Thanks

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:14 pm

Firstly, I would like to express my thanks to the members of this forum for the help and advice I have received from them since I joined a month or so ago. Not only the replies to my numerous questions but also the information gleaned from reading other posts that answered my questions before I asked them.

Secondly I must thank my wife, Rachael, who convinced me to return to fishing after an absence of many years. It was she that brought me a 12ft beachcaster and reel, and one for herself, and who accompanies me on our fish hunting expeditions. She blanked for our first 6 outings and still managed a smile when I caught a few Bass, a Dog, a few mackie and 4 Pollack. In fact, she is already pestering me, as if that was required!!!!, to get the tackle ready for Thursday night when we are going overnight to thurlsestone. Oh no! not just a couple of hours, She wants to get there bout 5 in the evening, fish the incoming and outcoming tides and then leave about 7 in the morning for the trip home. What makes that even more admirable is that we are moving this weekend.

Am I the luckiest angler on these forums or is there someone out there who can beat having a wife that not only encourages them to go fishing but also is more than happy to come along and fish beside them.

Dont be shy lads, tell the truth!

Phil

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:07 am

I go to get away from the wife. LOL. I'm lucky though she does activelysupport mein my hobbyeven if she moans when I buy new gear......Colin

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:59 am

lol, once again I can count my blessings, couple of weeks ago we wnt to get some tackle, normal stuff, weights, hooks etc and my good lady decides to get a couple more rods and a shrimp net.

Then a tent arrives to give us shelter, the list goes!

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:42 am

Untill i got chucked last week ( most probably due to spending the entirety of my summer leave on the tamar and not entertaining the missus) my missus did support fishing as a hobby, as it seemed to be mildly cheaper than pissing up all the time, and i used to come home earlier then i would then i would after a night in the town, but then drew the more desperate nights where arriving home sleepless having cought one bloody wrasse or a pollock you felt guilty for hooking. And then it occured to me you can mix fishing and drinking,

Then fishing became. ' what, you're going fishing again?'

ahhhh well single now, Im not too sure whether i would have liked her to come with me though, maybe during a day sesion at the beach or summit where she can sit and amuse herself out of the way, but definately not on a night.

Fishing, Football and Fighting,

Cooking cleaning, and caring

I know where i'd want to keep my missus ha ha ha