Just bought some worms for the Wally Jolly...
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Re: Just bought some worms for the Wally Jolly...
I seem to remember that the writer Cliff Parker made reference to 'pike strangling lobworms' and that surely must be one....
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Re: Just bought some worms for the Wally Jolly...
Cat stranglers was one of his expressions. I suspect we're in for a session of the Sludgethorpe Waltonians.
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The last tub of lobs I got had some reet critters in there... you didn't hook the fish... the lobs brought em up in a headlock...
Just one more cast love, and I'll be on me way home
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Loved his books...
Just one more cast love, and I'll be on me way home
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I must have them somewhere. The Compleat Tangler was one, I think. I remember his instructions for camouflage, using 'cow plonk', and on collecting wasp grubs. The next paragraph started, 'When you get out of hospital...'
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Catching lob-worms is one of the greater Outdoor Sports. It is the most hilarious game in the world (John C Moore)
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Re: Just bought some worms for the Wally Jolly...
What’s the background to the worm photograph?
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Re: Just bought some worms for the Wally Jolly...
In some countries (certainly Africa), worms grow up to 4ft long.
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I think Australia holds the record?
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I've just thought: the Compleat Tangler was a cartoon book by Thelwell. One of Cliff Parker's books was Hook, Line and Stinker.
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Re: Just bought some worms for the Wally Jolly...
I expect the tail was dug up in England
Worms are remarkable creatures, did anybody catch the lovely Lucy Lapwing on Winterwatch, she talked about them in one of her appearances.