Tuesday 30th December 2014

A SEASONAL QUIZ?

We promised you a Christmas Quiz and as usual you misunderstood exactly what we meant. As a result some emails were received complaining that it did not appear on Christmas day. Do you really think that we have nothing better to do during the festivities? Although our quiz is arguably incredibly boring, it is fairly unusual for this time of year, as it actually has nothing to do with Christmas or the New Year and has very little to do with fly fishing. We never implied that it ever had anything to do with Christmas, fishing or anything else for that matter so we have to refute the accusations that we lied to you!

After completing our quiz, those of you who still have lots of time on your hands could trawl through the past years "Latest News" and see how many "untruths" can be found. Unlike other waters we always "tell it like it is"� and believe that honesty is the best policy especially when referring to members of the angling community, most of whom your Editorial Team appear to loath and despise. So rather than waste your time looking for reporting inaccuracies, why not add up the number of people who will probably feel insulted and abused by having the truth told about them.

Our quiz has no trick questions and some even have a vague connection to things fishy, but to give everyone a chance, many others do not.

As our No.1 contributor, we have felt obliged to repay his diligence by giving Bernard Arthur Charles Meaden, Freeman of the City of London, a head start. However, some cynics say that even the brightest super sleuth needs a Dr Watson so, to save his embarrassment, your editorial team have tried to point him in the right direction on a few of the more tricky questions. After all, with more exciting stories in preparation, we do not want to distract him for too long from hammering away on that old keyboard!