Canoeists

[lomond]

Apologies for going off the thread again (rpsalmon look away now), but worse than jetski's on Loch Lomond are Speedboats.

Myself & Fruin were out flyfishing on Loch Lomond one day. It was like something out of a James Bond movie when you you see the speedboat hurtling towards the 2 guys peacefully fishing in the rowing boat and halving it in two with the 2 guys jumping out the ends of the boat. The conversation went something like this :

Fruin: Lomond, look at that cracking big speedboat (400 yards away) over there.
Lomond: Aye Fruin, you could never afford one of these on your wages, you'd need to win the lottery or rob a bank.

300 yds out.
Fruin: Look he's turned and is coming nearer to us.
Lomond : Aye Fruin, concentrate on your bob fly and stop watching the boats.

250 yds out
Fruin: Lomond, he's speeding up and coming closer to us.
Lomond : Fruin ! Just watch your bob fly, this is a good bit.

200 yds out
Fruin: Lomond, he's now going faster and coming straight towards us. I don't think he's seen us !
Lomond: Don't worry Fruin, they always do this, he'll turn soon.

100yds out
Fruin: Sh*t Lomond, he's not stopping !!
Lomond: Get ready to Jump Fruin ! - I'll go out the stern, you go out the bow.

50yds out
Fruin & Lomond: Aaaaaahhhhhh !!!! (still in boat)

35yds out
The guy in the speedboats does a hand break turn (if you can do this in a boat!?) and finishes side on in front of our boat. He shouts at us (in a Glaswegian accent)'Alright Jimmy, caught any ? Ye havnay see my pal in a blue jetski have ye ?'

We caught sod all that day. Fruin has never came back out in the boat since !

Lomond

[Fruin]

I can remember that day Lomond. What really got me was that the guy just didn't see that he had done anything wrong

[clydebuilt]

tyneandrew said:

Maybe the hill billies in deliverance were salmon fishers who had had similar bad experiences, and they were just getting their own back on the canoeists?

Clydebuilt - I hope you did not command a similar punishment

;D.....He sure did have a purty mouth...........

[exerod]

bagoworms said:

Never had a problem with them and many of them look a lot better than my companions on the bank!

I had a topless one (female!) paddle through the beat today, a canudist?

Andy

[tweedsider]

Encounters two canoe crews on passage down the Tweed this year , both made a good effort to avoid the water being fished.

[bagoworms]

You mean they took the 'bus?

[bagoworms]

Exerod,

Did you canoodle?

[salmondan]

bagoworms said:

Exerod,

Did you canoodle?

;D ;D ;D

[exerod]

bagoworms said:

Exerod,

Did you canoodle?

Sadly not, my girlfriend pointed out that a bloke in waders with a net smelling faintly of fish was no match for the tanned Aussie with a six pack at the other end of the topless canoeists boat
Women, I'll never understand them...