Spinning a yarn is a slang term used to describe the telling of a story, especially a long drawn-out or totally fanciful one, as in "this author really knows how to spin a yarn". Or "whenever he's late he spins some yarn about a crisis". Originally a nautical term dating from about 1800, this expression probably owes its life to the fact that it embodies a double meaning, yarn signifying both “spun fiber” and “a tale.”

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First full fishing day is coming up. We move to south with Battleship. Paul parks us to nice bay. It is burning hot, we take Rocket C with Paul. Time for snakeheads.

Paul explains and shows how snakehead fishing should go, I take few training shots. I feel everything but being ready, it is hot like in hell, well I don't really know how it will be in there. I drink water more than ever before in my life.
Midday is getting closer when Paul see set of babies.

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Last week i stayed with a friend up north, and we had a most enjoyable week of fishing, with some days out in between. However, the main purpose of the holiday (and i must say the icing on the cake) was to partake in the yearly Watendlath event. Now, those of you overseas might not know what and where this is. Watnedlath is a small Hamlet in the Lake district that features a beautiful Tarn that's incredibly deep, especially in the centre.

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Tuesday, coach took me back to his boat. After two days driving he probably thought that let's give one more try. Monday there was lot of heavy raining and when we came back to boat all of us were more less cold.

Paul had some kind of gear issue on Monday evening and he missed the BIG Gourami. But that is story he should tell. So Tuesday morning we took off and target was gourami, there were lot of termites and things where looking good. We had decided that we will do turns and I decide that Paul can start, I really wanted to see how to do it right.

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The Norwegian salmon season opening is fast approaching, June 1st. Predictions are always hard, but right now there is a lot of snow, and I mean a lot, in the mountains surrounding several of the most popular rivers in Norway. On the mountains that drain into the Gaula, the snow pack is over 4 meters. That leaves two possibilities for the opening week: A lot of water with a risk for a serious flood, maybe even one of the dreaded 100-year-floods. If the temperature doesn’t rise too quickly, snow melt will be slow. The water level will most likely be fishable, in fact a good flow, but it’ll be cold and murky.

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This is going to be a very short and last minute front page from me. Tracy and I are away from home staying in the Ashford area in preparation for tomorrow’s BFCC meeting at Willesborough cricket ground. We’re also just in from the pub where we were eating/drinking with the group of casters who have come over from France firstly to spend time with Mark and Mike running through the CI syllabus and other casting issues and secondly to compete in the competitions.

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