themyth
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hi guys,any info on where i can pick up an application form to join the club?
many of you guys members?
many of you guys members?
Golden scale club
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Alan Tyler
Well-known member
It's a bunch of 21 friends (none of whom I know); there is no "form" to fill in.
You've more chance of getting into the Houghton club (25 members) or the Order of Merit (24).
Round up some friends and start your own, they're just a posse of pals having fun.
You've more chance of getting into the Houghton club (25 members) or the Order of Merit (24).
Round up some friends and start your own, they're just a posse of pals having fun.
alchemist
Active member
Like Alan says it is basically just a fairly small group of friends which is centred on Chris Yates. It is not a club in any normal sense of the word.
beerweasel
Well-known member
Automatic membership if you catch a Horse Gudgeon over 4 oz. :w
Morespiders
Senior Member
Myth, why not join PaSC much more conviviable than those fuddy duddy clubs?
Plus membership is easily obtained
Plus membership is easily obtained
themyth
Well-known member
simon dunbar
Well-known member
Chris Yates books are among my favourites , however , the Golden Scale Club .dressing up like victorian gents all that tweed and those deerstalkers , vintage tackle and creels all a bit lah -dee -dah for me . Fruitcakes.
dezza
Well-known member
To be honest its just a bit of a laugh. Peter Stone was "invited" to join the Golden Scale Club. He went to one of their gudgeon "fish-ins", but when they saw his carbon Drennan rods and Shimano reels he was "black gaffed".
It would cost you a fortune to be accepted as a member. Motor cars are not allowed; you would have to get a horse or a late Victorian bicycle. A session at a bespoke tailor to obtain Norfolk jacket and breeks would cost at least 4 grand, then there are the incidentals like a Kelly kettle and a couple of Barder split cane rods. Thats another 3 grand.
How the heck Chris Yates affords membership I do not know, he's as poor as a church mouse.
It would cost you a fortune to be accepted as a member. Motor cars are not allowed; you would have to get a horse or a late Victorian bicycle. A session at a bespoke tailor to obtain Norfolk jacket and breeks would cost at least 4 grand, then there are the incidentals like a Kelly kettle and a couple of Barder split cane rods. Thats another 3 grand.
How the heck Chris Yates affords membership I do not know, he's as poor as a church mouse.
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Jeff Woodhouse
Moaning Marlow Meldrew
Bribary probably.
Better chance of joining The Compleat Anglers, it is a matter of who you know to get in though. No rules (well 6), no particular dress convention (other than no bare chests), no matches (frowned upon as being 'common'), but only 16 are in. Cost is not an issue either, it's just a matter of whether there's enough years left in your life to stay on the waiting list.
Better if you just bung MoreSpiders a backhander for £2000 and join PaSC.
(They're not really that fussy, it's up the bribary amount, that's all.)
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dezza
Well-known member
Then you have to learn how to brew tea in the traditional way, and on a fish in you have to bring your quota of fruitcake to consume with the tea. They all meet at a suitable hostelry which is just down the road from Yates' house, after awaking Yates of course, he's a swine to get out of bed.
The first part of the day is spent reading poems and prayers to Isaak Walton who has a shrine in said pub. Oh and by the way, new members are "baptised" in Kennet water and re-named. Peter Stone was named "The Professor". Where they get Kennet "water" from these days is a mystery as the river has dried up!
It's all very weird.
The first part of the day is spent reading poems and prayers to Isaak Walton who has a shrine in said pub. Oh and by the way, new members are "baptised" in Kennet water and re-named. Peter Stone was named "The Professor". Where they get Kennet "water" from these days is a mystery as the river has dried up!
It's all very weird.
themyth
Well-known member
i have an old hardy splitcane/greenheart rod in the garage with an old allcocks pin on it,an old raleigh burner b.m.x for transport,sort the clobber out no probs as my brother works at countryman.
forget it..im going to set up my own little club for the elite essox angler of yester year. '' the ledgered golden spinner crew''
anyone want in? give me a p.m
p.s memberships almost free...
forget it..im going to set up my own little club for the elite essox angler of yester year. '' the ledgered golden spinner crew''
anyone want in? give me a p.m
p.s memberships almost free...
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Jeff Woodhouse
Moaning Marlow Meldrew
You might try the Red Spinners. I think it's around £250 or so per year and you get a lovely leather bound ring binder rule book and loads of waters to fish, many down your way, I'm sure. You have to be nominated and attend one of their meetings, I think in Baker Street, London, but after that, they'll have anybody.
True!!!
True!!!
peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
No tweed or cane rods required for gudgeon fishing.
If you aren't a member already www. guggs.org
may be an alternative.....
If you aren't a member already www. guggs.org
may be an alternative.....
Alan Tyler
Well-known member
'' the ledgered golden spinner crew''
Motto: "Look, we all make mistakes!"?*
Sounds good, but I'm afraid the Tidal test is way out of my reach - pension, petrol prices, yada, yada.
*Posh Paul might be able to translate that into Latin, for a fee! Nearest I can get is "Vide, omnes erramus", but that's probably a self-fulfilling prophesy.
Have fun!
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Close, but no cigar, according to Google Translate, which gives: Vultu, omnes errare.
Won'tcha sound posh?
Motto: "Look, we all make mistakes!"?*
Sounds good, but I'm afraid the Tidal test is way out of my reach - pension, petrol prices, yada, yada.
*Posh Paul might be able to translate that into Latin, for a fee! Nearest I can get is "Vide, omnes erramus", but that's probably a self-fulfilling prophesy.
Have fun!
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Close, but no cigar, according to Google Translate, which gives: Vultu, omnes errare.
Won'tcha sound posh?
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themyth
Well-known member
for the elite alan,sorry.
dezza
Well-known member
Probably that's why he is always selling his old tackle.
He is supposed to be a pro photographer, but I think that went by the wayside as he refused to use a digital camera.
Poor old Chris, I rather like the guy, although I sometimes wish he would stop being the ultimate Luddite and get out of his Ray Webb and Wurzel Gummage ways.
geoffmaynard
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themyth
Well-known member
themyth
Well-known member
p.m's replied to guys,
only a handfull of places left.
only a handfull of places left.
flightliner
Well-known member
No such club---
must be a myth!!!
must be a myth!!!