johnalison
Well-known member
Stop press. We are not allowed fishermen any more. According to Radio 4 yesterday, in a programme that I was fortunate enough not to hear, people who fish are henceforth to be known as ‘fisher persons’. I’m not joking.
Stop press. We are not allowed fishermen any more. According to Radio 4 yesterday, in a programme that I was fortunate enough not to hear, people who fish are henceforth to be known as ‘fisher persons’. I’m not joking.
Not being a fisherman, or even an angler, I don't feel threatened by the monstrous regiment. I had always assumed that women had more sense than to spend half their lives dangling ornaments in or over the water to catch salmon or trout, when deploying a net would do the same thing in a fraction of the time.Nothing wrong with 'angler' for the recreational type - sanctified by Izaak himself. But perhaps the programme you missed was referring to professional fishermen. How times have changed, and one wonders what Ms Ballantine would say - born ca. 1890, she died in 1970:
'To top it all, the captor of the largest Atlantic salmon that will ever be caught in Britain could not become a member of the 'men only' 'Fly Fishers Club' - even though they displayed a beautiful watercolour of the fish and the cast at various times in their history. How ironic it was when the President had to explain to reporters, anglers and dignitaries that the record salmon was landed by a woman. ' Georgina Ballantine | Canal & River Trust
Not being a fisherman, or even an angler, I don't feel threatened by the monstrous regiment. I had always assumed that women had more sense than to spend half their lives dangling ornaments in or over the water to catch salmon or trout, when deploying a net would do the same thing in a fraction of the time.
Not being a fisherman, or even an angler, I don't feel threatened by the monstrous regiment. I had always assumed that women had more sense than to spend half their lives dangling ornaments in or over the water to catch salmon or trout, when deploying a net would do the same thing in a fraction of the time.
I live on the beach at West Mersea, and there are often anglers, but I have never seen them catch anything, so I suppose you are right, they jusy want to get away from 'er indoorsdo they catch anything or are they just getting out of the house?