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Lord Paul of Sheffield

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Can anyone tell me of aome good rivers that I can canoe down (doesn't ahve to be legally) and then anchor the canoe and cathca good sized barbel or two

Even better if the river is one that has nice palces to bbq the barbel later.
 
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If such a river existed then I would imagine the name of the Styx would be most appropriate.

Alternativly you could try; The Vaitarani and the Sanzu . . . . . . .


All much of a muchness to be honest and fully suitable for your needs . . . . .
 
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Still water would be a good idea.

Much easier to balance the barbeque on the canoe with no current to disturb your gently sizzling catch...
 
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The widest river you can find. Then you'll be able to stay out of lobbed brick range. Alternatively, the shallowest river you can find. Then you can easily recover your canoe when it sinks due to incoming brickage.;)
 
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The roe of barbel is recommended highly to those who would poach and eat fish to which they have no right.
Washed down with a glass of water-dropwort juice, as a fail-safe.
 
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Alan Tyler said:
The roe of barbel is recommended highly to those who would poach and eat fish to which they have no right.
Washed down with a glass of water-dropwort juice, as a fail-safe.
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There's a big misconception about people in Stoke. Everybody thinks the local delicacy is Lobby and Oatcakes. This is just diversionary. The truth is that for a starter we have Roe of Trent Barbel, followed by out of season Steamed Winter Dove Brown Trout finished off with a White Chocolate Churnet Salmon Mousse.

If the bailiffs are about then we usually have Spring Fed Commercial Bream instead of Brown Trout as a main.

And for Christmas we have that famous four fish roast. Pike stuffed with trout stuffed with chub stuffed with minnow fry
All washed down with pints of Titanic, goes down quickly when chilled :wh
 
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Windy said:
Much easier to balance the barbeque on the canoe
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Don't listen to this man, Paul. Someone else tried that once, an eskimo who felt the cold too much and made himself a stove to sit on top, but it set fire to his boat and he sadly drowned. He forgot the old Eskimo saying -

"You can't have your kayak and heat it too."



Coat, door, Taxi......
 
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Knock, knock
Who’s there
Canoe
Canoe who
Canoe tell us some good kayak jokes

Kayaks are like women, the best ones are the hardest to get in.
 
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