Well my post on the BS caused a bit of a stir. It wasn’t intended to, I just wrote what I thought. It seems some folks didn’t like that, shame. Don’t some people get excited over little and nowt!

Something else that’s nothing really, but always makes me smile, are all the photos you see of blokes holding barbel at arms length to make them look bigger. I have seen some crackers so far this season on t’net and on a particular blog some lad has. Sorry but do you think everyone is blind? You really do look stupid and so does the fish. Bend your elbows and hold the fish close to your body thereby giving a better perspective. It makes for a far better picture and the fish will only be as big as it is whatever you do.

Its just another cross over from the world of carp fishing I suppose, certainly that’s where I saw it first. A bit like getting in the water with a fish, I have seen a few doing that for a picture with barbel too, how very silly.

If you disagree and you think it looks great then please carry on and I will carry on tittering at you, no harm ey.

Wharfe

Anglers on my old stomping ground at Newton Kyme on the Wharfe are up in arms as the farmer has put a locked gate across the top of the access lane. No more cars down there then. You can still buy a day ticket but you cant actually get to the river without a hell of a walk……. Its certainly one I wouldn’t fancy with my gear. Fortunately I know this other spot where……..ah, but that would be telling. As ever I suppose the minority of anglers have spoilt it for everyone, anyone fancy a Wharfe syndicate? The club wont pay the rent for long without decent access and as it happens the rubbish down there has been getting steadily worse this past few years. I can think of worse outcomes. Hardly surprising farmers get fed up of us is it.

 A couple of weeks in and the rivers that I know are fishing their socks off despite the need for a bit of water,….. great start I say.

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