funny moments

[john/r]

hi all, whats the funniest thing thats happened to you when casting
john

[BAZZ B]

the funiest thing ive seen was philly jackson took out his reducer put it on the ground started to cast stood on his reducer did a double summersault landed on his back but still managed to get the cast away magic

[oldchukka]

when n.w casting was at rossall i bought a brand new smock off one of the lads, put it on, cast ,and set off to get a measure. half way down was a bank with a pool of rotton stinking water with frog spawn cow s--t you name it. jumped over onto the bank, -- teetered on top for a couple of secs, then landed on my back in the mire, - filled the front pockets with frog spawn.
nobody would come near me for the stench. kept hold of my rod though.

[john/r]

hi, remember syd birtcher at kirkleathem about 9years ago pulling lead round and it hit the ground burried it self and it just about pulled syd off his feet, funny in a way

[harry barker]

funny eh!!!

I remember Billy Smailes (smiler) at the UKSF wanted a chuck with the new Dawia rod Paul Kerry was testing out.Well he got his wish but the tip smashed off and bounced off his heed and stuck in his ear.
A lot of blood so he was sent off to hospital for stitches.
Billy returned with this bandage Bin Ladin would have been proud of, a full wrap on the heed down to ears!.
He then continuded with his turn in the casting,it was raining heavy so we wrapped a towl on top of the bandage to try and keep his heed dry.
What a sight, Billy was a top Guy we all waited for Billys turn to cast and clapped him on the field.
On the long drive back to the north east we kept passing each other in cars, when passing Billy we all had towls wrapped on our heeds, Billys gasket was blowing hard.
He rang me a week later and asked me did I send him PLASTIC ear in the post.
Did I , no it was Malcom Barrow not me Billy.

[john/r]

helloe harry how you doing,sent you an email not sure if you recieved just let me know
john

[mswtoss]

hi, remember syd birtcher at kirkleathem about 9years ago pulling lead round and it hit the ground burried it self and it just about pulled syd off his feet, funny in a way

remember that one also john,he nearly strangled himself with the rod as he went down in slow motion. funny !!!!!!! i nearly wet meself.
also at kirkleatham,kids pinchin 250 flags and andy the wippet reagan, peltin off after then ,to cries from bazz b. of RUN FOREST RUN.
and heres the funniest 1 ,i think,when i got a decent cast away ,i used to hang on and hang on b4 i'd put me thumb on spool beleivin it gave me that extra half milli distance then used to spend 10 mins pullin birds nest out b4 goin down to reel that 300yarder in.LOL!!!!!!!.anyway ADIE DUNN used to shout NOW! NOW! NOW! at the end of the cast. never took any notice, of course so started shoutin it all thro cast. then one day forgot to disengage spool and drag,hit ground and planted lead 4ft under soil about 4 yards out. he didnt have time to shout now and it didnt overrun cos i had no skin on thumb, but adie did see the funny side of it as he lay in a puddle of tears.

[john/r]

hi martin, yes them were canny days heard a bit of a rumour hissing syd might be coming up,can you remember aeron brown excuse my spelling bloody wild did,nt half used to whack into it, there you are martin got your xtr here still if you want to borrow no prob
john

[mswtoss]

its aaron

hi john,used to nickname aaron "thumper" and his marra andy champkin was "zorro". you're right those were the days,good lads, good crack,and a good laugh.ps might take ya up on ya offer.

[john/r]

any time m8 nie prob i cant use it properly somebody who can might as well with a bit luck it might come back a bit softer

as i say anytime martin john

[oldchukka]

lug dealers

nowt to do with chukkin, but the funniest i ever heard was the lug smugglers at kirby- stephan, plod turned out in force to catch the notorious gang dealing at a local garage. made the national press, cost the cumbria police a fortune, i had met the blackpool courier just off the motorway to pass on my stash or i would have been nicked my self.

[BAZZ B]

remember it well bill, never seen so many old bill they were even wearing sas masks and hiding in the cemetary their first words were when they found out it was worm well never live this down still searched us though i suppose they had to try and save face somehow

[mswtoss]

did they do a full body search,with the rubber surgical gloves,bazz,just incase you had some more black lug hidden up ya backside.lol

[BAZZ B]

they even searched the ash trays martin, chris webbs face was a treat to see just stood there with his mouth open while me and gary p++++d ourselves laughing they didnt take to kindly to that

[oldchukka]

now baz i,ll tell you something else. the searget on the job was "moved" from appleby to kendal shortly after and when i reminded him about it he called me a "ladies thing". they tell me chris could,nt pick a cup of tea up without spilling it for a month. the budget for the police sting was reported in the press as astronomical. happy days, pity there was no pics