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    Giles is off to Morocco Chasing Blue Fin Tuna Again - Sept 2022

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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      September is when the Blue Fin Tuna run in The Straits of Gibraltar.  I am off on Sunday with my good friend Szymon to try our luck.

      Extreme wet weather jacket pimped - check.

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • DmartD
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        Enjoy Giles and good luck with the tuna!

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        • Daniel SanD
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          Good luck AND be carefull  😉

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          • GilesG
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            What's careful?

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            • EdHE
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              I hope you catch a big one. Travel well.

              Take the dive...

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              • GilesG
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                A couple of mates of mine are already there.  I'm hoping to see a bend like this in my rod…..

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • KasiK
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                  Don’t slip this time G.

                  Have fun

                  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                  The world's insane
                  While you drink champagne
                  And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                  • GilesG
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                    It will be of more note if I don't

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    • goosehdG
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                      Safe travels G and enjoy!  Is this the area where you cut bait and help the local village?

                      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                      • GilesG
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                        It is….

                        Our typical day means getting up at 04:00, catching flying fish in nets and then fishing with those as bait until a little after sun-up.  Repair back to base for breakfast and then back out with lures for the rest of the day.  The Tuna are hunting shoals of flying fish, and it is not worth casting unless we can see Tuna busting the surface and be near enough to get a lure close enough.  Sometimes we'll spend most of the day in the cafe waiting for fish to show, other days we are chasing shoals for 8 hours.....Any fish we catch go into the village cold store, get auctioned off by a government-appointed auctioneer every evening, and count towards the village's Tuna quota for the year.

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        • goosehdG
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                          This trip and your story about it stands out in my mind due to the fact that everyone chips in together to help the Community.  It really seems like a magical time/place and very rewarding…

                          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                          • GilesG
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                            It's a 2 say thing.  I pay to fish, but at a fraction of the price I have found anywhere else, and have a ball.  The villagers get money from me for catching fish that they could probably do better than me  😃 😃 😃

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            • GilesG
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                              Nice new Japanese Meiho box….

                              Which includes all the bits and pieces I need, including ample first aid bits and pieces…...

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • louisboscoL
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                                have a blast, bring back new scars. live to tell the tale. safe trip xx

                                "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                                • ROmanR
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                                  Have a great time, and safe travels.

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                                  • MattM
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                                    I trust you’re current on your tetanus shots.  Honestly  I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the type of thing you have lying around the house.

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                                    • GilesG
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                                      I had one, just in case, in Oman….

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      • TwistlockT
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                                        Safe travels G and good luck with the tuna.

                                        Gesendet von meinem SM-A536B mit Tapatalk

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                                        • KasiK
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                                          @Giles:

                                          What's careful?

                                          Lol [emoji23] be ruthless

                                          Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                                          The world's insane
                                          While you drink champagne
                                          And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                                          • GilesG
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                                            Got Tangier in one piece. It’s 1:15 and I am in a taxi blasting east through the night, and it’s moderately alarming 😀😀😳

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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