Should every boy's first fish be a perch?
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Should every boy's first fish be a perch?
Took my two out this morning and they caught their first perch, as it should be, in the park under the bridge on a worm!
Followed up by a great big brunch!
Followed up by a great big brunch!
Where the willows meet the water...
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Re: Should every boy's first fish be a perch?
Great stuff.
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Re: Should every boy's first fish be a perch?
excellent
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Re: Should every boy's first fish be a perch?
Lovely stuff just as it should be
Not a fish was visible that first time I visited Beechmere; an utter
stillness brooded over the place and I felt the strange and sinister atmosphere which, so the story goes,
has been the cause of several suicides.’
BB – Confessions of a Carp Fisher
stillness brooded over the place and I felt the strange and sinister atmosphere which, so the story goes,
has been the cause of several suicides.’
BB – Confessions of a Carp Fisher
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Re: Should every boy's first fish be a perch?
Super well done perch are fabulous creatures big or small
Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish
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Re: Should every boy's first fish be a perch?
Top bobbing!
A fine introduction to angling
A fine introduction to angling
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Thank you all!
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Re: Should every boy's first fish be a perch?
Lovely stuff good to see, the ole first fish a Perch and tradition being upheld
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Re: Should every boy's first fish be a perch?
Very nice, well done.
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Re: Should every boy's first fish be a perch?
Definitely should be a perch. Mind that perch is a bit of a specimen for a first perch, I think the youngster is very lucky indeed, I think it was two years fishing before I caught anything close to that big.
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