tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post45168276969572017..comments2023-11-13T07:19:45.061+00:00Comments on CABINET OF CURIOSITIES: Tales from the Riverbank....Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-66050453604837741972010-05-29T21:51:25.084+00:002010-05-29T21:51:25.084+00:00Hi David, I'm sure you're right - the pool...Hi David, I'm sure you're right - the pools that the falling water level had left behind were full of minnows too. I used to take our kids to this part of the river to catch minnows with the time-honoured method of a bottle with string around the neck and a piece of bread insidePhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-520059340829276252010-05-29T21:49:03.689+00:002010-05-29T21:49:03.689+00:00Hi Adrian, Nothing ike spending an afternoon on th...Hi Adrian, Nothing ike spending an afternoon on the riverbank on a hot afternoon - which it was last week, when I took these pictures. It's a bit on the cool side this wekend.. all the best,<br /><br />PhilPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-53573720638596347332010-05-29T21:34:45.732+00:002010-05-29T21:34:45.732+00:00What great photos and great closeups, rivers have ...What great photos and great closeups, rivers have always fasinated me and I can never pass a stream without turning over a few stones to discover what aquatic live there is present. Dare I suggest that I think the photograph of the fish is a shoal of minnows.Orchids and Naturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11648202058915901862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-41962987147116003952010-05-29T06:30:30.281+00:002010-05-29T06:30:30.281+00:00This is a really great post the pictures are all s...This is a really great post the pictures are all superb and the writing inspires me to get out there, thank you.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-34628436855117924062010-05-28T06:42:55.132+00:002010-05-28T06:42:55.132+00:00Hi John, yes, when you get a mass emergence a litt...Hi John, yes, when you get a mass emergence a little later in the year, on a hot, still afternoon, and the trout are leaping it's quite a sight...Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-22304582301576394702010-05-28T06:41:55.332+00:002010-05-28T06:41:55.332+00:00Thanks for visiting and for your kind comments Ric...Thanks for visiting and for your kind comments RichardPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-66178758080047001262010-05-28T06:41:27.159+00:002010-05-28T06:41:27.159+00:00Thanks Stewart .... and thanks to your wife ... fo...Thanks Stewart .... and thanks to your wife ... for visitingPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-36173531746983557832010-05-28T06:39:07.887+00:002010-05-28T06:39:07.887+00:00Hi Rob., I miss chalk streams and chalk downland, ...Hi Rob., I miss chalk streams and chalk downland, though ....Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-19688103494188608092010-05-28T06:24:37.725+00:002010-05-28T06:24:37.725+00:00It's a lovely stretch of the river at Wolsingh...It's a lovely stretch of the river at Wolsingham, Emma .... always something intersting to see therePhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-13990543180110165012010-05-27T16:40:31.824+00:002010-05-27T16:40:31.824+00:00Great detailed photographs and explanation Phil. I...Great detailed photographs and explanation Phil. It's many years since I last saw the fantastic sight of hundreds of Mayflies flying together over a stream in Yorkshire.Midmarsh Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10980417659811194899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-21241982189109146652010-05-27T10:52:14.186+00:002010-05-27T10:52:14.186+00:00Just found your site, Phil. Thank you for a fascin...Just found your site, Phil. Thank you for a fascinating insight into a world that I would not normally see. I shall follow you site with interest!Richard Peglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115206853645323899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-58659522643144732812010-05-26T18:43:45.983+00:002010-05-26T18:43:45.983+00:00As ever a pleasure to read and learn, thanks Phil...As ever a pleasure to read and learn, thanks Phil. My wife has also become a fan of your very educational and fascinating insights.<br /><br />StewartStewart Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18363819002533309911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-9258524963177135312010-05-26T09:10:03.812+00:002010-05-26T09:10:03.812+00:00Beautiful wings on the Mayfly - in holding them ve...Beautiful wings on the Mayfly - in holding them vertically like that it has something in common with butterflies.<br /><br />The IoW is sadly lacking in that wonderfully rocky and wooded river scenery you have up there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-89427128479601833792010-05-26T07:39:24.684+00:002010-05-26T07:39:24.684+00:00Fascinating, Phil. Lovely River Wear picture too.Fascinating, Phil. Lovely River Wear picture too.Emma Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04385447781203785369noreply@blogger.com