would just like to here your stories, i had a fellow zoom past me while i was drifting, so close he cut my fly line in the process

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trout are too valuble to catch just once

I know where this will end up!!!!!!!! Standing on a box anyone?????? Wading when you shouldn't?????????

And i though you were going to mention some fat B*gger eating your snickers up

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Mock me, vilify me, but don’t ignore me!

Not to mention one or two rivals on here, this thread is gonna open a can of worms to be sure

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Please look at and sign this e-petition. http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/13978

I was not fishing a competition but on several occasions, particularly on Draycote, I have had competition anglers encroach very close when I have been shore fishing and playing a fish.

On one occasion myself and a couple of guys hit a school of stockies. We were all catching a fish a chuck, only about 15 yards or so from the shore. A small flotilla of boats got in as close as they could to us.

I've hated competition anglers ever since.

Noisy sods!!

Oh yeh!!!!!.......there was this one time.......at Grafham...........when i looked in my cool box................and the poor lad got the blame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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What makes you think they were competition anglers Ron????? Can you back your hatred up???? I think you'll find that both pleasure & comp anglers are guilty of this. Not all though.

i was happily fishing my local reszervoir,casting to some nice rising fish when a spotty abortion of a teneger threw a great big stone right in front of me,
then the afterberth looked over as if to say "did you see how far that went"
of course i did, silly idiot the whole lake saw.needles to say i moved on from that poit

Please!!!!!!!!!!! let's not get Ron going no about comp anglers.
Ron,just because i fish in comps doesn't mean im a ass***e when it comes to other anglers enjoyment.
Could you please stop tarring us all with the same brush.
It is starting to wind me up.
When Draycote reopens i will keep a look out on the sheet for you and come down the bank and introduce myself! see if i can change your views.

Many thanks Craig Smith (draycote flyers)

Before comp referee/steward/fishery manager type thing says 'ignore the buoys, park where you like'. So i park a full cast from the bank where i know the fish are (i do my homework). Prik (obviously realised i was onto something as i darted for the spot) parks 10 feet in front of me.
Me: wtf do you think you're doing you C*** (i wasn't happy and may have reacted in an unsporting manner!)
The prik: He said park where you like, so i did.

Nothing got done about it. Oh and guess who won the comp...

Hmmmm. It's a competition. The point is to win, not be sporting.

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