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Comedy Moments - Part 1

Jason Holt, October 4, 2011

Morning all,

Sometimes the pursuit of Carp throws us the odd comedy moment, and for a while at least I'm going to use my blog to share those moments with you.

So as all good stories begin...Once upon a time, long long ago...

There were two Carp anglers, both of whom worked together for a food distribution company and worked some pretty unsociable hours, but hours that could be tailored to suit fishing quite well.  Finishing work at 00:30 in the small hours of Friday morning, said fishermen went home, collected their gear and headed to the local lake, knowing they could fish the lake for the night and blag the bailiff into just paying a day ticket in the morning.  Now try and imagine if you will, a spit that juts out into a lake with a small swim on the very point and further swims down the lengths of the sides, the favorite swim being the one at the end as it commanded the biggest amount of water, but was ironically the smallest swim.  The only way to set-up in this swim was to have your rods out over the water and this meant leaning over the edge and inserting a bank stick into the cliff face (slight exaggeration) to support your rods.

Those of you who had swimming lessons at school will probably remember being taught the kneeling dive? Well its fair to say that on the day in question here said angler did the most perfect kneeling dive you ever saw!!  The bank stick failed to give the resistance that was expected as it slipped into the soft mud and the angler went literally head first from the kneeling position into the lake, 2 o'clock in the morning fully dressed, mid winter.  Without doubt one of the funniest things I have ever seen....pure comedy gold!!