Rufus1949
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Jack, your creel is just like my father's. We did not get to sit, but stood in the water wearing our waders.I suspect your father's trout basket may be a creel like this Bob? In shape and size at least
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When I used to go trout fishing I used to use a creel like this, but the most common type of fishing in Britain is what is called Coarse Fishing, that's fishing for what the rich folk regard as the less noble species, and it's done from the river bank with a line and a float (or bobber). Since anglers spend their days sat on their behinds all day, they traditionally used a larger, rectangular basket, (today they generally use more modern designs), like the one below. I received one as a Christmas present when I was about 12, but rarely suffered from the condition I mentioned, because my father would take the basket, and I had to sit on the ground
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I haven't been fishing for 50 years, but hope to return to it one day
When fishing on the shore of the Atlantic, for stripers,we would bring portable chairs. Some people would drive their trucks on the beach and sit on the tailgate.
I fished for trout like that. and for pike in the winter. When I was a kid, I thought that fishing was about catching big fish, I didn't realise what it was really about 
Thanks for the inspiration buddy 
