Fen Tiger

Watched a good fishing film lately, why not talk about it in here.
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EricW
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This wonderful, evocative film popped up in my youtube feed today. Back in the early seventies my mates and I used to have a couple of weeks in the close season fishing Pisces (I think?) Lake for rainbows using any method. Our chosen approach was floatfished luncheon meat and we were plagued by tench .😉.
Every evening we'd walk along the bank past Ernie's cottage (although I didn't know it as such back then) to the Lamb and Flag for a sneaky pint or two. I clearly remember the pike on the wall along with the assorted rural ephemera of eel spears, sheep shears and mole traps. The old boys in the bar upon seeing our fancy flared trousers and tank tops would gently take the piss, testing us on the aforementioned ephemera little expecting that as a fanatical Out of Town viewer, I would get most of them right.
I remember well the snipe drumming overhead and the wigeon whistling across the wash and it still makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. Thinking on, I probably remember the whistling wigeon more from my winter forays after pike and I was so enamoured of the whole place that I tried to move there once but never made it. When I look around me now, being hemmed in by development and the way life has become so frantic and superficial, I can't help but feel that something is missing. I hope you enjoy this as much as I have. :Hat:
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“Plastic has put an end to the willer trade”

And there it is, in just a few words.
Where the willows meet the water...

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Yes an excellent film, very evocative of that special environment and the old way of life it fostered. I watched it a few years back following a mention on the forum. There is a book too " Memoirs of a Fen Tiger"

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Ahh yes, the delicate and selective hunt with a punt-gun. That's if your Challenger Tank or Spitfire isn't available. :roll: It is good to see some of the old trades and methods but nowadays, they do seem a tad unecological.

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I have watched this a few times and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have fished the Old Bedford many times and had some very good pike near the cottage where Ernie lived. The Lamb and Flag is still there along with the huge 36lb cased pike. The Fen's are a magical place although the pike fishing is not what is was.

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Grumpy wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 7:17 pm I have watched this a few times and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have fished the Old Bedford many times and had some very good pike near the cottage where Ernie lived. The Lamb and Flag is still there along with the huge 36lb cased pike. The Fen's are a magical place although the pike fishing is not what is was.
I too have watched it before, and used to fish the old Bedford and the Delph back in the day,glad to hear that the pub is still there ,not been down there for about 5 years now,The pike fishing is long gone now but the Fens still is a beautiful place

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I've also watched it a good few years ago. It's a really good thoughtful look into times gone by. I also really enjoyed it and learnt a fair bit as well.

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I really enjoyed this film, 'The Fens' are a special place that I explored when I owned an old caravan sited at Littleport in the 1980's! The area has lovely memories for me, I had some great times there! :Ok:
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Thanks for posting, a lovely film from 50 years ago
I'd just started my first job, the Vietnam war was ending

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