tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post1901768083263681142..comments2024-03-17T15:44:26.723+00:00Comments on Idler's Quest: Canal Roach — The Pole — Long Arm of the LoreJeff Hatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-34452205593211706122013-03-13T20:47:45.648+00:002013-03-13T20:47:45.648+00:00'Hope I'm not too late responding (only ju...'Hope I'm not too late responding (only just remembered I left a comment) but yes I would Norm, looking forward to it already!George Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422749226358557982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-51408024089992624892013-03-10T00:03:00.088+00:002013-03-10T00:03:00.088+00:00The angler in question was Mick "scratchcard&...The angler in question was Mick "scratchcard" Hatchard,a very very good angler,and a genuinely nice bloke to boot,although you'd need to wring him out to get a pint out of him lol.<br />The peg wasn't 52,it was 25 (where i lost the pike on lobworm Jeff).Micks catch was predominantly Bream/skimmers,although he did have one or two nice roach.He fed Joker and used bunches of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-80227501762027284892013-03-08T17:22:26.447+00:002013-03-08T17:22:26.447+00:00More coincidences Jeff/Ivan, that 'lad' wa...More coincidences Jeff/Ivan, that 'lad' was an ex-travelling partner and a better canal angler you will not find (hope he's not reading this!). <br /><br />The right man on the right peg and all thatGeorge Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422749226358557982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-51893203280627649792013-03-07T18:07:04.284+00:002013-03-07T18:07:04.284+00:00I heard about that catch Ivan. It was just where w...I heard about that catch Ivan. It was just where we fished in the evening and I'm sure such a weight could be caught right now given the right bait and right conditionsJeff Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-52754131418949291142013-03-07T18:05:51.658+00:002013-03-07T18:05:51.658+00:00We'll meet in the middle George!
I can see w...We'll meet in the middle George! <br /><br />I can see why the pole would make life easy though. Hitting those sudden lifts is not so easy having to take up slack line.Jeff Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-5244267495045203512013-03-06T22:41:19.645+00:002013-03-06T22:41:19.645+00:00Jeff, you wont believe what you are about to read....Jeff, you wont believe what you are about to read.... Close to where you was fishing on jan 21st 2010... The lads fishing the coventry canal winter league smashed thick ice off the canal and the lad fishing peg 52... Won it with 38lb of bream upto 3lb on joker & bloodworm size 22 hooks..amazing..... Have a google on net... Its all about putting the technology & tools into practice.... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-24400534792274520532013-03-06T22:37:25.261+00:002013-03-06T22:37:25.261+00:00...who'da thought it Jeff and here's me st......who'da thought it Jeff and here's me starting to lean the other way so to speak! Ain't life strange?George Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422749226358557982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-86021852075218195662013-03-06T21:04:15.776+00:002013-03-06T21:04:15.776+00:00Yeah, Monty, I thought I'd wear all blue and d...Yeah, Monty, I thought I'd wear all blue and dig out the old wreck of a flat cap and go all continental because driving down the Foleshill Road the other night, we saw a guy with one of those old butcher's bikes with the small front wheel and a wicker basket on the front. He'd taken the basket out and had a rolled up futon mattress or some such thing mounted on it and strapped over Jeff Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-40917314134149551872013-03-06T20:39:03.370+00:002013-03-06T20:39:03.370+00:00Ah my trusty salter scales under fire!
Simple lo...Ah my trusty salter scales under fire! <br /><br />Simple logic. <br /><br />Plastic + Water + electricity + parts you can't understand between weight and readout = unreliability.<br /><br />Brass + water + a single steel spring precision engineered to understandable tolerances with nothing whatsoever in the way between weight and readout = reliability<br /><br />Glad you like the 'carbonJeff Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-6482857864926289022013-03-06T19:30:48.670+00:002013-03-06T19:30:48.670+00:00Now all you need to do is replace those scales in ...Now all you need to do is replace those scales in the last pic with a set of digital ones...<br /><br />Cracking read mate, and "my own branch of the carbon forest" is a pearler.<br /><br />Hope you're keeping well.Russell Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17564301240598105737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197778115917889421.post-30382585791734282792013-03-06T17:13:18.520+00:002013-03-06T17:13:18.520+00:00Jeff,
You look like a true French angler with tha...Jeff,<br /><br />You look like a true French angler with that cap and a using a pole;-0.Looking at that reminded me of our first foreign holiday to France,way back in 1981.<br /><br />I had never seen a pole angler on the canal,in Hackney when I was a kid.It was an eye opener.A friend who is a half decent match angler,has been on at me for years to give it a whirl.He bestows it's worth for Monty Dalrymplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07793157290306665840noreply@blogger.com