Another good day

[Gumbob]

Another good days fishing for brown trout.



Left side of my face looks as if its been under the grill though. Sun burnt in march

Ian

[wotsit]

Thats more fish than I caught all last year.

[Dr Gonzo]

Top one for Me please grilled with butter and almonds

[Gumbob]

Top one for Me please grilled with butter and almonds

Almonds Thats a new one on me. I like them covered in pinhead oatmeal and grilled or fried with butter. mmmmm Luverly

[Dr Gonzo]

Almonds Thats a new one on me. I like them covered in pinhead oatmeal and grilled or fried with butter. mmmmm Luverly

I worked at a fancy hotel in my teens and thats how they served it basted with plenty of butter and sprinkled with flaked almonds

[thomas]

Nice!

[sarj]

Nice catch,sashimi for me please

[moon]

Well done!!! The skin would make a nice inlay for a sheath if you could tan it. Moon

[Noddy]

"Fishskins were used for mukluks, mittens, water carriers, and
raincoats....The king salmon is used for boots, heavy-duty boots. Only
female silver salmon is used for hats for girls. And the pike skin is for
water jugs. The trout is for bags....
"You take the skin off and soak it in the water, and then you scrape it
with a sea shell. Some fish you have to scale; some fish you don't. Like
pike and white fish, you've got to scale it, you soak it in urine. The
urine has to come from a young boy baby before weaning. It doesn't contain
any chemicals, just momma's milk. For thicker skins, you have to use the
urine from an older boy, around the time his voice changes.
"[The skin soaks in the urine] sometimes half a day, sometimes overnight.
The longer you soak it, the softer it gets. Then my mother used to
use[Fells] Naphtha soap, and she sudsed it in the water and then cooled
off the water and then put the skin in it. Then she puts aspen shavings
in the water and cools it off, then you rinse it in clear water and wring
it out. My mother used a towel to absorb the water. I asked her one time
in camp, 'What did you use when you didn't have cloth?' She said they used
dried moss. And then you put it on a smooth board, stick it there, the
inside facing in. Then when it dries, it will just peel off itself. You
store it away, and when you are ready to use it, you wet the shavings that
you saved, and you pad them onto the fishskin on the outer side. Then you
roll it and leave it until it dries. Then you shake it off." [Hickman
1988: 19ff.]

[Celtic Dragon]

Someones doing well!!

Mind you I'm 6 fish for 2 trips this year with a PB of 6 lbs 9oz, ok mine are stockies, but as I only started fly fishing last year I'm happy and the freezers groaning