Fishing Tales

This good man chatted to me about a life time of fishing this river. Note how red his hands are : he swears by a special bait , called Whiz ! ( really ) and true enough his first cast produced a good sized Bream. He assured me his hook had no barb on it, so fishy was carefully unhooked and put in a keep net. I'm still not convinced,  though had to agree it was probably a better bet than TV.

Having done a further book clear out, sure enough I find treasure in the Oxfam bookshop : ' The Jungle Book ' with wonderful paintings to illustrate it. So you'll probably get blasts of Kipling for a while : remember this---
         Now Chil the Kite brings home the night
         That Mang the Bat set free--
          The herds are shut in byre an dhut,
           For loosed till dawn are we.
           This is the hour of pride and power,
            Talon and tush and claw.
            Oh , hear the call---- Good Hunting all
            That keep the Jungle Law!.