Great but simple memories

[martin56]

Just sat here having a Dad moment - i can remember my late dad taking me & my older brother to Tadcaster.(river Wharfe, Yorks')
He used to take a small kettle, Meths stove, milk, tea & sugar & brew up on the bank.
Probably could'nt afford a flask (no one had money in those days) But the bus fares were only pennies (along with most other things) but so were wages.
There were loads of flatties in river those days.
I still have his SPORTEX 12' glass float rod & still use it quite a bit (specially if it looks like lightening is likelly) Has a great action.
Think of him every time i get it out of the bag.
I can imagine him looking down & saying "Ten minutes ta' late again lad" when i miss a bite.
Best Dad anyone could'v had.

[SIMPLE MAN]

Nice one Martin
In todays age where w*****s want to steal anything that they think is worth a quid or two it just goes to prove it doesnt matter how hard they try they cant steal your memories good luck mate and never forget

[northern eye]

What a wonderfull and thought provoking post Martin.
My Dad taught me to fish as a kid but in my 20's I went a bit off the rails. At my lowest point, my Dad took me away for a weeks fishing holiday which not only re-ignited my passion for angling but saved me from path I had been taking my life down. Dads are very special people.

[Dadwood]

I remember my dad taking me fishing regularly. He had one of them old primus stoves - it ran on paraffin and you were forever 'pricking' the jet to clear it of specks of dirt. In winter he'd bring it along not only to make tea, but also to warm a couple of fist sized rocks which we'd then hold to keep our hands warm. On one occassion we arrived at the beach, set up our gear and then he found that the primus was empty of paraffin. So he walked back to our motor bike and sidecar (remember those?) and filled the primus with petrol from the tank!! (not a good idea at all). Anyway, he got the primus up and running and was heating a can of water when he got a good bite - it was a good job he did because as we both walked down the beach to the bending rod, the primus exploded in a real big way and sprayed burning petrol everywhere!! He didn't even stop reeling in. Afterwards, he simply suggested that we say nowt to Mum. The entire primus was just a mass of twisted metal. We buried in deep on Deal beach. (Wonder if it's still there after 60 odd years?).

[chazyboi]

living in the country and my dad being a cannuck first fishing i did was with a fly rod i rem him teaching me the role cast ect unfortunatly he never lived to see me double haul lol but was fun i still go to our fav swim on the river lugg for the odd trout session ,sitting on the bank as we did sharing a flask of tea and some rich tea biscuits or gingers i do same with my kids i hope they have good memories too

[Bluesbro]

My old man always used to take me fishing, sometimes alone and other times with my uncle in his 3 wheeler!!! It was a funny sight with the 3 of us driving to Dover with all our gear in it!!! Especialy as we are all over 6ft tall!!!

As a even younger lad my dad used to take me camping every summer down the Warren and we used to go fishing every night on the apron and spend days Makeraling on the pier. He used to be forever messing around, knocking my rod when I was getting bored, throwing makeral heads at me when i was getting lairey, hiding my gear from me ect. Best weekends of my childhood.

Once I had grew up I started into trouble and was with the world. Fishing with him was like therapy to me, it was the first time my old man had opened up to me and spoke to me as an adult and it helped me understand who he was and why he had brought me up the way he did, certainly gave me a new opinion on him and the world!!

Sadley my dad don`t go fishing with me anymore, he has got a more involved job these days and struggles to find the time, or the energy to get out for a trip. Been over a year now and I a missing it but hey I understand why he can`t manage it no more.

Being a Dad to two young boys now (2-1/2 yrs and 4 months) I CANT WAIT to start to fill their heads with their own warm memories and hope that they will have the same impact to them as mine do to me!!! Just hope there will be some fish left to catch when the time comes!

Joe

[martin56]

Thanks lads from me (& my Dad) for the very kind replies.

Feel now i've found a new circle of real friends, with the same values as ours.

Martin.

[barbelblanker]

I once heard someone say "Don't but things, buy experiences". I'm not suggesting we are financially reckless , what I am saying is exactly what this thread is about.

Me and my eldest still giggle like idiots recalling the game of "easy eye spy" we played one day next to the banks of Nordley number 5. What clothes or gear were we using ? Not a clue....but we remember "OK dad it's t for trees...", "Ok is it trees...:):)" "Yes, oh i ....." [5 minutes of utter gut busting laughter]. It was one of those magic moments shared by just the two of us and I will never forget it.

Take this thread on board, it's an inspired one.

[chazyboi]

i think that this thread shows the things we have lost in life with our kids in general, the bonding process the one on one learning and kinetic teaching only parents can give and the respect for an elder , simple old fashioned values ,,i was talking to a head of a school recently and she was telling me they are having to give kids lessons in life as they are so backward at the doing the things we took for granted or should do naturaly like taking risks communicating ect sad realy ,as i cant put my finger on where it went wrong from our generation to the next was it the fact that in reality compared to most kids now we had in fact not a lot and tried to compensate ,,ah well who knows ,,,,,i do think fishing brings back those bonds with people and children as its not a competition unless you want it to be ,there is no violence or team colours only the age old man against nature ,its like finding a pot of gold every time i see my youngest catch a fish and watching her come up with ideas and different tactics ,,who knows she might teach her husband a thing or two when she gets married and her children and her grandchildren thats what id like to think :)

[BoldBear]

My fondest memories of when I used to go fishing with my dad where:

Getting up at four o-clock on a Sunday morning, stopping off at the local ‘Bob Freestones Bakery’ to get some bread crumbs and a fresh loaf on our way to the Thames at Goring and fishing with the mist still rising off the water as the dawn broke and the distant church bells began to ring and the sun started to break through the mist.
And getting my line tangled in the bushes with my dad grumbling about only having a few size 16 Goldstrike hooks left in his old tobacco tin.

And the small bait tin that we kept our ‘Gentles’ in, and the old Thames Cork floats and Lesney Bread punches (which I still have).

And listening in awe as my dad told me about the huge 3lb barbel that he once caught.

These are wonderful memories that I shall always treasure.

I miss the old bugger now he’s gone.

I only hope that my son will have similar memories when I'm gone.

Keith (BoldBear)