dezza
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If there is one fish I cannot stand, it is the eel. I was reminded of this recently when I caught two Anguilla australis, and yesterday a rather nasty Anguilla anguilla.
Of course Swordsy had to laugh his head off as I grappled with the bloody thing, just as I laughed my head off when he caught one prior to mine. I told him that catching snigs was a gift, and a sure sign of how many you are going to catch this forthcoming summer.
There seems to be a great deal being said about the current "scarcity" of eels. I don't think this is true. The darned things are everywhere I go, even at the other side of the world. And when I fished a fenland drain last year, I caught 6 of the things, most of a very efficient tackle tangling size.
One thing I do not look forward to is the possibility of one day hooking an eel of the proportions that Andy Nellist targets. As an old friend of mine once said: "There is only one thing worse than catching a little snig, and that is catching a BIG snig."
Of course Swordsy had to laugh his head off as I grappled with the bloody thing, just as I laughed my head off when he caught one prior to mine. I told him that catching snigs was a gift, and a sure sign of how many you are going to catch this forthcoming summer.
There seems to be a great deal being said about the current "scarcity" of eels. I don't think this is true. The darned things are everywhere I go, even at the other side of the world. And when I fished a fenland drain last year, I caught 6 of the things, most of a very efficient tackle tangling size.
One thing I do not look forward to is the possibility of one day hooking an eel of the proportions that Andy Nellist targets. As an old friend of mine once said: "There is only one thing worse than catching a little snig, and that is catching a BIG snig."
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