Angling Excuses

[Sandison]

Can I just thank everyone for such a great response - it really has been fun to learn the lengths to which we are prepared to go to avoid telling the truth.

But, there again, is there any absolute truth in angling -  other than, perhaps, "Unless yer flees are in the watr you'll no catch ony fush"

Thanks again!

Bruce

[aliferste]

They were coming short

Alex

:shock: That is a perfectly valid reason for not catching trout.


That and the lucky hat!

[Inchlaggan]

to avoid telling the truth.

Sorry Sir, this is the truth.
Deride me if you wish, but do you have an angling tale, upon which you would bet your soul, that is the unvarnished truth?

For the shortest excuse, I propose that of a dear friend- "no rod".

Ken

[Pearly Invicta]

I'm pretty sure it was on here that I heard a poster use this but "I decided to release it at distance." fair tickles me.

I think Jon Beer said something like, 'I then hooked a fish but released it at long distance whilst denouncing it as both a a coward and a bastard'
First rate.

[Hoolet]

i remember reading that Jon Beer one too,had me chuckling for days!

Hoolet.

[mike mac]

Was told last week by one angler on Watten that the reason he had blanked was " as I was just trying out new flees"!  Hadnt heard that one before.

[Pearly Invicta]

I used to live in Bridge of Earn. I heard someone coming off Sandyknowes dubbery who, having blanked, claimed that 'there are too MANY fish in it'

I also heard that 'the otters have put them down'

[Its Me]

they are never on the feed when i turn up or i got a lone of this rod to try it out because i was gonny buy it but i wont bother because it disnae work.

                  andy

[Texxa]

The funniest one I saw was at a Rainbow fishery a rather gormless maggot drowner had failed to catch in a very well stocked the bait section.
Came into the hut after only a couple of hours:

"I want my money back...They'res naw fish in here"

The guy on duty replied...."oh really....are there was me thinking it was February and we are on the same latitude as Norwary"

[sandyborthwick]

It's a dour Loch wi big yins.

It's too warm.

My leeder was too thick.

The dog scared all the fish.

There's nae ripple.

Sandy B.O.