Neil Smart
Senior Member
No worries, I won't reply on this thread anymore.I agree with Terry on this, can't the moderators remove the posts which are off topic and request the members involved not to post like this on a general forum.
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No worries, I won't reply on this thread anymore.I agree with Terry on this, can't the moderators remove the posts which are off topic and request the members involved not to post like this on a general forum.
I think that post #350 was intended as a gentle warning, which should be heeded.I agree with Terry on this, can't the moderators remove the posts which are off topic and request the members involved not to post like this on a general forum.
Are you sure Neil?No worries, I won't reply on this thread anymore.
Leave it out eh Jason, no need. As Lennon said "....War IS ooooverrrr" Let peace break out.Are you sure Neil?
Well I was 70 yesterday, and tbh this has clouded what was supposed to be a bit of an occasion, I am not perfect, just human, I didn't expect that big old girl to show, it was one of those moments we all have in Angling, it what we do and why we do it. I was was in awe of the fish, such fine condition and she deserved a mention on here, however it soon turned nasty, but the thing is that fish was a gift, you know what I mean, you have flashbacks, the bend in the rod, the fight and the gasp you give at the size laying in the net, that is my memory of the day, not these comments on here.
Don't now how many more of those days I will be allowed, but if I was to hang up my rods tomorrow, I will still have that moment, any Barbel angler will know, i do regret upsetting some, I knew by posting it up I would, but those who do know me would also perhaps know that I care beyond what is sane about fish welfare.
Thanks.
Stop and think... Me?Belated happy birthday Neil.
70 eh?, no wonder you have so much time on your hands posting on the forum
Ever stopped to think that this is now the EIGHTH decade of your life? t'is mine too
Bloody Catholics ... guess it's for your dinner tomorrow (N.B... it's 'maxima' culpa actually )Mea culpa Mea culpa Mea maxims culpa I have been fishing
Another belated happy birthmas Neil.
I meant to post this much earlier in the thread, but with the debate getting quite heated at some points I purposely stayed away for a little while until things calmed down a bit. Anyway...
I think there is something else that maybe some of the more...to be diplomatic let's say "experienced" members need to remember - an awful lot of us don't have the luxury of being able to go fishing when we want and not worry too much about taking two whole months off because we're paying a lot less for our fishing privileges. Some of us need to grab the opportunity to fish when we can, both because it could be the ONLY opportunity we get (work, family, whatever) and because we're otherwise wasting our licence money by not going (and another thing to remember that the full adult price for a club can often be significantly more than "just" double the amount of a senior citizen). Appreciate that the welfare of the barbel (or any other fish) is a bit more of a different moral matter than that, but if someone thinks the conditions are right in their particular locale on their particular stretch of river, then maybe bear in mind the opportunist mindset.
I've only been to the river twice so far this season - once on the 16th (no barbel), and once a couple of weeks ago, specifically targeting tiddlers with a light float set-up and maggots. The main reason I haven't done much else has more to do with work and family matters than any moral standpoint on my part, but I can see it from both sides.
I think we all just need to accept differences of opinion and keep the discussion as level headed as possible, even if that means we have to acknowledge, if not agree with a differing viewpoint.
As I said in another thread - let's just all hug and get along now, yeah?