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South Devon report 2007

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Hello to everybody fron South Devon and British Spearfishing Association.

Searching spearfishing news in internet a found your chat "South Devon 2007", and that pushed me to write to all of you. Ilived in Torquay in 1998, I was studying English, and of course, I went there with my spearfishing material.
After not few efforts I could contact with Ian Hancock and with Dave O´Callaghan, whit whom i dived mostly every weekend and with whom i went to your competitions.
Still I have the jumper the Assosiation gave me as a present in the dinner you do at the end of the season and I have really good regards of all of you.
I am Bittor from Basque Country, North of Spain, I hope somebody can remember me.Always i was diving with Ian Hancock from Paignton

Also i met more of you like peter crawford, (is he still diving?),but i don´t remember the names, I´m sorry.

Please if somebody know them, just let them know this Email from me.

I attached some pictures to recognize me.
Thanks to all of you.

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Hello to everybody fron South Devon and British Spearfishing Association.

Searching spearfishing news in internet a found your chat "South Devon 2007", and that pushed me to write to all of you. Ilived in Torquay in 1998, I was studying English, and of course, I went there with my spearfishing material.
After not few efforts I could contact with Ian Hancock and with Dave O´Callaghan, whit whom i dived mostly every weekend and with whom i went to your competitions.
Still I have the jumper the Assosiation gave me as a present in the dinner you do at the end of the season and I have really good regards of all of you.
I am Bittor from Basque Country, North of Spain, I hope somebody can remember me.Always i was diving with Ian Hancock from Paignton

Also i met more of you like peter crawford, (is he still diving?),but i don´t remember the names, I´m sorry.

Please if somebody know them, just let them know this Email from me.

I attached some pictures to recognize me.
Thanks to all of you.

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Hola Bittor, soy Juan nos conocimos en tu cena de despedida. Dave, Ian y Peter siguen pescando todos; en este forum por lo menos esta Dave. Hablamos, Juan.
 
I'm planning a dip tomorrow morning on the rising tide around plymouth south hams rame head area anyone thinking the same. never been to thurlestone any fish left??
 
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Me acuerdo que en aquella cena estuvimos hablando.Todavía sigues en Inglaterra?pues ya son casi 8 años.
que tal la pesca por ahí?.Yo soy de Bilbao, no del sur, pero esto es mas pescable que Inglaterra.Este agosto me case en irlanda, de donde es mi mujer, y pude pescar un par de días, solo había pollacks y dogfish, eso si, si quieres sacas 100 kilos de pollacks de una pescada,esta lleno, aunque eran de 1-2,5 kilos.Tambien esta lleno de focas, cosa que no me hacia gracia.
cuéntame cosas de pesca de por ahí, y hacerme el favor de hacerles llegar el mail de ayer a dave e ian.
Tienes en email de Ian??

un saludo juan
 
As there were no good reports anywhere else I went to Sidmouth again. Got in at mid tide and the vis was a stunning (for Sidmouth) 6m. This reduced to about 1m at low tide. Not very many fish about. Missed one good mullet and saw very little else. Spent most of my time poking about the holes in the rocks. Time well spent though :)
 

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Well Im off to the Maldives Sunday, and it should be ok viz there :-)

Nice,

That makes me feel sooooo much better! You'll miss the cold water, murk, litter and cool breezes of blighty!

Or of course your very normal and won't bat and eyelid about not coming back.

Have fun GeeBee and feed a ray for me under the boardwalks.

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