Hooked and played a nice fresh fish of about 9 lb at a small pool bellow the loups.
My mate was with me, and as I was beaching it, he stood on the line.
The fish shook its head and slid back in before I could touch it.
Just as I turned to my mate questioning his parentage.
The fish jumped about 5 foot out of the water straight between us, landing 6 feet up the beach.
Wait untill you encounter a horse when night fishing on the coquetFishing the Coquet in October with my brother when the hunt came by, hounds swimming around my brother howling, was quite a sight![]()
You sure it wasn't Ursula Andress.Many years ago I was fishing for codling off the red rocks near Wemyss Bay. While sitting on the rocks I heard a bit of noise , when I looked round a diver came plodding out the water , flippers mask the lot, carrying a string bag with big crabs clams etc in it, I nearly crapped myself
You have to ask yourself about the self preservation instincts of N Esk fish! A few years ago I hooked a small grilse up the top of Gannochy beat that turned and swam straight towards me, I just raised the rod, wound and kept it coming, it was flapping on the beach in no more than 3 seconds![]()
Similar thing happened to my pal. She hooked a cracking springer at Pitlochry port na Craig side every bit 18lb. It was on the slab rock bit and at that height there's a rock sticks out with not far off the bank. After playing it for 5 mins or so it took a massive run straight towards her and chose the wrong side of the builder closest to the bank where it narrows and gets shallower and just fired right up the bank.I had a salmon did a simelar thing once. It took the fly then jumped straight up on to the bank. I recon maybe 5 seconds from take to land.
The cow took longer!!!!
I too have seen something similar. Me and the now wife were driving along Glen Quaich past loch Freuchie up past Dunkeld area and observed a silver ball flying erratically up the Glen. We followed it for miles before it zipped off at mega speed.There's something I've often wondered about, not as interesting or funny as above stories But I have wondered if any body else seen it. think it was three summers ago either last Saturday in june or first Saturday in july around 0.30am coming back from sea trout fishing. looking south west from south west Scotland. way way up in the sky I saw a very bright light slowly coming down like a Chinese lantern with spotlight on it up high then all of a sudden it shot of faster than a bullet across the sky at 90 degrees from its original coarse for a few seconds before disappearing in the sky.
I took it to be a shooting star coming straight towards us to begin with which would explain the slowness when I first saw it and then perhaps bouncing of the earths atmosphere. at the time I tried to read about them and as far as i could find out apparently shooting stars don't behave like that. well this one did. I certainly don't think it was a alien coming to earth to do a handbrake turn. Must have been a rare event I think. perhaps not.
Not strange.........When we were young we used to poach the salmon at the back end usually by running onto either Edington cauld or the then Dexter's cauld on the Whiteadder.
I remember one Sunday at Edington in high water ..a salmon taking the cauld and my mate tearing onto the structure with his gaff only to be instantly knock off his feet by the force of the water.... despite the danger he was in we were rolling about the bank laughing as he bobbed into the deep pool below and caught the bank at his out point.
Same cauld different day...quite a walk back up to the village and with a salmon stuffed down the waders the last person you want to meet on the road is the bailiff's jeep.
Brakes on and I'm off over the school fence heading towards the village and my home...bailiff Vietch in hot pursuit ?.....having waders on its not long before he starts to gain ground.... luckily I make it to the village and there's a kid on a wee bike.
Almost at heart attack stage by this time and Mr V within 15 yards ...I desperately ask the kid for a lend of his small bike... luckily we were on a hill and I took the bike and freewheeled about 30 odd yards down the hill to freedom...laid the bike down and my persue'r had given up .
I saw such a thing last month...a bright big orange light..travelling fast across the sky.....it hovered above us...then slowly moved...the light got dimmer..and dimmer..until you couldn’t see it any more...There's something I've often wondered about, not as interesting or funny as above stories But I have wondered if any body else seen it. think it was three summers ago either last Saturday in june or first Saturday in july around 0.30am coming back from sea trout fishing. looking south west from south west Scotland. way way up in the sky I saw a very bright light slowly coming down like a Chinese lantern with spotlight on it up high then all of a sudden it shot of faster than a bullet across the sky at 90 degrees from its original coarse for a few seconds before disappearing in the sky.
I took it to be a shooting star coming straight towards us to begin with which would explain the slowness when I first saw it and then perhaps bouncing of the earths atmosphere. at the time I tried to read about them and as far as i could find out apparently shooting stars don't behave like that. well this one did. I certainly don't think it was a alien coming to earth to do a handbrake turn. Must have been a rare event I think. perhaps not.
Were you on drugs?I saw such a thing last month...a bright big orange light..travelling fast across the sky.....it hovered above us...then slowly moved...the light got dimmer..and dimmer..until you couldn’t see it any more...
Wish I was..hours of fun...Were you on drugs?
What's them tubes with the metal heads called again ?
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