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Guys I may have said I am going to Cuba on holiday in Oct. cool.gif

The average Joe Cuban is desparately poor by our standards plus the fact

that even if they get some cash together there is nothing apart from

essentials for them to buy. sad.gif

Line fishing is one of the most popular past times for the Cuban working man

but as an egalitairian country the orthopeadic surgeon is on the same wage

as the road worker. So you get these two guys (litteraly) side by side

sitting on the rocks fishing. smile.gif Their biggest problem is tackle of ANY sort.

Cuban law forbids them to shop in what is called $US/Canadian shops in the

tourist areas, and it is these shops ONLY that sell up to date fishing gear. ohmy.gif

 

 

So to the point of this ......... I would like to ask the club members via

the forum and next meeting to donate any bits of spare line, hooks,

swivles, etc that they feel they would like to pass on to a Cuban fisherman.

I will be doing the same and infact I am going to give away that rod I got

at the Jumble before I leave Cuba. To my mind it is a Fisherman to Fisherman

sorta thing, no politics or ideology involved. biggrin.gif

I will be at the September meeting and the October meeting and would be delighted to accept your gifts to take on to Cuba smile.gif

 

Mike Harvey

 

PS as they are MAD about T shirts and caps I will take one of each over and

get photo's to prove how far our membership stretches

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