When The Time And Conditions Are Right, You'll Catch Me Hanging Out The 'Gone Fishing' Sign
Friday, January 28, 2011
By Jon Izzard
The excellent news this morning is that my bed doesn't despise me. I am not sure about the cause of the shoulder stiffness still, but the issue with my neck is Cricket Ache caused by falling asleep in front of the television whilst watching the Ashes and not being able to retain consciousness. At least I managed to see the end of the match. It will not be repeated, I am very much a Test match watcher and won't be bothering to sit up for the limited over cricket. Besides, this is a Friday, in future weeks I'll be aiming to get an early start at work so that I can nick off in the afternoon to go angling.
What with the present Mrs Izzard resuming work after a long sick leave due to breast cancer treatment since April in a couple of weeks, and the likelihood of the weather becoming milder through February and March, the siren song of the canal towpath will very likely be overwhelming now that I have decided to update the fishing tackle and start fishing again.
When I was looking through my fishing tackle recently, I came across an old rod licence which was dated 1994, which very likely was the previous occasion I went fishing. It feels a really long time and yet I remember it clearly, a sunny day in June when I went for a day's fishing on the Thames at Walton, and I caught my single ever barbel. This could seem odd, but most of the angling I did as a youth was on a small lake in the town where I grew up, and barbel are a river fish.
In those days, I didn't have a much fishing tackle as I never had a lot of money and yet I still have a lot of of it from those days. I find it astonishing that even when I did earn a lot of money, I never really thought about angling or spending some money and getting some really great fishing tackle and using up more time by the water.
When I do return, I will need to shell out some change\money, the priority is getting a rod licence and becoming a member of the Birmingham Anglers Association who are in charge of fishing on the canals around here, then I will need some new fishing tackle as mine is elderly and most likely outlawed now, especially the hooks which all look to have barbs which I am fairly sure aren't allowed now.
I cannot wait to return, though I'm not ashamed to say that I was always and definitely will be now, a very fair weather fisherman, so I will need dry, warm conditions. It doesn't have to be sunny, just not wet and freezing and if it is a Friday after my wife has gone back to work (and I'm legal) then the chances are I am going to go fishing. Brilliant.
20110107
What with the present Mrs Izzard resuming work after a long sick leave due to breast cancer treatment since April in a couple of weeks, and the likelihood of the weather becoming milder through February and March, the siren song of the canal towpath will very likely be overwhelming now that I have decided to update the fishing tackle and start fishing again.
When I was looking through my fishing tackle recently, I came across an old rod licence which was dated 1994, which very likely was the previous occasion I went fishing. It feels a really long time and yet I remember it clearly, a sunny day in June when I went for a day's fishing on the Thames at Walton, and I caught my single ever barbel. This could seem odd, but most of the angling I did as a youth was on a small lake in the town where I grew up, and barbel are a river fish.
In those days, I didn't have a much fishing tackle as I never had a lot of money and yet I still have a lot of of it from those days. I find it astonishing that even when I did earn a lot of money, I never really thought about angling or spending some money and getting some really great fishing tackle and using up more time by the water.
When I do return, I will need to shell out some change\money, the priority is getting a rod licence and becoming a member of the Birmingham Anglers Association who are in charge of fishing on the canals around here, then I will need some new fishing tackle as mine is elderly and most likely outlawed now, especially the hooks which all look to have barbs which I am fairly sure aren't allowed now.
I cannot wait to return, though I'm not ashamed to say that I was always and definitely will be now, a very fair weather fisherman, so I will need dry, warm conditions. It doesn't have to be sunny, just not wet and freezing and if it is a Friday after my wife has gone back to work (and I'm legal) then the chances are I am going to go fishing. Brilliant.
20110107
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