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Gone Fishing is back

I reckon I've met Bob's French cousin. We have been away in the camping-car touring Brittany. Whilst parked up alongside the Nantes a Brest canal at Josselin the guy in the camper next to us started to fish. He set a telescopic rod up 8 foot deep with bulk shot 6 foot down and a tell tale shot 3 inches from that. He gripped the rod at the butt with his right hand and without letting any line out or disengaging the bail arm, swung the rod in a sort of underhand / sideways arc propelling the float all of three feet. Then he layed the rod on the bank and walked back to his chair some 8 yards away, and below the flood bank so having no view of the float. Every ten minutes or so he repeated the pocedure.

It just shows. They are out there!
 
I think I will move to the north-east of England. It looks much more verdant than the south-west of France. Leaves on the trees and short sleeved shirts being worn outdoors at Christmas. And they got off the steam train that was taking them up north and got straight into Bob's car. How did that get there?

The producer must think we are daft! I have enjoyed the previous episodes, but last night's was a total mess.
 
Clive, please, just for 5 minutes, take your serious anglers head off, and just imagine you were Bob. I really enjoyed it, ok, a bit different to the normal episodes, but its a once a year one off. I actually found it a quite emotional in parts. ( ive suffered from depression and loneliness ), and thought it was put across very well. It put a smile on my face, and also a tear in my eye at the same time.
 
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I don't like being taken for a mug Derek. The program tried to encompass several issues. For me it fell short on all of them. And I have seen Christmas from many sides in my previous life. If you got something out of it the fair do's. But for me it was just annoying.
 
Two old farts having a laugh and reminising on their lives, its not about the fishing, and thats the way to watch it, with some stunning scenery to boot, and to br honest if i had had either of their operations i'd be very happy to be able to get out for a laugh and be next to the river and let the child take over,,,,
 
Clive Kenyon said:
I think I will move to the north-east of England. It looks much more verdant than the south-west of France. Leaves on the trees and short sleeved shirts being worn outdoors at Christmas. And they got off the steam train that was taking them up north and got straight into Bob's car. How did that get there?

The producer must think we are daft! I have enjoyed the previous episodes, but last night's was a total mess.
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No no....you have been gone too long, its like that here in the Old Country, why I have just got back from the Pheasant shoot, and this afternoon hoping for a Severn Salmon, and the weather its a lovely 17C. ☺
 
Derek Funcks said:
Clive, please, just for 5 minutes, take your serious anglers head off, and just imagine you were Bob. I really enjoyed it, ok, a bit different to the normal episodes, but its a once a year one off. I actually found it a quite emotional in parts. ( ive suffered from depression and loneliness ), and thought it was put across very well. It put a smile on my face, and also a tear in my eye at the same time.
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Like you Derek I loved it , a few continuity errors but who cares . Mortimers joy at catching a fish , any fish is very uplifting . In these dark times we need more of this harmless entertainment . I hope there is another series as to my mind it shows angling in a very positive light , something that is rarely achieved on mainstream TV
 
Neil Smart said:
No no....you have been gone too long, its like that here in the Old Country, why I have just got back from the Pheasant shoot, and this afternoon hoping for a Severn Salmon, and the weather its a lovely 17C. ☺
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Have you got a full set of leaves on the trees too?

Must admit that big storm out in the Bay of Biscay has sent some unseasonably very warm, wet weather up here. It is 18C, but the rivers are a metre up and running brown. Last week we had -5C frosts and rivers on their bare bones.
 
Clive Kenyon said:
Have you got a full set of leaves on the trees too?

Must admit that big storm out in the Bay of Biscay has sent some unseasonably very warm, wet weather up here. It is 18C, but the rivers are a metre up and running brown. Last week we had -5C frosts and rivers on their bare bones.
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To be honest, I find it irritating that Christmas is filmed in early Autumn, and that goes for a lot of productions. The reverse is Carry On Camping, where summer was filmed in deepest Winter in a muddy field, for someone who studies continuity in everythiing its a hard gig.
And yes Bob is irritating in his cack handed manner, but none the less I found it a good watch and it does put Angling in a very good light.
My sons finances parents have moved to the Cognac region, near the river the name escapes me, and when aĺ this virus thing dies down will hopefully wet a line, I do envy you, France is awesome, and the Rivers are fabulous.
Happy New Year!
 
. . .on the whole I like it but only because they were both comedy gold at their peak and on occasion the banter reveals their previous genius.

Was it just me or did anyone else think that the large salmon Bob caught at the end of the Christmas Special was an 'implant' . . ? Methinks Jon Bailey was hiding in a bush with a worm rod . . . . . .there was a cut scene between Bob playing a fish (that didn't look as big) and Paul landing it / lifting it up for the cameras? Why didn't Bob lift it for photos - it being his fish of a lifetime etc?
 
I used to write and illustrate articles for photography and trout fishing magazines. The problem with doing a seasonal based article, or program, is that it has to be submitted to the editor up to 2 months before the article or program is published. So, you have to photograph or film the outdoor scenes the year before publication if you want them to be authentic. That is one of the reasons why magazine editors have trouble finding writers and photographers able and willing to contribute articles. They aren't prepared to wait 12 months for payment. What you have to do is do the article and photography in season then keep articles on file until two months prior to the publication date before submitting them.

That is one of the reasons this type of lazy production annoys me. Unfortunately tv is being dumbed down all the time and programs are not of the same quality these days. There appears to be little pride in their work. And every program seems to want to deal with current issues despite them having little or nothing to do with the topicof the program. So they are often just given lip service with no meaningful content. Like on Gone Fishing.
 
Chris Belcher said:
. . .on the whole I like it but only because they were both comedy gold at their peak and on occasion the banter reveals their previous genius.

Was it just me or did anyone else think that the large salmon Bob caught at the end of the Christmas Special was an 'implant' . . ? Methinks Jon Bailey was hiding in a bush with a worm rod . . . . . .there was a cut scene between Bob playing a fish (that didn't look as big) and Paul landing it / lifting it up for the cameras? Why didn't Bob lift it for photos - it being his fish of a lifetime etc?
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My thoughts exactly. A bit too 'Hollywood' catching the fish of a lifetime in the two hours borrowed time after their planned stint.
 
Clive Kenyon said:
My thoughts exactly. A bit too 'Hollywood' catching the fish of a lifetime in the two hours borrowed time after their planned stint.
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Yes, same here actually. You know that feeling you get when it just doesn't feel right???
 
So you don't have to be a genius to work out when the programme was filmed, late September at a guess. Yes the Salmon Bob 'caught' was a bit suspicious to say the least.........who cares! I love this programme, not for the fishing content as that's just a side issue, but for the friendship between the two of them and I have a similar sense of humour to them also. I would love to spend a day fishing with these two and can't wait for series 5. If you can't enjoy it for what it is, don't watch it and don't criticise something that millions of other people enjoy regardless of the inaccuracies.
 
Graham Tookey said:
So you don't have to be a genius to work out when the programme was filmed, late September at a guess. Yes the Salmon Bob 'caught' was a bit suspicious to say the least.........who cares! I love this programme, not for the fishing content as that's just a side issue, but for the friendship between the two of them and I have a similar sense of humour to them also. I would love to spend a day fishing with these two and can't wait for series 5. If you can't enjoy it for what it is, don't watch it and don't criticise something that millions of other people enjoy regardless of the inaccuracies.
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But you have to watch it to be able to form an opinion. And if you don't like it then that opinion is just as valid as a positive one.
 
Not really Clive, I can't stand Strictly Come Dancing, but I wouldn't go on a forum discussing it just to say how rubbish it is. This would surely upset the millions who do love the show, so I would be being spiteful in doing so.
 
Jim Ufton said:
There's an off button on the remote clive,
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I think some of you aren't aware that generally I like the program. It was just the Christmas aspect of the latest episode that spoiled it for me. That and the half-hearted (sorry) way they deal with these health and welfare issues they raise. And, as has been raised before - if you don't watch it, you can't comment on it.

As for the remote control; I only get to handle that when the batteries need changing.
 
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