It’s part and parcel of the angling culture, you call up a buddy to invite him fishing, mention you’re taking someone else and he can’t go. The next thing you hear, ” … whatever you do don’t show him my spot!”

Fishing myth in Japan includes wading into the water where you see a spider web – proof that no one has fished there recently.

It’s the same whether you claw your way up a mountainside, or lose the tailing traffic in a Gordian Knot of dirt roads – you’re busy patting yourself on the back and glance down to see an arrowhead.

Face it, your spot is the best kept secret of a couple hundred fishermen, so when another dog nears your hydrant, there’s no need to show teeth.

The Mother of all Red Faced-ness is the fellow that thought the above spot was known only to him. With the assistance of Google Earth, scientists have discovered the remnants of a thousand year old fishing trap off the coastline of Wales.

Stones stacked a meter wide with the overall dimension 835 feet, it’s the Stonehenge of Angling – with some fellow on the bank wondering why “his” spot is suddenly so popular.