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Danbeth wrote: Sat Feb 16 2019 22:44 -
Looks a bloody good zander to me 🤷🏻‍♂️

It IS a good fish, but you miss the point entirely it seems, or can't see it, (s***e' photo) belittling a good catch (and leaving Gary open to ridicule).

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Also take into account the size of captor, Gary probably weighs 165 lb so the fish looks bigger. How about Phil Wakeford’s 40Lb +er, somehow he made that look like a Minnow.
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I doubt if he will even weigh that much Steve but, hey ho, still looks like a cracking fish to me and its also clear to me that his arms are not extended to an excessive degree.
For some reason which is not clear to me, poor old Gary always seem to get a bad press on this forum :shrug: .
He seems to be a really nice guy IMO, and I am not a great fan of guides TBH.

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Will Smith wrote: Sun Feb 17 2019 20:11 -
For some reason which is not clear to me, poor old Gary always seem to get a bad press on this forum :shrug: .
Bizarre, Gary's a decent bloke.
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Came across as sound when I met him
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davelumb wrote: Sat Feb 16 2019 15:11 -
Wide angle lens in close to the fish = Mr Pinhead-Sausagefingers.

This is how you do it - 10lb pike plus 14mm lens.

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Your are still horrible to look at no matter what angle lense you use. Here’s a huge zander I caught last night. Unfortunately I held it so close to the camera you can only see one scale ......
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By the way when you catch a 17lb zed which I have not you can hold it any way you like!!!
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Neville Fickling wrote: Tue Feb 19 2019 08:22 -

Your are still horrible to look at no matter what angle lense you use.
Pot, kettle. :tongues:
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davelumb wrote: Tue Feb 19 2019 09:04 -
Neville Fickling wrote: Tue Feb 19 2019 08:22 -

Your are still horrible to look at no matter what angle lense you use.
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looks big to me, and not just the angle of the pics
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Cracking Fish,
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Neville Fickling wrote: Tue Feb 19 2019 08:25 -
By the way when you catch a 17lb zed which I have not you can hold it any way you like!!!
Well said Neville, I have always been taught to make sure the fish fills the frame, I think there are some who would prefer to see more of the fence 😳
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Using smart phones creates many of the problems. I see a lot of super sized fish pictures (and hands) on facefuck and instaknob. I had a nice fish when out stalking and went to take a snap of it, only to find the memory card was missing from the camera (still in the laptop and no spares on me - doh). Dog walker came by as I was about to put it back and took some pics with my phone. I didn't hold it out to the lens, but you can see how much bigger the fish looks (went 25.10)...

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Danbeth wrote: Sat Feb 16 2019 22:44 -
Looks a bloody good zander to me 🤷🏻‍♂️
Yup still a huge Zander no matter the pose.
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