Thread: ROD OR RIFLE ?

Originally Posted by gadgetman

The good old MoW minnow as dad used to call it. His job required him to see what they were up to, ... and if things were quiet a bit of fishing was done, ... with whatever they had. I wont mention the time they cooked the crayfish in the hotel room jug.

Its military equivalent me old china was yee trusty handgrenade or in my TF days a thunderflash on a very large manuka pole.a very large eel met his comeuppance due to attempting to remove the platoon sgts toothbrush from his hand with said manuka device.
Speaking of historical-who can ever forget the grand ol deercullers catch em always-the 174gnnickel spinner cast out at 2,300FPS or thereabouts!the late rex forrester reckoned "just the bees knees"

The old copper surprise trick