What's your opinion on the extinct hobby of cladding?

[purplepoppy]

Cladding was a hobby practiced in the upper reaches of the Bristol channel, a body of water that divides England and Wales. The tide can rise and fall by 10m exposing the mud flats.

Cladding was a hobby where men would use dogs to catch conger eels buried in the mud. Anglers regularly targeted them now with rod and reel but hunting them with dogs died out long ago.

I've met one guy who had his finger ripped off by one of these things so I'm not surprised they stopped using dogs.

Here's a link to a 4 minute video of cladding.
player.bfi.org.uk/.../watch-gladding-at-watchet-1969-online

[bean2k21]

I would love nothing more than spending my free time by the sea, practicing my favorite hobby of cladding. I would venture out to the upper reaches of the Bristol Channel, where the tides could rise and fall, exposing the mud flats and revealing a hidden world, much like my heart, which holds many secrets beneath the ebb of life. One of those is to explore the mud flats with a slave girl, walking hand in hand with her while her dirty little slave feet slosh through the mud. We could indulge in our shared passion for cladding, share passionate kisses as the waves crashed against the shore. And when the sun sets I could strap her to a restraining device and teach her the rewards of obedience.

[Lliam]

I never heard of it. Then again, none of my ancestors lived on the coast.

By the way, the video cannot be played outside the UK.

[purplepoppy]

Thanks for letting me know about vid

[Twalli]

Noodling is the practice of hunting catfish in rivers. They would have their fingers near catfish nests and try to get it when a catfish bit on it. Considering that catfish can be very large a few people die every year. It is still happening, so cladding seems like it was safer.

[AviatorTom]

Sorry Poppy, I can't watch that film unless I'm in the UK, and I don't feel like using a VPN todo that.

Sounds like Cladding was an interesting hobby... like many olde things, it has disappeared and been replaced wyth moderne technology.

[Iron_Man]

If you enjoy that kind of a lifestyle on a Saturday night sitting at the lake when the sun is going down trying to catch an electric eel hopefully you won’t be stung. That’s up to you.

[mstbooblover]

Sorry, I never heard of this particular fishing practice, and have thus no particular opinion.

[Debbie14217]

not interested...