is that you then end up taking far more than you need - I've never regained that purity of sensation that I enjoyed at age 13, with just an old rod, reel and twenty yards of line. Having less choice would be a start, but you know how it is...mg:

 

[Ray Daywalker Clarke]

hno:hno:hno:hno:hno:hno:doh::doh::doh::doh:

Is this the new joke thread

 

[Derek Gibson]

hno:hno:hno:hno:hno:hno:doh::doh::doh::doh:

Is this the new joke thread

Oh Raymond, you are so cynical,''I'm cut to the quick''. I'll go to the back of the class.!!

 

[no-one in particular]

One Pound Fishing Tackle | End of Line Clearance Deals

That's a bit of a revelation, it will probably ruin me but thanks, some very useful bargains on there.

 

[Ray Daywalker Clarke]

Oh Raymond, you are so cynical,''I'm cut to the quick''. I'll go to the back of the class.!!

Sit on the naughty step please Derek mg:

There will always be something thats needs to be bought.

 

[thameside]

Derek,

In my dotage, I no longer seek the latest, most modern, but look for rods and reels I could not afford in my younger years.
Bob

I am exactly the same. I am not interested in the latest stuff. I am stuck in a time warp of 40 years ago.

 

[john step]

Quite strange seeing this thread pop up started by Derek who is no longer with us and certainly won't need to buy any more tackle. He was always philosophising. I wonder if he knew it was all coming to the end. RIP Derek.

 

[Windy]

Must admit that this thread revival gave me a real moment and a lump in the throat for a while. Never met the man and I wish I had the privilege. Brilliant posts and a great fisherman. Sadly missed.

Another (car) forum I frequent has a small but select forum subsection for those we have loved and lost where in memorial threads are posted and kept. Just a thought.

 

[mikench]

Derek is missed as is Robtherake who has just stopped posting.