--Well, this confirms my view that too many Americans think they have a right to
interfere in everything. Of course you are a fellow angler and of course you are
welcome to read all the NG postings, but this is an NG that is primarily
concerned with UK sea angling issues. That how it gets its name. If there was
something of universal interest, such as info on global equipment (Penn reels
suck!), it would be interesting, or if one of us requested some help about a
fishing holiday in Florida it would be nice to get an e-mail, but this NG get
pestered by people wanting to sell us land in Texas, learn of rich fishing marks
so they can trawl it, charter boats in Carolina, etc, spam posting from the US
that are valueless and usually vaccuous. If you nosy into a NG that is not aimed
at you, don't get miffed if you read the odd comment you don't like. But I
welcome your readership. This is my opinion alone and not that of the NG
committee, of which I am disbarred from membership on account of being very
mischievous.
- chot
How do you expect anyone to answer such a request, if your don't welcome
them here, and are rude to them?
Brian
chot <ch...@chot.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<DF2bZCAf...@chot.demon.co.uk>...
> In article <01be1185$2466ec00$LocalHost@default>, Jon & Jeri
> <fur...@hsonline.net> writes
> >Request for no flames, Denied! Mighty big of you to just tolerate my
> >visiting this NG. I enjoy fishing/reading about fishing everywhere and
> >love it's universal appeal. Corporate America and others may want to
> >"invade" I just want to fish.
> >And while on the topic of fish and fishing I had an English friend whom
> >would say your opinion of all Americans is full of one eyed mullets.
> >
>
> --Well, this confirms my view that too many Americans think they have a
right to
> interfere in everything. Of course you are a fellow angler and of course
you are
> welcome to read all the NG postings, but this is an NG that is primarily
> concerned with UK sea angling issues. That how it gets its name. If there
was
> something of universal interest, such as info on global equipment (Penn
reels
> suck!), it would be interesting, or if one of us requested some help
about a
>Of course you are a fellow angler and of course you are
>welcome to read all the NG postings, but this is an NG that is primarily
>concerned with UK sea angling issues
Both UKRF.Sea and UKRF.Coarse have been enlivened by contributions made by
anglers posting from Holland, Germany, Canada, Australia and Scotland (etc.)
Postings have (mostly) been on topic. ie of interest to UK anglers, or
relevant to the UK fishing scene.
A necessary requisite for those considering posting here seems to be the
ability to take a 'dig', in good humour, and a readiness to put up with the
infantile banter, which most of us seem to enjoy.
As long as posters here feel they have a useful contribution to make, join in
the banter, and manage to keep on topic most (oh well, at least some) of the
time, IMO they are welcome, wherever they are posting from.
I would hate to see the situation develop whereby the ukrf groups were taken
over by (say) Americans talking about fishing in Florida to other Americans, or
Germans talking to Australians about their mutual experiences of fishing in
Iceland - and there lies the danger.
Tight lines - leon
(Married to an American! - sort of, she comes from Boston!)
I got nothing against americans looking at other NG's as I do the same with
yr NG's just out of curiosity more than anything.
But I am ( along with many UK angers) very jealous of the very cheap prices
you have for fishing tackle especially when it comes to braid lines as over
here it is very expensive and left only to the rich to use.
tight lines to all American visitors
Howell
chot wrote in message ...
>In article <01be1185$2466ec00$LocalHost@default>, Jon & Jeri
><fur...@hsonline.net> writes
>>Request for no flames, Denied! Mighty big of you to just tolerate my
>>visiting this NG. I enjoy fishing/reading about fishing everywhere and
>>love it's universal appeal. Corporate America and others may want to
>>"invade" I just want to fish.
>>And while on the topic of fish and fishing I had an English friend whom
>>would say your opinion of all Americans is full of one eyed mullets.
>>
>
>--Well, this confirms my view that too many Americans think they have a
right to
>interfere in everything. Of course you are a fellow angler and of course
you are
>welcome to read all the NG postings, but this is an NG that is primarily
Quite right, those who disagree with my thoughts on US infiltration!
Chot hides behind a non-name, is a scoundrel who is probably a lousy
angler who has never done nothing of any note, never fished anywhere
except the end of his pier, and lives in a one-room flat in Brixton with
nothing else to do but scribble on the Internet because nobody would
ever pay him to write or value his opinion.
(unlike that nice Clive Gammon bloke and that silent witness to this
news group Russ Symons who are millionaires from writing for Sea
Angler.) Oh, not another lawsuit threat on its way......
Can't we leaven the serious stuff of this NG with some humour?
At the end of the day (when most of us post) it is no more than gossip
down the pub on a Friday night, but without the accompanying beer.
{Hands up how many post messages with a glass of something at the side
of the compoooter]
In article <72ug22$5is$1...@nclient3-gui.server.virgin.net>, Smells Fishy
<smells...@virgin.net> writes
>Don't let Chot's xenophobia get to you - he's probably never been past the
>end of his road.
>
>
>chot wrote in message ...
>>In article <01be1185$2466ec00$LocalHost@default>, Jon & Jeri
>><fur...@hsonline.net> writes
>>>Request for no flames, Denied! Mighty big of you to just tolerate my
>>>visiting this NG. I enjoy fishing/reading about fishing everywhere and
>>>love it's universal appeal. Corporate America and others may want to
>>>"invade" I just want to fish.
>>>And while on the topic of fish and fishing I had an English friend whom
>>>would say your opinion of all Americans is full of one eyed mullets.
>>>
>>
>>--Well, this confirms my view that too many Americans think they have a
>right to
>>interfere in everything. Of course you are a fellow angler and of course
>you are
>>welcome to read all the NG postings, but this is an NG that is primarily
>>concerned with UK sea angling issues. That how it gets its name. If there
>was
>>something of universal interest, such as info on global equipment (Penn
>reels
>>suck!), it would be interesting, or if one of us requested some help about
>a
>>fishing holiday in Florida it would be nice to get an e-mail, but this NG
>get
>>pestered by people wanting to sell us land in Texas, learn of rich fishing
>marks
>>so they can trawl it, charter boats in Carolina, etc, spam posting from the
>US
>>that are valueless and usually vaccuous. If you nosy into a NG that is not
>aimed
>>at you, don't get miffed if you read the odd comment you don't like. But I
>>welcome your readership. This is my opinion alone and not that of the NG
>>committee, of which I am disbarred from membership on account of being very
>>mischievous.
>>
>>- chot
>
>
--
chot
>
>{Hands up how many post messages with a glass of something at the side
>of the compoooter]
>
:-)
TL - leon
hic!
I'll drive some humour into this NG one day.
Would somebody like to read my experiences of French sea anglers (they
make the Belgos seem like finalists on Mastermind) ?
I am villified from two continents, happy to add to the total, but note
that I never use profane or abusive language, unlike those who respond
to my occasional darts.
I retain my sense of fun as well as a dodgy knowledge of sea angling
If you have had a bad experience with any penn reels it is probably due to little or
no maintenance on your own part.
Speaking as an engineer, penn reels tend to be over engineered, as do a lot of
American products, but as a boat fishing reel there is little or nothing on the
market to beat them ( that is my own opinion ) .
I have owned various makes of reel and have had to repair or replace all of them,
except for my Penn's, (two 310 GTI'S, a 160 and a 25 GLS ) which with the minimum
maintenance, have performed faultlessly for over six years.
Regards
Nigel Tasker