Practice, basically

Depends what sort of fishing, obviously

Sea fishing - spinning is a piece of cake, an 8 year old can be throwing out and retrieving a lure with ease within 10 minutes of starting. And the kit is cheap too. Bait fishing is more complicated and I think it's boring, so I don't do it though I sometimes add a sliver of squid or mackerel to my lure to give it added attraction.

Fly fishing (go for trout up there, the salmon and sea trout fishing is ruinously expensive) is trickier to learn since you have to get used to the fact that the weight you are using to flex the rod is in the line itself, not in a lump of metal on the end of the line. Get a DVD about fly casting, buy a cheap rod (get a combination rod/reel outfit, Google for Veals or the Glasgow Angling Centre) and practice in the garden or some open space.

By the way: for your interview you want a WHITE shirt. Not that faintly luminous number you were talking about.

And I love you because you know so many interesting things about words and language.

Posted By: Old Git on March 26th 2009 at 14:53:18

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Uphill paper round ? (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 26, 13:31:30
- 'no such despot had been made' (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 26, 14:01:06
  - that's a Word spell check error, that is (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 26, 14:11:54
    - it's known as the Cupertino effect (General Chat) - Dave in France, Mar 26, 14:18:32
      - I love you, Dave (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 26, 14:23:03
        
        love you too (General Chat) - Dave in France, Mar 26, 14:35:03
        
        Yes I do (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 26, 14:40:46
        
        my uncle lives in morar (General Chat) - Dave in France, Mar 26, 14:44:26
        
        Practice, basically (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 26, 14:53:18
        
        cheers for the tips (General Chat) - Dave in France, Mar 26, 15:12:14
        
        Only one lure at a time (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 26, 15:20:24
        
        His suite is (very) dark brown, so he wants a CREAM shirt, not a WHITE one. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 26, 15:00:48
        
        great film (General Chat) - Dave in France, Mar 26, 15:14:52
        
        Yes, cream (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 26, 15:08:53
        
        "Suite" ffs? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 26, 15:02:33
    - Now would be an appropriate moment for a load of froth about Archant job losses. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 26, 14:13:53
      - Damn, rumbled (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 26, 14:18:04
        
        Well, it gets on my tits. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 26, 14:24:29
        
        Mine too, a bit. Why do people on ehre keep going on about it? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 26, 14:39:26
  - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 26, 14:04:46
- Scum. Sub-human scum. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Mar 26, 13:36:48
  - That's my mum you're having a go at (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 26, 13:37:39
    - I've never had a go on your Mum. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Mar 26, 13:39:50
      - I have. She done a trump. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Mar 26, 13:40:25
        
        Front or back bum? (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Mar 26, 13:43:29
        
        Back, up in the air. (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Mar 26, 14:02:58
        
        Multi-tasking. Good old girl. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Mar 26, 14:06:04
        
        and left or right ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 26, 13:47:47
        
        Queef or Quack? (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Mar 26, 13:50:05
  - milf (n/m) (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Mar 26, 13:37:24

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