It’s that time of year again. Time for the small slice of upper class lunacy that is the CLA gamefair. Having won tickets courtesy of the nice folks at flyforums.co.uk I decided to head up and have a meander. Luke, never one to pass up an opportunity to oogle fishing tackle joined me and off we jolly well trotted along to Ragley Hall.
I wandered round looking for examples of what makes the game fair feel like the game fair and snapped sneaky reportage pictures with the camera held nonchalantly, like rambo with a dslr, shooting from the hip. Excuse some odd angles and dicey exposure but what follows is a brief pictorial commentary of the day.
If fun means having your house smell of wee then yeah, I guess…
Ooooh, W’eeerrreee did ‘eee get thik ‘at? Isn’t it a natty one and just the proper style.
The lovely Martha charms her way round the fair.
Uncle Patrick’s beard has grown back remarkably quickly
Whereas Luke suffers from beard envy on the WTT stand
No really, my other car’s a Porsche
According to the label around his neck his name is paddington and he’s from deepest darkest Peru
no really, my other car’s a… Forget it mate, your old enough to be my dad
The chalk-stream angler must follow a strict code of practice at all times, even when away from the river. He must keep his composure and never bow to temptation. Tackle fairs and country shows can be the downfall of many fool-hardy anglers, and great care must be taken to avoid crawling away from the afore mentioned events a dribbling mess….. and I’m not just talking about the rods….;-0
Cheers Malc….
Shooting from the hip??!!
So what cen you casr with, Malcolm?
Whoops, need and edit button!!
I take it you have not joined the Tackle Tarts yet. Good boy don’t be tempted
Frank
Great to see you and Luke at the fair Malcolm, and apologies for the tired state I was in…you both saved my sanity for a while!
I’ll try and see what I can swing when the two of you are up in Wales, be good to meet up to fish.
All the best,
G
Up the boyo’s !! Be good to fish with you again G – try and swing it
Luke
So I don’t get the ferret/fishing connection; natural bait for esox?
Met a fellow from USA-Minnesota that fishes Muskellunge with flies up to 12″ long. Look like a small ferret.
Like the recent camera work; nice!
Regards,
R