"Steady Brother Steady"

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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA-Life Member)

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This is the famous painting by Walter Dendy Sadler of the monks fishing for their supper in the stew pond - ca 1875

I first saw this picture hung in **** Walker's Fishing Hut on the Upper Ouse near Beachampton. Walker loved the picture. The characters depicted in this painting are classic.

I've always thought that our monk looked like one of them.
 
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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA-Life Member)

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Thanks chaps.

I have located a supplier and will be ordering from them shortly
 
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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA-Life Member)

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So which one of them is our Monk?

The one with the rod?
 
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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA-Life Member)

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There is no doubt that Dendy Sadler was an angler. There are two more of his pictures that portray angling, "The Pegged Down Match" and "Isaak Walton"

These would make nice pictures for any angler's study.
 
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Bob Watson

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The one you like Ron is titled Thursday, have you seen Friday? they enjoy their catch. An impressive collection of prints.
There's another called Habet, my personal favourite which I'm very temted to buy. It might infuriate one or two Pike anglers amongst us.
 
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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA-Life Member)

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Why should it infuriate them Bob?
 
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Fred Bonney

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Seems to have infuriated some already, on the right of the picture, Bob.
 
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Bob Watson

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It was said tongue in cheek Ron, a nice Pike, obviously dead being dragged over a stone floor, these days it would be frowned upon.

Looks more triumphant to me Fred, he knows he's getting fed tonight.
 
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Jeff Woodhouse

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Just out of interest, in that picture "pegged down" what is there missing?



Keepnets. They didn't have them then, which is why the close season was introduced. I know it's only a small snapshot of fishing then, but it was fact.

Thank you for that Fred.
 
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