I was surprised to get a last minute pass out. Mrs Aitch said I could go Friday evening seeing as I'd be grounded again until the benefit match for Martyn Franklin on the 29th. Never one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I arranged to meet Karl and Nobby Hall down at Cart Gap, unfortunately PK and Johnny couldn't join us due to work and social commitments.
The weather was rubbish. Cool, misty and windless but you've got to go when you get chance and I was confident we'd get a few bits if nothing else. Karl and Nobby got down there for around 1730 I joined them a little later at 1830, high water was about 2030 which would mean we'd be set up and settled in for the ebb. After recent freezing fog it made a pleasant change, the temperature never got below about 2° making it feel like autumn rather than winter.
As I turned up both Karl and Nobby were finding small whiting one a chuck, which isn't all bad, they were around 6" long which in my book makes them bait! I set up on the end, went to light my lamp only to find the mantel hanging off, no problem I always carry a spare. No problem that is until I tried to get the top off the lamp, a combination of heat and salt had all but welded the top nut on. Thankfully Nobby had a pair of stilsons in his tackle box, what the feck he carries a pair of stilsons in his box for is beyond me but I'm grateful he does. Anyway a quick mantel change, bait on and off we go.
I found it the same as the boys, whiting one a chuck, sometimes two on a pennel and odd small codling. Nobby had had enough by 2300 and left me and Karl to finish off the ebb and the form continued, more small fish including dabs and a school bass. No great shakes fish wise but a nice social seeing as I won't see the lads until next year. I'm fishing a benefit match with Pete next Friday at Dunwich, I think Karl and Johnny are going for a social fish with PK's eldest boy Lee, PK's at work with Nobby and smudge is hibernating I think! Lee is a chip off the old block, he fishes for the famous Barnsley Blacks coarse match team and is sponsored by Browning I think, he's got a great future in front of him, he's already represented England at u19 level. I know his old man's proud of him and his brother.
Sorry I digress, the fishing was uneventful but its never a waste of time, and the company is always good. I know me and my mates aren't the sharpest tools in the shed, and the mickey taking can be merciless at times, but what doughnut sends me the photo of icing snowmen below? Who would've thought a 6'4" lump of Northern gristle could produce such sweet little things, makes you want to puke!
The weather was rubbish. Cool, misty and windless but you've got to go when you get chance and I was confident we'd get a few bits if nothing else. Karl and Nobby got down there for around 1730 I joined them a little later at 1830, high water was about 2030 which would mean we'd be set up and settled in for the ebb. After recent freezing fog it made a pleasant change, the temperature never got below about 2° making it feel like autumn rather than winter.
As I turned up both Karl and Nobby were finding small whiting one a chuck, which isn't all bad, they were around 6" long which in my book makes them bait! I set up on the end, went to light my lamp only to find the mantel hanging off, no problem I always carry a spare. No problem that is until I tried to get the top off the lamp, a combination of heat and salt had all but welded the top nut on. Thankfully Nobby had a pair of stilsons in his tackle box, what the feck he carries a pair of stilsons in his box for is beyond me but I'm grateful he does. Anyway a quick mantel change, bait on and off we go.
I found it the same as the boys, whiting one a chuck, sometimes two on a pennel and odd small codling. Nobby had had enough by 2300 and left me and Karl to finish off the ebb and the form continued, more small fish including dabs and a school bass. No great shakes fish wise but a nice social seeing as I won't see the lads until next year. I'm fishing a benefit match with Pete next Friday at Dunwich, I think Karl and Johnny are going for a social fish with PK's eldest boy Lee, PK's at work with Nobby and smudge is hibernating I think! Lee is a chip off the old block, he fishes for the famous Barnsley Blacks coarse match team and is sponsored by Browning I think, he's got a great future in front of him, he's already represented England at u19 level. I know his old man's proud of him and his brother.
Sorry I digress, the fishing was uneventful but its never a waste of time, and the company is always good. I know me and my mates aren't the sharpest tools in the shed, and the mickey taking can be merciless at times, but what doughnut sends me the photo of icing snowmen below? Who would've thought a 6'4" lump of Northern gristle could produce such sweet little things, makes you want to puke!
Isn't he a little darling! I daren't show mrs Aitch she'll expect the same from me.
A quick christmas quiz. What have the two subjects in the picture below got in common? For those that can't make them out, the bloke holding the fish is Karl, the 6'4" lump of Norf, the smaller picture is an Ostrich. Yes thats right, they're both big birds!
I wonder if she does embroidery too?
4 Comments:
Those snowmen are works of art! .....and my darling daughters like that sort of thing so I'm not in the least bit embarrassed. But you've blown your chances of EVER seeing my cross-stitch, or flower pressings, "mate". kag
I'm just jealous....
Great post Aitch....[whispers] i bet he bought the snowmen and justletting you think he made 'em 'imself!
For a change you've got the fog and we've got the sunshine tee hee!
Have a great Hogmanay!
Z
You too ziggy.
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