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By Dave Chilton...
Our well-meaning hero used to wet his finger, dab it in the neat toxic powder or concentrated liquid and rub it directly onto the damaged area of the fish! Feeling proud of helping his quarry he then celebrated by picking up a cheese butty and using the same fingers consumed it with great relish!
He did not attempt to wash the vivid day-glo green or violet from his fingers because past experience taught him he couldn?t. The stuff remains on for day?s, even weeks! Later making his way home after a good days fishing possibly with a warm inner glow, looking forward to a hearty meal and maybe thinking what the wife would be wearing? (We won?t go down that road, especially with those hands)!
MG stains your fingers and will remain on for days before slowly fading away.
All manner of potions were practiced by some of the guru?s high priest and witchdoctors on the bank. Bleach, mustard powder, vinegar, linseed oil, ointments, as well as some dubious industrial products, which were harmful to the fish and also to them. I fished with a guy who worked for the parks department. If you caught a fish in less than pristine condition he was like a man possessed and would be onto it in a flash. Out would come the bottle and the missing scale of the four-ounce Roach was treated. Albert had greener fingers than Percy Thrower.
On a small syndicate water in recent years a number of fish caught appeared to have mysterious visible burn marks on their body. Its similar to a milky virus patch as found on tropical marine fish. This is what happens when you introduce them to a tank and you have not balanced the saline content and water temperature correctly. Yes fish do catch colds. This was a puzzle, it had never happened previously and the majority of the fish were in stunning condition.
The case was solved when a new member was spotted rubbing his home cure onto the fish. It must have been better than Fiery Jack and probably killed 99% of household germs as well. Any solution, which causes burn or blemishes on fish, should be seriously questioned. The angler was quickly admonished without sentence but genuinely pleaded he thought he was helping the fish, cos he read it in an old angling book. (Complete Angler?). The watchwords are, if in doubt don?t use it, simple.
You may laugh but this situation is still going on to this day, and remaining unchecked could lead to unnecessary problems. In short this is one of the main reasons why we introduced our fish care product to the marketplace.
/MF