tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post2832411023392029035..comments2024-03-28T10:30:16.701+00:00Comments on Not Quite Scilly: Barbour JacketsGavin Haighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-27279225696741807512016-02-17T21:05:56.785+00:002016-02-17T21:05:56.785+00:00I'm trying to picture you doing this with your...I'm trying to picture you doing this with your hot water bottles tucked into your waders...and I'm chuckling a bit...Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-50980645905861743022016-02-17T19:48:13.034+00:002016-02-17T19:48:13.034+00:00We used to stretch the fyke net across the ditch, ...We used to stretch the fyke net across the ditch, completely submerged and taunt. the eels would come up against the net and work their way sideways and into the trapping end. As we were doing it a lot of the time on land without permission, we would lay the nets across at 100yds intervals with the first one marked with a discrete stick poking out of the water. Normally we would also be doing this at night to avoid being caught. Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-32475685510983032132016-02-17T16:20:56.519+00:002016-02-17T16:20:56.519+00:00It all seems like a very long time ago Ric...It all seems like a very long time ago Ric...Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-61858762237209929092016-02-17T16:20:07.479+00:002016-02-17T16:20:07.479+00:00Well, you learn something new every day Derek - I&...Well, you learn something new every day Derek - I'd never heard of a 'fyke net' so looked it up and discovered it's basically a Heligoland trap for fish. Thanks for that.Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-57639299905229951632016-02-17T10:36:22.198+00:002016-02-17T10:36:22.198+00:00Back in the 1970's when we did a lot of eel tr...Back in the 1970's when we did a lot of eel trapping with fyke nets, to avoid a bare arm going numb feeling about under the icy water for the end of the nets, we used to carry a hot water bottle in the inside top pocket of our chest waders to warm the arm up again.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-48019963077513837682016-02-17T06:31:50.304+00:002016-02-17T06:31:50.304+00:00Gav, I might still have some of those handwarmers ...Gav, I might still have some of those handwarmers (and sticks). I modified their use by judicious employment of lanyards, meaning I could place a couple down the back of my neck, positioning them in the small of my back. That kept me nice and toasty on a frosty day.<br />However, nowadays I'd simply wear sensible amounts of clothing or stay at home until the sun warms things up. I'd also not have to keep moving about to avoid the carbon monoxide cloud around my head.<br />Yes, handwarmers. Along with turned down waders (pictured) and Glacier Club outings (the following day).<br />Glacier AC. Yes!Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714117508358025668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-79599165063650556892016-02-17T05:46:21.449+00:002016-02-17T05:46:21.449+00:00Mine didn't have the feathers, it was filled w...Mine didn't have the feathers, it was filled with that white nylon fibre stuff and snagged very easily.<br />These days it's a top of the range Craghopper.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-15060643324864409892016-02-16T22:57:36.778+00:002016-02-16T22:57:36.778+00:00For some reason your winter's day story remind...For some reason your winter's day story reminded me of those hand warmers we all had Ric, with the charcoal sticks. My goodness, I can smell them right now! Ah, memories...Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-47323145710368152702016-02-16T22:52:53.062+00:002016-02-16T22:52:53.062+00:00The quilted jobs? Had one of those in the 80s. It ...The quilted jobs? Had one of those in the 80s. It was filled with down, which was a right pain when I holed it on barbed wire. Little trail of feathers...Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-38542483383188347512016-02-16T22:39:13.827+00:002016-02-16T22:39:13.827+00:00You didn't miss anything Steve, and definitely...You didn't miss anything Steve, and definitely saved yourself a few quid!Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-84523467821169395172016-02-16T19:51:40.788+00:002016-02-16T19:51:40.788+00:00Blimey, quite the male model wasn't you, shame...Blimey, quite the male model wasn't you, shame about the jacket.<br />I think we all went through either a Barbour or East German army surplus phase and they were both bloody awful. After them I moved on to one of those nylon padded jackets with a fur lined hood, think they've just become fashionable again now.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-23150180911640146662016-02-16T07:41:31.503+00:002016-02-16T07:41:31.503+00:00Gav, I well remember the first occasion I wore a B...Gav, I well remember the first occasion I wore a Barbour. My dad had dropped me off at Springwell lake one winters morning, and even as he turned the car around to head off to work, I already knew I was unlikely to feel 'hot' wearing it. By the end of the day, even the capture of a pb Pike of 16lb's barely made an impression on the small ice cube I'd become. Indeed, the landing net froze solid in the time it took to put the fish on the ground. It was as though I had the Pike in an ice cage. Barbour coats! the crud under the finger nails!<br /><br />I remember the day of that Barbel well; and the evening where you remarked the 'bottom must be paved with Eels'. <br />That's 'the' landing net behind you. I still have it, along with the cane handle.<br /><br />Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714117508358025668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-44495836635321397772016-02-16T07:21:10.805+00:002016-02-16T07:21:10.805+00:00I never owned a Barbour jacket Gav. I was one of t...I never owned a Barbour jacket Gav. I was one of the birding youth that went for army surplus clothing. Not waterproof but cheap. East German my favourite jacket was. Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.com