troutman62

Ah ! Memories, i can relate to all this, my dear wifes parents were not too chuffed when I turned up in full biker regalia and sidies like Mungo Jerry back in '70 on the old Norton. Got a ford focus now, grim !

I liked many jars on many occasions but don't think I was ever really offensive or upset others .

I agree Wroxham Coltishall very early misty morning is magical. Also love seeing all the fish rise on a quiet evening and getting the old fly rod out for some roach n' rudd. Don't like loads of day boats all over the river in the evening when I'm trying to fish.

Thanks for that, i'll give wroxham angling a ring.

Can anyone tell me whether its legal to fish on Wroxham Broad from a boat ? I seem to remember a no fishing sign at one of the entrances a couple of years ago. If it is o.k. to fish there, is it any good ?

I just wish I could be there. Pure magic

Aaarrgghh !! More technology ! What happened to all the mystery in fishing ? One day somebody will invent a fishing rod that selects the rig of the month, baits itself up with a smelly boilie, finds the fish, casts itself, strikes and lands the fish without the carp dude even having to wake up. Maybe It could be programmed to suffer the occasional break off to try to inject a bit of realism. It will sell by the million, as everybody will have to have 3 matching camoflage rods of course. Close your eyes and picture the scene on your local puddle .

Each to their own , but i find carp fishing totally dull and unimaginative. Fishing for a named fish thats been caught before, bite alarms, chemical baits,camo this camo that, millions of unnecessary rigs, no magic here for me at all. But it keeps the thousands of carp squaddies off the rivers i suppose ! Give me a river any time ! Still, if it floats your boat........

I've said this before, but the hire yards should stick some rules and regulations in their boats detailing the penalties for flouting them, but that won't happen.

The old wooden Broads tours boats were lovely, we stayed in a little "cottage" in a boatyard in Wroxham in 1972 when I was 19 ,its long gone now , my girlfriend and I , now my wife , took a trip ( in the best possible sense this time) to Horning and Salhouse broad and it was the start of my incurable Broads addiction. Its all Broads Tours fault !

I just hope we don't end up with everything on facebook. That culture certainly isn't my cup of tea and never will be. You can't get on loads of sites without going on bloody facebook. Not my scene man !

I loved shooting when I was a young man but could never afford game shooting, I was limited to a pigeon shoot at Croxby in Lincolnshire and wildfowling on the Humber estuary. No Purdeys Bosses or Churchills,, I owned a Savage 5 shot pump ( 30 quid second hand in 1970 ) and an old double hammer 8 bore that I wish I had kept, it would have looked good on the wall ! The 8 was a fine piece of kit, but couldnt get the fuel for it ( Eley Gastights ) when Eley Kynoch rationalised their cartridge range to around 12 and 20 gauge. Always hated clay shooting with a borrowed Thomas Wild double full choke fowling gun that I couldnt hit anything with ! The guy who ran the clays was Ben Jacobs ( Joseph Nickersons head keeper and loader) he was a bit critical to say the least, The Whiskered old b..... ! Enjoy your shooting guys ! ( Fishing is better though haha )

I'd like to see the Horseshoes pub in Wroxham open again just like it was in the 70's, roses in the garden overlooking the river and complete with dartboard and chicken or scampi basket meals, none of this Masterchef nonsense with twills, pineapple airs, deconstructed pies and stupid prices etc. etc.

I agree that trolling is a perfectly legit and effective way to fish and do it myself on occasions, but dragging a lure from a cruiser going flat out isn't trolling unless you're fishing for billfish in the bahamas. No pike could survive that kind of trauma.

When I was on Hols at Horning a few weeks ago, as usual I spent many hours fishing, not with great success this year unfortunately . I was appalled to see on a daily basis various idiots ( sorry I mean gentlemen and learned scholars of course ), sitting on the back of boats usually going flat out towing lures behind them in the hope of catching a pike. Any pike unlucky enough to be hooked in this fashion would have to be travelling like a torpedo in the first place and would certainly die from shock anyway. It would be a good idea for the boatyards to stick up a bit of prominent A4 stating forbidden dangerous practices in their hire boats advising these individuals exactly what they can't do, (presuming that they can read in the first place.) I also saw on one occasion, 3 young children sitting on the back of one of the Faircraft boats dangling their feet in the water as the boat motored merrily along. One little slip and they would have been under the screw. The boatyards could certainly do more to stop this behaviour, no doubt a lot of it is just sheer ignorance to be fair, but the price of a bit of paper these days probably puts the yards off and its too much trouble anyway, the fishing is nothing to do with them. They could even put something in the boat manual, you know, the one that nobody looks at, These rules should be displayed prominently and it might help to some degree. On a lighter note for all you pikers out there, I bought a few Daiwa D Popper weedless frog lures from Wroxham Angling, these are the best lures I've ever used, totally weedless, brilliant action, I had loads of takes, the pike were mad for them, only caught jacks but who cares ? regards Stefan

Not wishing to dwell on old posts but I caught a chinese takeaway from Horning Pleasurecraft basin a few years ago ! I suspect a pair of young lovers had an argument and chucked the bag in. Just for the record it contained 4 foil containers of water and something awful that could have been a bag of chips ! You just never know..................

Thanks Grace ! If I get anything decent I'll try to put a photo on the site but never having done it before I ,may need some help, I'm rubbish with technology. (I wish I could land a 3lb Perch !) jealous jealous.....,. 4 days to go and counting, God willing we'll all be sat outside the Ferry on Saturday dinner time having a pint and waiting for the property keys. Stefan

Not long now to a week at Horning , I've got all the family staying in a property on the main river between the New inn and Ferry, with a "lagoon" at the rear. I'm not one to reduce a good days fishing by counting pounds and ounces, BUT ! I must admit I have never caught a Really big Perch or Pike,( or a Rudd or Roach for that matter ha ha). Had some good Carp I'm ashamed to admit but can't be bothered with that nowadays. My biggest Bream from Norfolk went around 6 and a half pounds, I'm happy with that. I would love a decent result this year ! Can anyone please advise how the fishing round that area is at present ? How deep is the river round there? Any good baits ? Any tips or advice would be very welcome !

Best stretch of river on the Broads !

I started fishing under sufferance back around 1973, when my wife to be threatened to kick me into touch unless I sold my shotguns which she hated. Needless to say she won the argument and to satisfy my craving for the great outdoors I bought a cheap 10' fibreglass rod for coarse fishing and a solid glass 8' pike rod, ( as I thought I would easily break the pike record of course,) I also had a landing net , keep net (sorry), and a little Intrepid Prince Regent reel. That cheap coarse rod was everything I needed for a few years, I also used it regularly for legering. Just to say that you don't need a shedload of stuff to make a success of fishing mate, keep it simple as you can for a while and just learn how to float fish, other styles will develop from that. Forget Pike unless you can get out with someone experienced and I don't agree with keep nets,unless you're a competition fisherman. Avoid those little fishing "outfits" , get a separate rod and reel. Oh, and you'll find a pair of small forceps invaluable, they're far better than disgorgers and don't cost much. I agree with Jenny Morgan about using as small hooks as possible, just wish I could tie a size 20 with hands the size of dinner plates and bad eyesight ! 18's I can just about manage. Just remember that most of the stuff in the shops is designed to catch the angler, not the fish.See if you can get someone to help you buy. Keep us posted !!!!

Oh yes ! the little blue book that I used to read over and over again. It was all great.

You should have come back 'ome at the weekend mate ! Great display at Cleethorpes for Armed Forces day ! We could have called in the Notts for a pint or three.

Its such a shame, The character if the Broads has changed dramatically since I started going there around 1970. ( Not all for the worst though, thank goodness) but I used to love wading through the Hoseasons and Blakes boating catalogues on a winters night, choosing from dozens of boats and yards , but sadly no longer.

I think that what you're calling silver bream are actually young Bronze Bream. Silver Bream are pretty rare, all small Bronzies are silver and don't darken up till they've got a couple of pounds on or thereaboutst. Nice fish !! well done.

In spite of being an ale man, I agree that some lagers are fine, cold Kronenburg outside the Ferry on a hot day goes down a treat !