You’ve got to hand it to the ladies
Outlook ;■ - t
MICK COOKSON pays tribute to the fair sex in angling
My ‘better half Marian swings in another roach
Karen Stephenson, of Burnley, with a 101b carp she caught on holiday
ALTHOUGH fishing is in the main considered to he a man’s sport, many people would be quite sur prised .just how many members of the fairer sex enjoy
a day’s fishing.
I have fished all over the country and have on occa sion met some very good lady anglers and when 1 say
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good, 1 mean Good! The first time 1 fished against a lady angler was many
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years ago when my cousing Stella came up on holiday fi-oni Coventry. Her dad, inv uncle Jack was a good angler and his skill 'had rubbed off on Stella for when we had a day out at llarrowlbrd bocks, I was amazed at her skill with a fishing rod anil she soon had a stream of good roach com
ing to the net.
or boyfriends being fishermen, and while for some it is just an occassional •Dabble' for others it is much more serious. A few years ago the thought of a woman angler competing against men in the top open matches was a laughable idea. Hut now women have proved they are more than callable of beating the best men in the country. During IPSO. Linda Purchase of Doncaster entered 1 he
Manv women come into the sport through either tatneis . . “J
Henson and Hedges Festival on the River Iirne m North- cm Ireland and preceded to hand out shocks .u;nlore, ivuich to the enjoyment of many ol the competitors, i' irst ol all she beat Stu Killen at the next pen and this lead to much leg pulling for Slu. and just to prove it was no fluke in tlie second match she heat ’cracks’ like Tommy I icker- ing. Dick Clegg. John McCarthy and Tom Boulton and won her' section (tlie first lime a lady angler had ever won her
section ill the Benson).
hv this great 'lady and weighed ltllilb of roach to win Ins section, blit Hindu came home in third place with an mci edi ble S libs, again beating Dick Clegg and Max Winters, just for good measure! Overall
I.itida finished in Uth place out iif : ! 2 1 of the country's best anglers. She obviously had the right temperament lor the big
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catch having won the bailies National on the River Severn with :’tl lb of chub in l!)7(i when she was just l(i years old. It is not just in match fishing that lady anglers have
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gained fame, and probably the most famous naine that comes readilv to mind is that of Miss G.W. Ballantine who hooked and 'landed the British Record rod caught salmon, from the famous Glendelvine beat ot the River lay on the
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worm, others are not so squeamish and this year Sandra I lalkon limit used maggot bait to win the bathes Nationa on the Coronation Channel in bmcolnshire. landing eels and
While manv women squirm at the sight ol a maggot ot .
Loenllv vou will on occasion see* lady anglers fishing on the canal or at venues like Foulridge Reservoir or
roach for a winning weight of Dili T'/ioz. _
Walverden. or von may see them fishing lor trout at one of the manv small trout fisheries in the area. Earlier this year Coronation Street star Jenny Brad-
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lev spent a dav at Nelson Angling Associations bower Cold well Reservoir where she caught some nice trout on the 11 v and a few years ago 1 met Mrs Denise Franks while trout fishing at W'halley Trout Fishery and Denise too was enjoying great sport with the rainbow trout landing fish to ariiund lib on various patterns ol fly, and watching her fish 1 was soon aware she was quite an experienced angler. Dll rare occasions I have even managed to persuade mv "Better Half (Marian the Minx) to have a go. but
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she is wearing rubber kitchen gloves (ah well) and 1 have to bait up for her and also unhook the fish. But she docs show a talent, and at times litis beaten both myself tint some other good anglers by landing some good roach and perch and 1 can remember once in Majorca when she p ayed to a gallery of local Spaniards who greeted every fish she
caught with a loud ‘Brav-o!’ during which time I smug
gled for a bite. So remember the next time you see a lady angler
show her respect, for if she gets among the fish and you don’t, you’ll be the one being laughted at! □
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