Hi, new member just signing in. I’m not necessarily a traditional fisherman in the true sense. I fish, mostly with modern equipment but often in a traditional style. I’m happy float fishing,even happier if it involves the lift method for tench. I’m happy with a ledger especially a light link ledger or even no lead at all rolling a lump of meat or cheese for chub and barbel.
I grew up on the banks of the Upper Severn but now live nearer to its estuary. Most autumn/winters will find me predator fishing somewhere along its lower reaches. Summer barbel see me heading north to the middle and upper stretches or occasionally to the Wye. Unfortunately my now local Bristol Avon is a shadow of its former self.
I mentioned most of my tackle is of the modern kind but I have an interest in the more traditional items. I’ve recently repaired or made usable (rather than restored) an old rod and reel my Dads. This summer I intend to try and catch as many species as possible with it and perhaps relive a little of my youth.
Ian
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Wanderer
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Hello and welcome
You sound Traditional enough for me......
You sound Traditional enough for me......
"Not all those who Wander are Lost !"
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Welcome to the forum Ian.
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where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
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where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
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Welcome aboard, Ian.
“Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers,” Herbert Hoover.
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Welcome to the forum 
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Hello Ian, welcome to the TFF
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Welcome Ian It's not all wood and horsehair on here 
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Welcome Ian. Tell us what your dads rod and reel are?
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Welcome Sir...
Just one more cast love, and I'll be on me way home
Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but pictures and memories
Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but pictures and memories