I was sorry to hear that yet another long serving UK charter skipper has decided to call it a day. Weymouth based Colin Penny, someone with whom I have fished on many occasions and who I regard as being a good friend, has decided that it is time for ‘Flamer IV’ to move on to her next owner. I have absolutely no compunction in saying that, of the great many skippers that I have had the pleasure of fishing with throughout the near 50 years since I first stepped foot aboard a charter boat, Colin is one of the very best. Having said that, anyone who has ever spent a day aboard Flamer with the two of us would think we didn’t get along, or even like each other, such is our near continual exchange of banter, but I’ve always had the greatest respect for Colin.
Seeing as he once bought
