Morale booster

[mikench]

I understand that self adulation can be tireing Gary. Just think another three weeks and you never know . I suspect the government are on airport time ie each minute is 10

 

[John Keane]

I've been racking my brain to think of something to boost my morale and came up with nothing apart from getting back to the bank with my tackle.
I'm resigned that nothing else will do.
Things aren't getting any better coz I've sat and watched Superman, Superman 11 and now Superman 111 is on at the moment.
HELP ME.

They’ve made a hundred and eleven Superman films?

 

[ian g]

Anyone wanting a boost in morale needs to watch Terry Hearns videos on the Thames on youtube,now I dont like carping films,but he brings it over really well,seems a really decent bloke to boot

Yep , I watch that the other day , I 'm also not a carp angler but I enjoyed that , very atmospheric

 

[barbelboi]

Joy Lane? - nothing on the next village to us...................

PS It doesn't raise anything.....................

 

[103841]

We do have this......

 

[The Runner]

Been digitizing another batch of old photos- some lovely memories. Here's my old mate, the late Kevin Harman, on his way to 180 lb of bream on the Shannon, mid 80s. An unusual pic in a way, as by that time of evening the group of us who used to go would normally be back, showered, fed and in the pub....

 

[The Runner]

And here's me, aged 15, with my first carp and first of a sequence of silly hats.
Brayton Pool, Aspatria, Cumberland, 1971

 

[Aknib]

Great pics Runner

Another Christmas Day river Pike for me, the crafty git had been sat guarding my deadbait until he felt hungry enough to take it and I went to recast, forgot my line was on a run clip with the bail arm open and as I picked up the rod it inadvertently twitched the bait ever so slightly as the line came out of the clip. Fearing his potential dinner had magically gained a second wind and was about to escape, the fish pounced on the movement.

Only run I had all day and a pic of the treble which it then went on to demolish in the landing net...

the little prince wallpaper

what's open right now around me

 

[mikench]

Do you remember long haul flights to the other side of the world.

 

[mikench]

Who does this remind you of?

 

[mikench]

A little collage of happy days.

 

[John Keane]

A few photos from my garden to ease the tedium of lockdown...

 

[Aknib]

I managed to find a few Robin pictures as I've been trawling through my folders...





beautiful hebrew baby names

 

[mikench]

How do you know those robins are Jewish Steve?

 

[seth49]

Must be getting soft in my old age, few years ago it would be in the oven.

 

[John Keane]

A little collage of happy days.

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Is that Preston Brolly a 50” Mike? I’m bored when I’m not buying anything and thinking of replacing my 45” Brolly with a 50” as long as it’s not too heavy? Got a heck of a lot of cr@p to cover on the bank when the wet stuff starts!

 

[mikench]

It is John. It was a Preston flat back brolly and very good it was until I left it a venue only discovering its loss a week later when I went to the car to fetch it.

I bought the latest incarnation called the Multi brolly I think which has a dual position tilt mechanism. It isn’t as taut as the original but works as well. It isn’t light but manageable.

 

[Aknib]

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Must be getting soft in my old age, few years ago it would be in the oven.

Great stuff Keith, pheasants crack me up big time...

 

[mikench]

I have just the one grouse Steve in an otherwise very pheasant series of pics; should it have been eating red maggots. It didn't quail though and I bet it returned ptarmigan and again.

 

[Aknib]

A nice gravel pit Roach caught on the waggler, likely never seen a hook before...