Would you chin someone that was cheating in a competition against you ?,an angler here in Northern Ireland took the law into his own hands at a recent competition ,an angler was warned that wading wasn't allowed at the fishery and was told so by the fishery staff,he waded out to the top of his waders and was allowed to weigh in his fish ,an angler protested about it ,but nothing was done possibly because the guy is a regular at the fishery,so the guy took the law into his own hands when changing pegs ,he headlocked the guy and hit him a few times ,and was subsequently banned from the fishery and rightly so for unacceptable behaviour ,but i think the guy blatantly flaunting the rules should also have been banned from the fishery and competition . I don't think i would actually get that annoyed i would actually hit someone because at the end of the day it's only fishing and the guy is cheating himself aswell as the rest of the competition entrants ,but some guys will go to any lengths to win ,some will say he was being thinking outside the box and being innovative i know what i call straight forward rule breaking !! I don't think the wading guy won the competition which was a good thing as even cheating sometimes doesn't guarantee results ,luckily all the competitions i fish are boat competitions where wading isn't an issue
No names were mentioned but i thought the story was amusing and would be of interest to some of you .

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This seems to be the problem the fun is slowly dissapearing in comp fishing but to wade when not aloud he should have been banned and as far as assaulting him this is way over the top and no wonder hes banned thats my opinion

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Hmm?... this takes me back a few years @ Bewl....

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Before you cast the fly, make sure you can handle the fish! Vuoi imbrogliare? Poi Non competere! (If you want to cheat, then dont compete)

You make that story up Colin?

No i heard the story at another fishery Mike .

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Very different than the way I heard it. Might be worth checking your facts first.

I know you and your mates like to gang up in anonimous, and often dual identity, little gangs on this forum. Always the same boring and repetative nonsense. One issue involving one person, one competition team and one fishery. As a member of that fishery I find it very annoying. Perhaps it is time some of you a got a ****ing life.

I do believe that there are a lot of ass holes out there who need a bloody good slap for whatever the reason is but it is only fishing after all.

You are better going fishing on your own.

Maybe you have the wrong guy and fishery ,don't jump to conclusions as i said no names were mentioned to me it was just a story being told in the tea hut and please don't swear at me it's not big and it's not clever

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Colin,
For some time now yourself and a few mates have abused this forum to make cheap remarks and inuendos against individuals and members of a team. Although I find it extremely annoying I have not got involved in any way as these people are well able to speak for themselves.

However if you now what to involve the fishery which I belong to in this I have changed my mind. I have reported your post to the forum admin and asked them to look into the history of these type of posts and the posting history of some of the users involved.

Aye dead on

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