Glorious day.

[waltjnr 8,247]

31 minutes ago, mackem said:

My lady in her younger days caught more and probably bigger salmon than most brit salmon anglers,even now she loves salmon fishing.

Brit record 64 lb caught by georgina ballantine,huge fish,imagine catching this running up a UK river.

 

Love a sensibly dressed lady 

[jukel123 9,902]

6 minutes ago, mackem said:

I had hairs standing on the back of my neck reading that,did you or your friend even attempt to guesstimate the weight?

Honestly I would say well over fifty pounds. It was a once in a lifetime experience.

My friend beats himself up about it. Says he put too much pressure on it. Should have played it to the point of exhaustion and so on. But that fish was never going to be landed. One shake of that enormous head and it was gone.

We talk about it often. Unbelievable fish.

Edited Tuesday at 19:52 by jukel123

[mackem 30,196]

2 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

Honestly I would say well over fifty pounds. It was a once in a lifetime experience.

My friend bears himself up about it. Says he put too much pressure on it. Should have played it to the point of exhaustion and so on. But that fish was never going to be landed. One shake of that enormous head and it was gone.

We talk about it often. Unbelievable fish.

That sounds like the stuff of riverbank legends,imagine if he had banked it,what an experience,thanks for sharing that,I could almost hear the silence when the rod broke and line snapped.

[jukel123 9,902]

2 minutes ago, mackem said:

That sounds like the stuff of riverbank legends,imagine if he had banked it,what an experience,thanks for sharing that,I could almost hear the silence when the rod broke and line snapped.

Sometimes in banter, he'll gave the piss ripped out of him about that fish, " poor handling", "f****n beginner"  etc.

But I never join in. It's too serious a matter. Some subjects are out of bounds.

[jukel123 9,902]

Going back to the subject of pigeons. This is a dying hobby. It consists of your pouter (thief) cock bird attacting hens to your loft. I think they then swap them amongst themselves.

It was popular in Glasgow

 Surprised it didnt take off in Liverpool.

https://youtu.be/69_iyZCpfdU?si=GCwB75PotKZafR_c

[gnipper 6,910]

 

 

 This is the way the Scottish guys fly the doos. I keep a more Spanish/cuban type of pouter and fly mine for ferals 

Like this kind of type

[jukel123 9,902]

It's  brilliant you keep the hobby alive . All these working mens hobbies are disappearing fast. So it's good there are still some diehards.

I used to keep Voorburgs. They were a pouter. If you bowed to them and cooed like a pigeon they would do it back. I lost a lot to a hawk and my final pair were poor feeders so they kind of died out. I might get some pouters again though.

Edited Tuesday at 21:58 by jukel123

[scotty12 4,202]

3 hours ago, mackem said:

That sounds like the stuff of riverbank legends,imagine if he had banked it,what an experience,thanks for sharing that,I could almost hear the silence when the rod broke and line snapped.

Out salmon poaching with the nets and you land this little minnow lol 

[jukel123 9,902]

11 hours ago, scotty12 said:

Out salmon poaching with the nets and you land this little minnow lol 

What was it worth? They are good eating so hopefully you were in the money.

Edited 20 hours ago by jukel123

[gnipper 6,910]

12 hours ago, jukel123 said:

It's  brilliant you keep the hobby alive . All these working mens hobbies are disappearing fast. So it's good there are still some diehards.

I used to keep Voorburgs. They were a pouter. If you bowed to them and cooed like a pigeon they would do it back. I lost a lot to a hawk and my final pair were poor feeders so they kind of died out. I might get some pouters again though.

Voorburg and horseman are very similar birds in their temperament I think. Plenty of horseman around but the Spanish types are harder to get hold of.

[mackem 30,196]

1 hour ago, jukel123 said:

What was it worth? 

Priceless,imagine seeing that in your net,something you would never forget,what an experience.

[jukel123 9,902]

3 hours ago, mackem said:

Priceless,imagine seeing that in your net,something you would never forget,what an experience.

Nah! Money,money,money!

When I worked on the boats our sister boat netted a minke whale bynaccident. They towed it to harbour and got pennies for it. No money that day and a knackered net.

They didn't know it was a protected species.

Edited 16 hours ago by jukel123

[mackem 30,196]

23 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

Nah! Money,money,money!

When I worked on the boats our sister netted a minke whale. They towed it to harbour and got pennies for it. No money that day and a knackered net.

What would you rather do,have a couple of quid or catch a f***ing whale??Rhetorical question,whale for the win.

[Daniel cain 49,662]

18 hours ago, mackem said:

My lady in her younger days caught more and probably bigger salmon than most brit salmon anglers,even now she loves salmon fishing.

Brit record 64 lb caught by georgina ballantine,huge fish,imagine catching this running up a UK river.

 

The biggest ever caught on the Wye was 59.5 lb...also caught by a female...

[Bendigo 1,359]

More quality time with the lad this morning. Got back from Scotland at 12 o'clock and he's taken a rod and headed straight out the door again