My mate is driving me nuts....

I am at home on the moors at night fishing for sea trout, but it is also nice to know someone is about. Anyway, my mate who often fishes with me gets easily spooked at night and as a result puts the bl'dy wind up me too

The first time was because he thought he heard a car door slam, despite being 1 mile from a road... Then (at a later date) he could smell ganja / pot / hash whatever you want to call it.... Then I could smell it (only briefly) and then it was gone again. This evening he came to tell me about last nights fishing, he said he got spooked when he could smell pipe tobacco and then heard a 'crack' - so he called out and nobody would answer him, so he packed up and legged it!


Right!

So I explained to him that where we fish is so damn remote to most people that the only other folk around would be another angler (who would not sneak about lighting a pipe without saying hello) or a poacher - but why the hell would he 'spark up' if he wanted to remain concealed. I went on to tell him that I couldn't see what the hell he was worried about, the two nastiest, most vicious, predators on the river at that time of night were actually me and him!

Noises could be anything from an owl to a deer etc... But I am puzzled by the smell though, my mate used to smoke a pipe and knows full well the rich aroma of the smoke - I am convinced it is a bankside herb or something in the surrounding greenery that is giving off the smell (having wiffed the previous 'ganja' smell for myself).


Any suggestions as to what it could be would be appreciated so I can demonstrate what a nob he is being

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Danny Baker was going on about some new brand of grapefruit scented bin-liners that he swears are a dead ringer for the smell of Bob Hope. Maybe someone left one on on the bank?

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That's worth a thought, I shall get him to check his own bag contents


AHving said that... he isn't the kind of bloke a) to carry his bag or b) to buy exotic bin liners.... It's unlikely that it is in the bank s'not the sort of place to find bin liners.

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Well for one, your mate's trying to hide his dope habit. Secondly, it's wrecking his head.

Oddly enough there was guy who fished there all the time who was an outstanding ST fisherman (hasn't fished in 5/6 years) who was raided by the law for growing it in his attic! First time we smelled it we joked that he was lurking about, watching us

Not likely though, as there is only one parking spot for the pool (a mile down river) and nobody else had bee parked there.

I am convinced it's a herb of some sort.

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Get him one of those huge torches/flash lights and a big stick to carry around for safety The smell of smoke can travel a long way.. then again maybe he is afraid of the dark

Two very good points, as a former dog handler I have known scents travel up stream some distance and the 'dump' in an air eddy somewhere.

WRT being afraid of the dark, alas I fear you are right. Trouble is, it's contagious when you have some bloke shiitting hi'self while you are trying to fish!

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Maybe someones growing ganja in that area. If it's so remote.....

That had crossed my mind too. in fact I have scouted about looking for it. The farmer (this is upland farming) is often through there and the access points are inhabited by upstanding folk that I know, they wouldn't have any problem in reporting unusual activities.... And besides, why grow it in a popular sea trout fishing area?

There are a lot of fish thieving gits in the area, but have never seen an otter with a pipe or a spliff What do otters smell like?

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You've never seen an otter with a pipe or spliff?!?!


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