Paul H
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After discussing some clowns nightfishing at my club's 'no nightfishing' lake with another member last Sunday I took a stroll down by the Derwent.
It was a warmish evening and very picturesque near Darley Abbey, I was looking at the Corporation owned water before the season starts again.
I noticed a guy repeatedly casting and retrieving hidden by trees and bushes to the outside world.
'Maybe he's game fishing' I thought.
However next to him downstream were another two blokes at least with quiver tip set ups and down from them a girl of about 15 waded out into the river on a submerged slab of old wall. She opted for a more traditional gnarled old tree branch with line attached directly to the end.
Enraged I reached for my mobile and for the first time rang the E.A emergency hotline number stored within.
'This number is not free from mobile phones, please re-dial omitting the first zero' came the response.
I followed instructions and got 'Bee Bee Beep, the number you have dialed is not recognised, please try again'.
What type of phone do the E.A think people spotting an 'emergency' on the riverbank might use?
In short the only phone box I could find in the area had been vandalised so the (definately English, I heard them talking) poaching bar stewards got away with it.
It was a warmish evening and very picturesque near Darley Abbey, I was looking at the Corporation owned water before the season starts again.
I noticed a guy repeatedly casting and retrieving hidden by trees and bushes to the outside world.
'Maybe he's game fishing' I thought.
However next to him downstream were another two blokes at least with quiver tip set ups and down from them a girl of about 15 waded out into the river on a submerged slab of old wall. She opted for a more traditional gnarled old tree branch with line attached directly to the end.
Enraged I reached for my mobile and for the first time rang the E.A emergency hotline number stored within.
'This number is not free from mobile phones, please re-dial omitting the first zero' came the response.
I followed instructions and got 'Bee Bee Beep, the number you have dialed is not recognised, please try again'.
What type of phone do the E.A think people spotting an 'emergency' on the riverbank might use?
In short the only phone box I could find in the area had been vandalised so the (definately English, I heard them talking) poaching bar stewards got away with it.