When Giles and Paula met Hot Ingrid (and the rest of the Neph Squad).
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On the last day we had time for a fishing trip to Saltstraumen, a channel between two fjords that features the worlds strongest maelstrøm. It was a chance for Giles not to leave Norway without catching anything (and me to keep my job as mod :D). It went rather well…
During our second hour long session, the current went from 0-60 in no time as the tidal maelstrom did its thing. The water was suddenly churning and teeming with life. Giles bagged eight coalfish ranging from approximately 6-10kg. Beautiful creatures. We released all of them back into the sea. It was quite an experience.
After a great few days we had to say goodbye. It was a shame, but I’m very happy I’ll be seeing them both again, (along with a load of forum people, I hope) at the 10th anniversary party in Gosport next month.
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Looks like a great meet with fantastic weather as a bonus. Great pics.
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What a grand time! WTG teams Padmore and Neph!
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What a grand time! WTG teams Padmore and Neph!
Seconded - looks like you guys are having / had a blast
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Side note: I always assumed "Hot Ingrid" was a random moniker… I was wrong! Good on ya, Reub!!!
As they say in (American) football- he outkicked his coverage on that one.
It's always nice to see good people having a fun time.
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Or as we say in the uk…He's punching well above his weight
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Good call! If the weather is ok in Oslo today, go to try to eat & drink there:
http://www.vippa.no/about/
Cool place! Am so sorry to not be in the possibility to meet u and Paula today! [emoji41][emoji37][emoji3577]Envoyé de mon iPhone en utilisant Tapatalk
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weather looks great. seems like great fun and a good holiday. always thought it'd be rare to have sun up in norway..
Is that what we could call «patina» on the fondled areas?[emoji15]
also, yes. although i prefer to use the term "seen some mileage.."
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There was a lot of fishing, that usually seems to help with the smiling.
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Fantastic Pictures, Looks like you all had a blast. Norway is beautiful in summer (and without rain). I Need to come back…
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How come you didn’t keep any of those pollock? (Coalfish) are they out of season? And could you please explain the maelstrom to me. I understand tides. I love on the tidal area of the Housatonic river here in CT. We have strong tidal pull here. But what’s this maelstrom stuff about?
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@Matty123 The coalfish are delicious, I eat them all the time. It was G&P’s last day and we squeezed the fishing into a bit of time we had before their flight. We basically went straight to the airport with a brief stop to pick up bags. G&P couldn’t eat them and gutting and filleting was too time consuming.
The maelstrom is sometimes erroneously referred to as a whirlpool. It is actually made up of many whirlpools in motion. It is formed in a channel between two fjords. The sea floor of each fjord is at a different height so when the tide is going in or out the water either rushes in or rushes out in a very violent manner over the uneven sea bed. This causes extremely powerful, and conflicting currents.
More here, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltstraumen or Google for some mental videos.
