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Re: Photos
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 2:27 pm
by Len Arbery
Hello Snape,
To hopefully put the record straight: Gerry Berth-Jones informed me this picture shows May with his Mapperley Reservoir 15lb'er, caught in July 1953.
Besties,
Len.
Re: Photos
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 2:33 pm
by OldTackle
Snape wrote:Gerry appears to be the inventor of the original bivvy
He certainly did not invent it. What he did was exactly the same I did when I was young. He bought one of the military's half tents. Not sure about other countries military supply, but germany had these:
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Using only one half they give you what you see in the first picture. A nice wind shelter. The shape is more like a parallelogram.
Still own mine.
Ah, forgot: they even come with detachable poles and herrings. Not seen very often anymore in olive. Nowadays they have these ugly spotty military colors.
Christopher
Re: Photos
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:54 pm
by Snape
Len Arbery wrote:Hello Snape,
To hopefully put the record straight: Gerry Berth-Jones informed me this picture shows May with his Mapperley Reservoir 15lb'er, caught in July 1953.
Besties,
Len.
How interesting. I am not sure why I thought it was a Redmire fish but at least the record it now straight. Thanks Len
