Winters coming

[Davyred]

Apart from the obvious of catching a big cod or big bag of codling, what is the one thing that you all experience to make you realise that the winter season is here.

Things like yellow iodine stained fingers, numb fingers etc etc.

Mine is when you\'ve got in the house, had a bath/shower, you sit there with a warm glow in your face as you thaw out fully

[jeff]

Being made to completely undress in a freezing cold garage, (I\'m not a\"big\" lad to start with) and put stinking gear in the already prepared washing machine before being allowed into the house to shower......

Backfired on her last year though...I walked into the house from the garage absolutely starkers , (and shriveled) only to be greeted by my mother-in-law. She just pointed and said \"no wonder my daughter never smiles fatboy\"....

Jeff.

[mark]

not in Australia its not!

[Davyred]

not in Australia its not!

Always one smart a***

Sorry to all our antipodean members

[Edited on 20/9/2005 by Davyred]

[mark]

aye, yer not wrang, but lets face it the aussies need another summer right now for cricket practice

[Davyred]

lol mark

[gogs]

driving fatigue and a empty wallet

[Mike.Haley]

The bowl of steaming hot home made broth waiting when I get in.

[rich]

winter is coming and im already checking tide tables,weather forcasts,monitering sea state,having marathon rig tying sessions,checking comp dates and charging batteries.Its great getting back home after a good session trying to warm up and lying in bed wide awake still buzzing about the night.mmm cant wait

[TC]

\".....what is the one thing........\"

Ooooh.......difficult to chose just 1, Davy.

I suppose it\'s the WHOLE experience of winter fishing throughout the night - right from the driving home from work in the dark (at 4:00pm) full of anticipation of that big catch after having bought your bait on the way home, all the way through to the de-frosting of your face, as you\'ve described.

........Oh and the bacon & eggs accompanied by a pint of John Smiths when you get back in at 5:00am

[Edited on 20/9/2005 by TC]

[bribones]

cold coffee

always end up with freezing cuppas when im out either due to fish biting or talking to whoevers nearby

the missus telling me to sod off when i climb into bed and stick my feet on her to warm up :P

[willywetegg]

Just the dark night\'s for me. As soon as they start I know it\'s time to fish.

P.S.
I started to charge up my batteries last week lol.

Jim.

[TC]

Best do the same for the headtorches aswell, Jim

[Stores]

400 mile round trip








and worth every penny

[willywetegg]

They are the batteries I was talking about Tony. Another couple of weeks and I should have them all done lmao.

Jim.