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Living on Wirral meant most of my early fishing was done in small lakes and tiny ponds, the sort of places where a 4lb tench is a proper lump, and where (English) 20lb carp are almost non existent. As for a 2 pound roach,down boy!
So knowing from an early age the limits of the waters I fished I used to revel in the tackle shop talk about the lost 30s, and rudd that done a 4lb hook link etc etc, and after a while I positively encouraged the lies, staring (apparently) wide eyed, listening to the tales of (another) record crucian that got away etc etc whilst secretly thinking what a gobs**te, but the VERY BEST was the guy at the Vauxhall pond (nr M53 for those that know it) used to be run by Irby AC about 30 metres x 30metres wide, anyway a regular on there used to make a bee line to me and my mate and tell us, (much to our constant amusement) of the DOUBLE FIGURE tench he used to (and continued) to catch, but the thing is, and this may contradict the title of the thread slightly, I was never fully sure if he believed it himself, or if he was a good old fashioned Billy Liar trying to impress?
Anyone else meet people like this or am I the only one to have had this fantatstic privilege?
So knowing from an early age the limits of the waters I fished I used to revel in the tackle shop talk about the lost 30s, and rudd that done a 4lb hook link etc etc, and after a while I positively encouraged the lies, staring (apparently) wide eyed, listening to the tales of (another) record crucian that got away etc etc whilst secretly thinking what a gobs**te, but the VERY BEST was the guy at the Vauxhall pond (nr M53 for those that know it) used to be run by Irby AC about 30 metres x 30metres wide, anyway a regular on there used to make a bee line to me and my mate and tell us, (much to our constant amusement) of the DOUBLE FIGURE tench he used to (and continued) to catch, but the thing is, and this may contradict the title of the thread slightly, I was never fully sure if he believed it himself, or if he was a good old fashioned Billy Liar trying to impress?
Anyone else meet people like this or am I the only one to have had this fantatstic privilege?