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WHEN YOU LEAVE THE RIVER, TAKE NOTHING, AND LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINT'S!!!

THA CAN TELL A YORKSHIREMAN ,BUT THA CAN'T TELL HIM MUCH !!

They didn't believe in catch and release in those days Bruce they were trophy hunters..

BK

There are some pictures somwhere of L Mitchell Henry with two Tunny caught off Whitby.

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If it wasn't for pickpockets I wouldn't have a sex life.

Those were the days, a whole ocean full of big fish, little if any commercial pressure and, only a few, rich anglers prepared for all the time/expense envolved in the hunt for the ultimate prize. Bit different now, much easier to travel, but few fish, commercial pressure everywhere, shame ,but thats now.
peter

Yeah agree-I can recall when my late father worked the gill-net boats out of Friday Harbour Island in the San Juans, Puget Sound, Washington in the late 1940s and the seemingly fish-full waters of the Pacific and the salmon runs. By the 1950s the numbers of salmon were way down and commercial netting by gill-nets was no longer economical and a way of life for islanders was gone forever. Oh the occasional salmon can still be caught by trolling in the waters around the island, but it,s hard going compared to what it was like only sixty years ago.

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The scenery in the Grand Coulee area of eastern Washington was worth the air fare on its own!

Aye, but did you spot the one of MrTrout and his gear?






Benjamin

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Interesting little film clip.

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Ben i did mate and he has one of those bloody meccano set reels in his hand ,think theyre called ari't, hart or something god damn awful looking things

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WHEN YOU LEAVE THE RIVER, TAKE NOTHING, AND LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINT'S!!!

THA CAN TELL A YORKSHIREMAN ,BUT THA CAN'T TELL HIM MUCH !!

Hopefully we as a species have learned a few things since then.