In message , Gandalf
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Almost any stream 10 mile sup the road from Cricklade in Swindon. We seem to
be having a glut of them I am glad to say. You may have to fish around a few
natural obstacles though like shopping trolleys.VBG

Par for the course! I shall go for a look, then, see if I can't net
myself a few.

I did the whole thing with a net for the grandsons a year back and we caught
5 in one scoop, 3 spin if I remember correctly. I did think of trying with a
stick and hook but did not want to show myself up.VBG

When we were kids, we used to catch them on worms. They used to cling to
the end of the worm rather than getting hooked, and you could often
catch two at a time. A friend of mine had a baby bath sunken into his
garden, in which we used to have stickleback fishing competitions, tying
the worm on and using a matchstick for a float. Particularly popular
after blanking somewhere else!

I have a few hundred baby goldfish ( natural colours now ) in my pond if you
want them, seems I got the vegetarian gold fish in the world back when I
started it off. I was tempted to try out the pole at home though.(;-)

Ah, thanks, but this pond is just for native species. I've a few rudd in
it to keep the mosquito larvae down, and I thought it would be nice to
get a population of sticklebacks going. I know that the frog botherers
insist that a wildlife pond should contain no fish at all, but what they
espouse is a frog sanctuary, not a wildlife pond.

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Steve Walker