In article , Gandalf
wrote:
Ok, I found a flaw in the two tiddlers ploy.

I had a man come and chat whilst I was fishing and the conversation went, as
usual, to how I was doing. I was about to do the "two small ones" ploy when
my rod left the rest which was odd as it was only a half pound bream.

When I pulled it out the water I improvised on you ploy and said that this
was all that was about, just small ones which is true compared to what I had
been catching the last few times out.

AIui every passer by assumes that all anglers lie. You are merely conforming
to their expectations but adjusting the truth in a different direction to
the one they expect.

The guy looked like a bit of proper angler but then says "Wow, you get lots
that size " at which point the two tiddlers idea sort of floated out of my

To which you reply, "Oh, I don't count those."

ear. Turns out he was one of the regular match anglers I upset last week.
However he took great interest in my set up and when I left a took a look in
on him and guess how he was fishing.

That was all I caught all morning so as I was not feeling too good I came
home and will go again on Friday, I have decided to modify the two tiddlers
ploy to "How big do the gudgeon get in here" followed by a village idiot
type laugh. Hey why be subtle.VBG

If it works for you...

I'll be ready to
start serious coarse fishing once we get enough rain to perk up the
rivers.

...and I got in a grayling session in the interim. 10 fish, best just on
2 1/2 lb if you squinted at the scale from an angle and the rest (bar two
little ones) around the 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 lb mark.

Cheerio,

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