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if money was no object....

Derek Funcks said:
Money no object ? i,d get someone to fish for me, if he/she didn,t catch. THEN OFF WITH THEIR HEAD. :D

Seriously, i,d use what ive got, and spend the money on the best river tickets money could buy. :) I think we all make too much of a fuss about the tackle we use. Location is Everything.
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I think you are absolutely right in principal Derek. However, after all the leg pulling about carbon v cane and pin v fixed spool, I feel that fishing with the gear that makes you feel happy can play a part. If it makes you happy, it gives you confidence...and that can only be good.

Having said that, it can go too far. I used to know a guy that got off on setting his immaculate, identically matched 'three of everything' gear up on his pod....at home...and sitting staring at it :eek:.....but that's a whole 'nother story :D

Cheers, Dave.
 
Derek Funcks said:
Money no object ? i,d get someone to fish for me, if he/she didn,t catch. THEN OFF WITH THEIR HEAD. :D

Seriously, i,d use what ive got, and spend the money on the best river tickets money could buy. :) I think we all make too much of a fuss about the tackle we use. Location is Everything.
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All you need to do is send out a few PMs with a sob story about not being able to get about much and get others to tell you the best spots. Then you can brag about how good you are. That's how others do it. No money necessary.
 
Come on lads, money is no object, try and get a bit creative, so far you sound like the bus driver who wins the lottery and still turns up for work on Monday because he likes driving a bus.
Buy your own metaphorical bus and think big.

In addition to the holiday fishing i mentioned in my last post I would be tempted to buy or build a house on the banks of the Wye (I've got a couple of spots picked out) and have a ten bedroomed fishing lodge in the grounds for my guests. It would have a full stocked bar with a choice of 4 real ales a buxom, flirty barmaid and a Michelin star chef in the kitchen, It would also have a world class wine cellar chosen for its quality not its rarity. on the fishing side the swims would me well kept without being barren and the river keeper would be knowledgeable and passionate.
I would also have my personal biographer on hand to take pictures and blog all the escapades. :p

I forgot the fleet of self drive 4x4's to get you to the swim and back.
 
Ok then.

An ocean going ship, capable of decking two fast motorboats with outriggers. The ship will have a helipad and I and select friends can chase Marlin all over the world. I believe that the heir to the Ricard or Pernod fortune already has such a craft.

Such fun!


Hugo


 
Ok Ade,

I would have a stunning house on Islamorada, with similar facilities to your pad :p I would have a permanent ticket with the best captains on the islands, whenever I wanted to go. I would have a private jet to get there, and a straight through ticket to bypass the sometimes infuriating security at Miami airport...or my own landing strip near my house...that would be even better.

An uncomplaining chauffeur to take me anywhere, any time. I don't drive a car, but I do drive my current chauffeur nuts, due to my my rapidly developing Victor Meldrew personality....bless her cotton socks :p

A free ticket on every fishery I can think of...and one for all those you know and I don't....with a set of tackle labelled up to suit each one racked up in my house sized tackle room.

There are lots more foreign venues I would love to explore, but I am probably past the time of life whereby my body would allow me to enjoy those....certainly the more adventurous variety, so won't include them. However, just to pee everyone off, I would have a permanent swim set up on several of the best French carp lakes. Despite claims to the contrary (invariably by those who have never tried it)that can be astonishingly exciting, without the need to bother with the hassle of all that arranging flights and other nonsense.

Sadly, I have a horrid feeling that a while after I had got all that, I would give it all away and take up golf....'cos the drive and ambition would have finally been destroyed :D

What am I like mate :eek:

Cheers, Dave.
 
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Ian Hugo Arnott said:
Ok then.

An ocean going ship, capable of decking two fast motorboats with outriggers. The ship will have a helipad and I and select friends can chase Marlin all over the world. I believe that the heir to the Ricard or Pernod fortune already has such a craft.

Such fun!


Hugo
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Nice one H, you're starting to get the idea.
 
Adrian Williams said:
Come on lads, money is no object, try and get a bit creative, so far you sound like the bus driver who wins the lottery and still turns up for work on Monday because he likes driving a bus.
Buy your own metaphorical bus and think big.

In addition to the holiday fishing i mentioned in my last post I would be tempted to buy or build a house on the banks of the Wye (I've got a couple of spots picked out) and have a ten bedroomed fishing lodge in the grounds for my guests. It would have a full stocked bar with a choice of 4 real ales a buxom, flirty barmaid and a Michelin star chef in the kitchen, It would also have a world class wine cellar chosen for its quality not its rarity. on the fishing side the swims would me well kept without being barren and the river keeper would be knowledgeable and passionate.
I would also have my personal biographer on hand to take pictures and blog all the escapades. :p

I forgot the fleet of self drive 4x4's to get you to the swim and back.
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I think I have found my new fishing buddy
 
According to the info, the house is called 'The Creel'. Either it was owned by a rabid fishermen, or it's a pub, and I don't see anything pub like about it :D

Does 'Both banks fishing' mean there is fishing available on both banks, although this is controlled by another...or that the owner of the house gets control of both banks for a certain distance I wonder?

These details are important when you are contemplating buying something with curtains that bad :D:D

Cheers, Dave.
 
David Gauntlett said:
According to the info, the house is called 'The Creel'. Either it was owned by a rabid fishermen, or it's a pub, and I don't see anything pub like about it :D

Does 'Both banks fishing' mean there is fishing available on both banks, although this is controlled by another...or that the owner of the house gets control of both banks for a certain distance I wonder?

These details are important when you are contemplating buying something with curtains that bad :D:D

Cheers, Dave.
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It was probably built as a fishing lodge for some Victorian industrialist, it has got a bit of a whif of new old money about it.
 
Jeeze...I only had to scroll down to have my question answered :rolleyes:

A mile of both banks :eek: Have they mentioned upping the government pension :p

Cheers, Dave.
 
David Gauntlett said:
A carbon fire is horribly messy and potentially dangerous Kevin. Try a traditional wood fire instead, it's SO very satisfying. Some bits of it even seem to come with their own hamster wheel style fans attached, one flick providing sufficient draft to achieve an absolutely effortless blaze.

Cheers, Dave.
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Being the old traditionalist but conservationists that we are Dave the missus and I are currently vying for pole position with the hound by our wood burning stove. Recently I have become expert on the subject of calorific values of various woods and can assure you that while grass (thanks Ade) does give a very pleasing crackle its heat output is poor. Also I am as sure as I can be without consulting with the manufacturer; molten aluminium from the "fans" would have a very negative effect on the fluid grate of a wood burner giving an unacceptable lowering of thermal efficiency. If it’s OK with you, I’ll stick with the oak as money is very unlikely to become something that can be described as “no objectâ€.
 
Gavin Hoe-Richardson said:
Got me there, not really a reel tart but would probably pair it up with something I already have; Youngs BJ Lightweight or is that too crude for such a work of art? I suspect so.

Admired M.J.'s craftwork recently, he had me sorely tempted to place an order. He knows that I will eventually! Classic salesman, he had me assemble the rod and feel the power as it went around to its test curve.
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Did you ever see a Dick Walker Pin? Nuff said!
 
Howard Cooke said:
OMG, I want this house. So much so I am even prepared to live with those curtains. Agree it needs a fishing/party/games lodge nearer the bank plus somewhere for Pippa M to stay when she visits to help me with my tackle.
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I'm not quite so sure about the gorgeous, pouting, sculptured bottomed Pippa's literally skills. According to the reviews a tad banal! Incidentally, Sir Rannulph is in the loop and he is providing constructive feedback to enable Pippa to publish another book rumoured to be quite a blockbuster. Tips on sort of clothes to be seen wearing at Melons nightclub, style of RayBans to wear at Wimbledon, small things but no less very important. I was talking to Sir Ran only yesterday and we both agreed that we were happy with our London pads, we live quite close to each other and share the same club. The house identified by Howard would not be at all suitable. You may have heard Sir Ran being interviewed on Radio4 about his involvement in the Scout meeting. A lot of his current skills stemmed from those days.
 
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