Gratuitous showing off....

Originally posted by tgruitt Originally posted by G.R.F. People that catch fish to eat as a vocation = no problem People that catch fish as a sport  pastime = morons  People that waste loads of time building a bathtub = morons

Originally posted by tickler When Mr Fuller rocks up for this Forumite thingy.....check his sandwiches.

Sandwiches are not kool enough for Mr Fuller, I think he is more of a sushi man...

Originally posted by tickler Originally posted by Contender443 Originally posted by tickler When Mr Fuller rocks up for this Forumite thingy.....check his sandwiches. Sandwiches are not kool enough for Mr Fuller, I think he is more of a sushi man... Raw fish caught by Japanese whale murderers? Sureley not!

He's a vegan ...

Originally posted by G.R.F. The sort of morons who do that, leave fish hooks and othe detritus on the beach, shout and cast at us whilst we're sailing, try to monopolise water that we use, even recently forcing our lake to pull up all their fixed buoys because one of their victims drowned itself after breaking away from their lure and becoming tangled around the buoy allegedly.

Of course I agree with most of you about fishermen, particularly on lakes. What i cannot understand is the vast quantity of equipment they bring just to sit there and catch the odd sardine. Also why do they wear all that cammo gear, are fish clever enough to be fooled into thinking that the fat bloke on a folding stool drinking a can of Carlsborg (not cammo) is a tree?

I cannot quite sort out Mr Fullers attitude towards fishermen though. That bearded cove holding the cardboard looking salmon, was it Jack Sparrow? Presumably, if it is not in fact cardboard, he intends to share it's consumption with his loved ones. He has experienced the thrill of catching the leviathan and will then eat it, perhaps even show it respect. Is this not better than the callous trawlerman who scrapes unsuspecting flatties from the fraglie sea bed leaving orphaned children and distraught wives that they may be served in batter by a Chinaman in an Oldham chip shop?

Presumably Mr Sparrow is a wealthy man who can afford to catch and eat the product of a Scottish river....gillies and all that. Said gillie would clear away his line and hooks, remove his waders and serve him an aged malt. That is a far cry from the lakeside oik with his lager and Pringles.

Oddly enough I have just eaten re-constituted fish and cold chips in IKEA but then I am a member of the undeserving poor.