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Old January 27th, 2010, 02:25 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
Giles
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Default Slightly on topic -Spaniels

On Jan 26, 1:45*pm, "Bill Grey" wrote:
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On Jan 24, 2:23 pm, "Bill Grey" wrote:





"Fred" wrote in message


m...


A long time ago a good fishing friend had a Springer Spaniel -
Real cute - loved the water- and she knew her place perfectly as ballast
for
a canoe.
We fished Squam Lake in NH
The three of us in the canoe - the dog was up front Gary in the rear and
me
in the middle - just paddes
Salmon - we got a few


So
Just thinking of a resucue dog Brittany or Springer Spaniel...
............


All of our animals are real happy and friendly so... I do not want to
upset
that


Has anyone had experience or ever have one of these cute critters?
And more to the point has anyone gone fishing with one?


Thanks
Fred


A suppose a Newfoundland is too big - but a great resuce dog.


In Swansea, Wales there was a famous character - "Swansea Jack" - a black
Labrador dog, who reputedly rescued several people who had fallen into the
dock. So much so is his fame that there is a statue to his memory in
Swansea.


Bill


See:-http://www.cymfishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=2161


I'm afraid, Bill, that "rescue dog" has a different meaning here than
there. Here, it usually means that the person rescues the dog, not
vice versa. Whether Fred intended it that way I'm not sure, but I
expect he did.

As someone once said, we're two countries separated by a common
language.

No confusion at all really. It was ther context of the requirement of the
dog - !in the canoe" that made me think of rescue ( to save someone) rather
than rescuing a dog from a fate worse than death.

Our languages do tend to diverge at times, it's too much to ask you to get
in line I suppose :-)


"Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?"--Enry
Iggins.

giles