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Ron Clay
Guest
In this weeks Angling Times, Des Taylor writes of the great pleasure to be had by getting out into the wilderness, catching a few fish, and then eating them.
I have done this many times in my life from the little streams of the Scottish Islands, to the loughs of Ireland, right over to the highlands of Kwazulu Natal. There is something extremely satisfying about going out and catching your own supper. The instinct goes back to the days when man was a hunter-gatherer and is one of the prime reasons why we go fishing.
Look, I am not saying that we should go out to catch Two Tone or a big barbel from the Trent and put them on the barbie,
Rather that we should occasionally eat a fish or two. Taken in moderation, waters containing lots of such species such as perch, grayling, wild brown trout, eels, small pike and zander would not be affected if we had the odd one to eat.
The best eating fish in UK fresh waters are zander, perch, eels, trout and small pike, in that order.
And in my life I have eaten the lot.
I have done this many times in my life from the little streams of the Scottish Islands, to the loughs of Ireland, right over to the highlands of Kwazulu Natal. There is something extremely satisfying about going out and catching your own supper. The instinct goes back to the days when man was a hunter-gatherer and is one of the prime reasons why we go fishing.
Look, I am not saying that we should go out to catch Two Tone or a big barbel from the Trent and put them on the barbie,
Rather that we should occasionally eat a fish or two. Taken in moderation, waters containing lots of such species such as perch, grayling, wild brown trout, eels, small pike and zander would not be affected if we had the odd one to eat.
The best eating fish in UK fresh waters are zander, perch, eels, trout and small pike, in that order.
And in my life I have eaten the lot.