Most Important traits

[Castleconnell]

"The most important trait you must have to become a successful gillie is to be able to yawn with your mouth closed."Geoffrey Palmer The complete angler.

[slayer]

and a winger of the highest order ,,i was the all ireland tall tale teller in 1969,,maybe i could be a gillie!!!
do u know who i love ,is , the lad u meet on the river when things are quiet and he bloody knows why exactly ..alot of the stuff u heard before or was in a magazine a few months back and they give it to u like the had a great brainwave recently...

[col]

i think your still telling a few porkies,slayer

[tweedbunnet]

and a winger of the highest order ,,i was the all ireland tall tale teller in 1969,,maybe i could be a gillie!!!
do u know who i love ,is , the lad u meet on the river when things are quiet and he bloody knows why exactly ..alot of the stuff u heard before or was in a magazine a few months back and they give it to u like the had a great brainwave recently...

See my post to minitube re. "his eggs are ae double yoked"

I know exactly what you mean and hope to avoid the trap myself when I start prattling on about something I have heard or read

tb

[slayer]

i do exaggerate at times ,times when u have to . like when u tell your wife s friend she is beautiful on the day of her wedding ,or,tell the wife her bum doesn t look big in those pants ,,or tell the guy he is well able to cast or is fishing well !!!!!! recent studies state that its important in development for adolescents to learnt to tell lies effectively !!! fact ..
i could nearly still class meself as a teenager with developing lying skills ..appologies if my fabrications are that obvious ,for i am mearly an apprentice amidst such seasoned fibbers!!!!

[tweedbunnet]

The title is what some of my acquaintances say when they go in the Witness Box!

If we all told the unvarnished truth all the time, could you imagine the fighting?

For example

Wife - "How was your tea, dear?

Husband "Well, it wasn't all that nice and not really to my liking"

it would be another night in the igloo for that remark - minimum

So it being a bit selective with your version of the truth can be a form of self-preservation as well as being a biit rude etc

tweedbunnet

[Grey Monkey]

I suspect one of the most important traits for a Gillie is to be a sales person.

Example ...I was talking to a gillie face to face and told him " I must get some

casting lessons off you " ...now in sales this is a hot offer to buy...a

salesman should immediately say yes of course , let me see when I can fulfil

your order/request! then arrange a time and place and advise costs , finally

completing order from client, there and then.

What did I get from the Gillie ..........phone me.... :(

[fierybrown]

The title is what some of my acquaintances say when they go in the Witness Box!

If we all told the unvarnished truth all the time, could you imagine the fighting?

For example

Wife - "How was your tea, dear?

Husband "Well, it wasn't all that nice and not really to my liking"

it would be another night in the igloo for that remark - minimum

So it being a bit selective with your version of the truth can be a form of self-preservation as well as being a biit rude etc

tweedbunnet

igloos can be quite cosy TW:D

[Patrick]

Fishing East Mayo Waters last April and the bailiff comes rounds asking for tickets..No problem show him the ticket..Then I ask him was there anything caught..He goes 5 yesterday and 10 the day before... I never saw the surface break once that day..Me thinks someone telling porkies to sale plenty of day tickets..or maybe its just me :D

[Corky]

maybe you are right, but I do not know what the current state of development
I'm thinking maybe not :D

[mark22]

I'm thinking maybe not :D

Its hard to say corky,maybe zhang knows something that we dont:rolleyes:

[the cod-father]

and a winger of the highest order ,,i was the all ireland tall tale teller in 1969,,maybe i could be a gillie!!!
do u know who i love ,is , the lad u meet on the river when things are quiet and he bloody knows why exactly ..alot of the stuff u heard before or was in a magazine a few months back and they give it to u like the had a great brainwave recently...

and i notice ur still a good hand at the tall tales,,,,,, 1969 indeed :D me thinks u weren't even invented then ;)

[slayer]

u played a big part in me turning out like this ...lol