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A 'River Diaries' Photo Found

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Under direction from my Gaffer, I've been 'tidying up' my study and fell upon a lever arch file containing photos I'd long believed lost. Among them was this image of a 5lb 1oz chub, taken on a trip to Burgate on the Hants Avon, dated 17th February 1984. Now, if you reach for your copy of 'River Diaries', page 271, you'll read the honourable Yates's account of that trip and mention of that very fish. 35 years later and the circle is squared :fishing2:

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A lovely chub Colonel, I shall reach for the said book tonight and read the account :Hat:
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Lovely!

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Superb, looking forward to more of those lost lever arch file photo's.

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What a wonderful find Ray. Proper chub that. :Hat:
“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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The 1970's rang and asked for their 'tache back. :Hahaha:

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JAA wrote:The 1970's rang and asked for their 'tache back. :Hahaha:
Three of my son's have mentioned I look like a 70's porn star :Hahaha: .........quite how they would know what a 70's porn star looks like, I'm not sure, unless they found the old VHS video tapes that were with the 'lever arch file' !!!!!! :Chuckle:
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Cor' Is that a Wighat your wearing there ? I still have those Sunglasses in use these days. Nowt wrong there.

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QuinetteCane wrote:Cor' Is that a Wighat your wearing there ? I still have those Sunglasses in use these days. Nowt wrong there.
You don't get cold wearing one of those, for sure, QC my friend :Ok:
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Mark wrote:A lovely chub Colonel, I shall reach for the said book tonight and read the account :Hat:
I love the line, "It's got a head like a cod!" said the river-keeper.
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