Was delighted to bag a couple of Burwell’s finest at the weekend, with a view to relocating same to Rum Bridge. Then; another bombshell (you get immune to them after a while)…
In order to legally move any of our fish to Suffolk, they’ll have to be health-checked. Which means knocking a few of these fellows on the head.
Could you do it? Nope?
Well, given that many of our fish are in excess of 40 years old (and the smallest run to mid-doubles)… nor could I. Which means another mega investment in carp and tench for the new ponds.
The reason: Rum Bridge is an inline stillwater, which flows out into a stream and thence to The Stour. So unless we can do some sort of deal with another owner – of a landlocked lake, and/or health-checked fish – it’s out with the cheque book once again.
Hey ho…. As me old Mum was fond of saying, it’s better to be born lucky than rich.
(And she would know – she lived through the Blitz.)
