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Which one is the tiddler?

Yes, an excellent fish and a photo worthy of publication in any fishing magazine. Well done Josh!

  CaddyClan

 Josh has done very very well for his first time out catching a beautiful fish like that especially in this weather. There have been a lot of times I would love to get a nice fish like that.  I have gone out on numerous occasions and come back with nothing. You must tell him that he won't always catch, but that is one of the joys of fishing. Saying that there is always something going on on the bank. One of the nicest things that happened to me was when 2 kingfishers landed one on each of my rods.

      Les

Yes, that's another advantage of fishing. While you're sat quietly at the side of a lake or river the wildlife comes to you. An excellent education for a young person (or an old one for that matter).

Water voles, dragon flies, kingfishers, butterflies...even foxes and badgers occasionally pay you a visit and you get to see them close up in their natural environment. Some of them (especially water voles) are so cheeky they will try to grab your bait out of the bait box under your feet.

Quote: Originally posted by Bob™57 on 03/12/2006

Yes, that's another advantage of fishing. While you're sat quietly at the side of a lake or river the wildlife comes to you. An excellent education for a young person (or an old one for that matter).

Water voles, dragon flies, kingfishers, butterflies...even foxes and badgers occasionally pay you a visit and you get to see them close up in their natural environment. Some of them (especially water voles) are so cheeky they will try to grab your bait out of the bait box under your feet.

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Thanks for all your support guys, he had gone to bed one happy chap tonight. By 9pm he was absolutely knackered (all that good fresh air) and crawled up to bed.

You were asking where the 'tiddler' was....well it was his first, and here it is....

Told you it was a tiddler LOL.

Incidentally the box he's sitting on belongs to the person who was coaching him - we've not decided to shell out on things like that yet!!!

Quote: Originally posted by Breezeblock on 03/12/2006

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Well done Josh, that's a cracker of a fish for a first session.

Beats my first ever fish on a rod and line: a 2 ounce dace from the river Severn.

Caddyclan, I have to warn you - angling is very addictive, as you may already realise now that hubby wants to join in. It certainly was for me! Forty-plus years on and I'm still at it, as you can see look here

The other bonus is that once you've the basic equipment it need not be an expensive hobby/pastime - unless he ends up on the match circuit of course, and if he does - who knows, you may have a future World Champion on your hands!!!

Well done Josh, keep at it mate.

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Well, considering it looks like it was pouring with rain when he caught the tiddler and it still didn't put him off, I think he is well and truly hooked.

He may need a tackle box of some description but those you sit on don't half make your back ache after awhile...one of your camping chairs would be much better

It's bad enough battling with an eel, Andy...not sure I would want to share my swim with an adder!!

 Caddyclan

 It looks to me as though you will definitely have to take up fishing or you will end up trying to remember what you son and hubby looks like.

Sorry,  this idea might be a bit late but if you want to add to your equipment I would try your local "Freecyle".  I had seen fishing equipment advertised on my local one a little while ago.

Well done Josh!!

Pauline

Quote: Originally posted by Breezeblock on 04/12/2006

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So very sorry, nearly forgot...

Hi Les, how's it goin' mate?

You still banging them blow-up carp out? LOL

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   I was beginning to think you had died it's been so long since I've seen / heard from you.

 I thought that the blow up carp were supposed to be our secret.  How am I supposed to put them on here now you've told everybody.

 Les