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I love seeing kids enjoying field sports. My boy is 2 in September and has a strong attraction to water (or dwr as we call it in Welsh). I often wonder where he gets that from ....do you think it could be anything to do with his great Grandfather, Grandfather, and Fathers passionate love of Fishing? Cheers Aled
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Bangers and Mash , peas and gravy, washed down with a can of bitter! Cheers Aled
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pictures of recent salmon and sea trout catches
Aled replied to 4bellp's topic in Fresh & Salt Water Fishing
Lots of brown water on my river Tywi at the moment too high for any serious fishing, and with more rain on the way... Cheers Aled -
They are pretty quick if you are in the wrong! ......to be fair i've had an honest and professional service from them, after i got my first certificate, getting that was a bit more difficult, make sure your referee is good and you should be OK. Cheers Aled
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Buckleys Brains IPA a little known bitter served in Cardiff's proper pubs combined with a with a silk cut ultra, kept me sane in the big city! Since marriage and kids, i hardly ever smoke, and do not visit the pub as often as i used to. So every Friday night at 9pm, double gin and tonic with ice and lemon. OK a bit camp ....maybe but life for me is always about not following the crowd. Tight Lines Aled
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The bloke i called Grandad (its a long story but he wasnt my biological Grandad but he'll always be my "Grancha") was in the DDay landings and got wounded 2 during WW2. One of my biggest regrets of my life to date is that i did not take him down the club, buy him a pint and ask him to tell me about his War, i think i would of learnt a lot about whats important in life! Some of these stories are very interesting. Cheers Aled
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I've been there Kiwi Yep so have i, but being rather posh i got one of those sweat suits made of heavy plastic £6.99 from ebay fantastic to wear during a 25 mile mountain bike ride. By the way good on you smudger for getting back out there at 44, i know my playing days are well and truly over. Cheers Aled
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Finshed reading her book yesterday, "Spilling the beans" it has a chapter about the Countryman series.She said the BBc would not be prepared to put it out on Video (her words) sadly, i only saw the rat hunting one. Tight Lines Aled
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I make traces for tandem sea trout flies using elasticum wire favoured by sea fisherman. It may be of use? Tight Lines Aled
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I hung up my gumshield last April at the age o 37, not bad me thinks. Now in my opinion the best thing to get that stiffness out is either a gentle swim or a visit to a jacuzzi. I certainly felt better afterwards! I played hooker so i reckon i got a bit of front row experience crouch, touch pause engage...... Good luck with the training, i had two gaps of 2 years during my career, (dislocated shoulder which needed an operation and a snapped achilles tendon which needed an operation). Plan to stay involved with the game, i'm on the club committee, a qualifed ref, first aider, and plan to help
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I'm pleased that you've got your photo, but i see so many otters in West Wales that i've become rather blase about it! Nearly every night or dawn fishing session i see otters, they've followed my flies/spinners accross pools, popped up next to me at 2am scaring the life out of me, and best of all, a mother with two young throwing a sea trout about the pool i believe she was teaching them to hunt. Get yourself to the West of Wales kvn. Tight Lines Aled
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pictures of recent salmon and sea trout catches
Aled replied to 4bellp's topic in Fresh & Salt Water Fishing
I'm struggling at the moment big flood arrived on Sunday morning, however when she settles next week we could be in for some great sport. Tight Lines Aled -
I bought a Lanber for the same price, i've bought it as a "next step" gun after my old Baikel personally i'm pleased with it. Cheers Aled
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As a bit of an aside, its great to see TV chefs showing an active interest in using field sports to provide food. Don't know about the rest of you but i feel a strong sense of honesty when i catch/shoot someting for the table. The prepartion (e.g. gutting, filleting/jointing etc) then eating. Not all of my meat comes from a cellaphane wrapped package in Tesco's! Tight Lines Aled
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Ydw glei! Roeddwn methu siarad saesneg tan oeddwn yn ddeg!! (Sy ddim yn hollol wir gan fod fy Mam yn ddi Gymraeg ond mae'n medru newid cyfeiriad sgwrs!!) I can! I couldnt speak a word of English until i was ten (which isnt strictly true because my Mam cant speak Welsh but its an original conversation stopper!) Pob Hwyl/All the best Aled
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Cant be sure if i've seen a Ghost or not. I do a lot of nigh sea trout fishing, so i've been out and about at the right time for ghosts! On one occasion i was cycling to the river and i saw my neighbour in the field checking his fence line, (he was a farmer) it was only when cycling back home i remembered he'd died three months earlier. Was it his brother cheking the fence??? Secondly i said to good evening (in Welsh) to an old Gentleman wearing a flat cap and carrying a walking stick, he was there one minute, gone the next! On neither occasion was i particularly scared, more a feeling of "wha
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Cracking pics Cheers Aled
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I've managed a sea trout and a salmon in the same day three time in 29 years of angling. 2 of those three occasions were on consecutive days!Salmon and i dont seem to get on with the way i used to, personally i think its too do with fewer salmon running rather than my lack of angling skills..... Tight Lines Aled
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I managed a sea trout, brown trout and rainbow trout in the same day in August 1993. Brown and sea trout was caught from the river Tywi at 5am, and the rainbow came from the Usk reservoir late afternoon, this was done by design. Did also by accident catch a brown rainbow and sea trout from the River Taff in Cardiff on October the 17th 2002. Tight Lines Aled
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Nice one Tote. I managed one on the worm at the end of May, have not had a touch since! Runs aint wat they used to be on the Tywi any more either. Tight Lines Aled
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Thats sacralige longdogrunner, no wonder you cried, one of the tastiest birds around!! I'm no expert oloftgere but on shoots that i used to beat on, i always saw dog workers pick up woodcock from the game cart and hold in front of the dog, and encouraged the dog to smell it. Thats all i can add i'm afraid. Cheers Aled
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Spending time with wife and son come number one however..... I also enjoy fly fishing especially for se atrout, or sewin as we call em here, also tie my own flies. Rough and air rifle shooting in winter. Just retired from playing rugby so am now the 1st aid and committee man, also looking forward to watching a bit more. I love reading....a lot. Enjoy a couple of pints but nowhere near as much as i used to. Finally as we've been camping it up i thoroughly enjoy a double gin and tonic with ice and lemon at 9pm on Friday night, usually followed by another one . Unless i'm going fishing. Tight
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Here's another question fishfish, who signs the other song "i am a poacher i've got a long dog" i like the sound of it. Cheers Aled
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Thanks for that fishfish. Cheers Aled
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Thoroughly enjoyed that slide show, i love seeing youngsters enjoying field sports. My son is 21 months and i can''t wait to take hime fishing. As an aside who's singing the accompanying song?? The voice sounds familiar, but i've never heard the song. Cheers. Tight Lines Aled