Pysgotwr Lisa: Y Dyn ei Hun

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-I'm Lisa Angharad.

-I'm trying professions

-traditionally associated with men.

-This week, I'm a fisherman.

-It'll be cold, wet and smelly

-but I'm determined to give it a go.

-Stay with me -

-this is going to be a bumpy ride.

-Let's hoist the sails

-and away we go.

-Where better to learn more

-about the creatures of the deep...

-..than Billingsgate fish market.

-30,000 tonnes of produce

-are sold here each year.

-The demand for fresh fish in Britain

-is on the increase.

-I can't see a single female here -

-until now.

-This market

-has an annual turnover of 200m.

-You can buy anything here -

-white fish, red fish, shellfish...

-..just a fish's head, everything!

-My first challenge is to hold one -

-easy!

-No, I can't.

-I didn't do too well with the eel

-but I'm fine with the fish.

-When I walked past them,

-I could pick any one of them up.

-The eel was just slimy and, well...

-No, but I'll be fine on the sea.

-Fine.

-I hope so anyway.

-Back on Anglesey...

-..a husband and wife are so used to

-fishing, they wrote a song about it.

-# We'll go fishing

-# You and me on a boat on the lake

-# A fishing rod and a bottle of wine

-# Cast out and reel back in

-# It's so pleasant,

-no troubles in the world

-# There's nothing better

-in the world, I'm sure

-# Than the moonlight

-shining on the water

-# You and me on a boat on the lake

-# We'll go fishing #

-I can't wait to hear some tips

-from singing duo Iona and Andy.

-Hello, hello, how are you?

-How are you?

-Now then, Iona, Andy,

-everyone knows you're a singing duo.

-Since when have you been

-professional fishermen?

-Uh, no, we've never been

-professional fishermen.

-What?

-What?

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-Never.

-Yeah, well, that was a lot of help.

-We'll go fishing, indeed!

-Before going out to sea,

-I need training.

-I'm in Plas Menai

-for the Sea Survival course.

-Oh, my gosh.

-I've been with Cliff all morning.

-I've learnt that the sea

-is a very dangerous place.

-I know more about what to do

-if there's trouble at sea.

-I've learnt how to put

-a life-jacket on. Handy.

-How to jump on to a life raft.

-This afternoon, I'm doing

-the real thing in the swimming pool.

-There's nothing I want to do less

-than jumping into a swimming pool.

-It's a cold, crisp day

-and I don't want to get my hair wet.

-I asked Mam what I should wear.

-They said I could wear a bikini

-or a t-shirt and leggings.

-"Oh, Lisa, don't wear a bikini.

-"Don't try and look

-like Pamela Anderson and fail."

-I really don't want to do this bit.

-This morning was fine.

-It was like being in school.

-I don't like jumping into the water.

-When I'm on holiday, I just put

-one foot in front of the other.

-Everyone else just bombs

-into the water.

-Cliff won't let me do that.

-I'll go in head first.

-And, and... I tend to have ear

-infections when I'm underwater...

-..so it's dangerous.

-Unfortunately,

-no-one was worried about my ears.

-Thanks, lads.

-SHE SCREAMS

-Hands underneath.

-Yeah, fine. I think my hair's dry.

-After settling in the water,

-everything was fine.

-Until Cliff started playing

-with his hosepipe.

-I'm not happy at all.

-Cliff, come here.

-I forgave Cliff, but next, I had

-to deal with a life-saving raft...

-..and learn how to pull it

-the right way up.

-It was a heavy heifer too.

-Apparently, an overturned life raft

-in the sea is no good to anyone.

-See how easy it is

-when you help them in?

-With time moving on,

-my fingers wrinkly...

-..and Cliff going on and on

-about survival...

-..it was time for a couple

-of quiet minutes in the raft.

-SCREAMING

-Oh, my gosh, I'm stuck.

-For the first time ever,

-wet right through...

-..I didn't enjoy myself in a tent

-with hunky men.

-Out I went.

-Everything went wrong.

-Oh, my nail varnish has chipped.

-I've had water in my ear.

-They tell me my mascara's messy.

-I'm not feeling very well.

-Other than that, it's fine.

-I'm a bit hot

-but we're all enjoying ourselves.

-Yes, I enjoyed myself,

-and now, I'm ready for anything.

-Yes, this is the sea.

-It's time for some action.

-My mentor is actor

-and renowned angler...

-..Julian Lewis Jones.

-Nice to meet you. I'm Lisa.

-Do you like my gloves?

-Lovely. I'm glad to see

-you're sensibly dressed.

-Are you ready to go fishing?

-Follow me.

-You'll be helping me just as a

-crew member on a charter boat would.

-I'll be helping you?

-You'll be helping me too.

-This is no jolly.

-This is no jolly.

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-Oh, dear.

-Are you OK with bait?

-Have you handled bait before?

-If it's little fish pieces,

-I'll be fine.

-If it's worms or maggots, then no.

-I'll have a little surprise for you.

-Watch yourself,

-it's very slippery here.

-Don't be shy. Leg over!

-Watch yourself. OK?

-That was quite smooth.

-Before venturing out too far

-from Caernarfon...

-..I got intimate with Julian...

-..for a lesson on how to cast.

-I'm going to cast it out.

-Watch my thumb.

-Cast it out. I hover my thumb

-until it hits the water.

-Once the bait hits the water,

-my thumb's back on the spool.

-Then let the line out.

-If you don't use your thumb

-as resistance on the spool...

-..when the bait hits the water...

-..there's nowhere

-for the weight to go.

-The spool is still turning.

-The end result is an overrun,

-a bird's nest.

-The line piles up because

-there's nowhere for it to go.

-You must stop the line

-and feed it out.

-One, two, three.

-Whoa, whoa, whoa!

-Oh, my gosh.

-A bird's nest. What happened?

-A bird's nest usually occurs

-when you cast around 100 yards out.

-As you can see, what's that -

-ten feet?

-Oops! We're heading out to see and I

-don't think Julian's happy with me.

-I'm sure I'll pay the price

-for that.

-Oh, my gosh.

-What do you think of those?

-They're ragworms.

-Ohhhh...!

-I'll put the first one on the hook.

-These are small hooks.

-We won't use a whole one -

-we'll cut it in half.

-You're cutting it in half? Urgh!

-You do the next one.

-I just don't like things like this.

-Come on.

-Urgh!

-Hold it tight.

-Hold it tight.

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-I can't find its mouth.

-How did you do it?

-Keep going, keep going.

-Go on, go on.

-Brilliant. Great.

-Job done. Well done.

-# Hallelujah #

-OK, OK. Whoo-hoo!

-We need some weights.

-We need some weights.

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-That was dangerously close.

-It was a good idea at the time.

-Soon, we were heading

-for the waves beyond the bar.

-No, not that kind of bar,

-unfortunately. This was a sandbar.

-Whoa!

-Click it in to gear.

-Tighten the line.

-Wait for it to tighten at the top.

-Place it there.

-My hands are so cold.

-One, two, three, four...

-Can you help me, please?

-Come on, up you come.

-They're not much cleaner

-than they were.

-Under your armpit.

-Thumb on the reel. That's it.

-With that hand there, pull the other

-hand away and release it.

-The other thumb...

-There you go, OK.

-OK, OK.

-Oh, my gosh.

-Thumb there. Release the spool.

-Right down, start releasing it.

-Whoa, whoa, whoa.

-Keep your thumb on the spool.

-Keep going, that's it.

-There you go.

-OK, right, OK?

-Julian calls it 'sal mor'. For

-everyone else, it's sea sickness.

-I wasn't ready for it.

-Oh, my God, I'm going to be sick.

-I'm going to be sick.

-I have lipstick on my hand.

-As you've just seen,

-I've just been sick.

-I feel a little better now,

-actually.

-I do. Ready to fish.

-Am I?

-Sorry about that.

-I haven't even washed my hands.

-I haven't even washed my hands.

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-I'll get you some water.

-Thanks, Julian. Love you too.

-We trim that neatly. You call that

-a tucked half-blood knot.

-OK?

-I want you to do one just like this.

-I'm going to be sick.

-You're going to be sick?

-Yes? Don't think about it.

-I am.

-OK.

-Two minutes.

-Poor girl!

-How do you know

-when there's a fish on the hook?

-The tip will start moving.

-A fish will pull on the line.

-Is that moving?

-OK?

-Right, OK, don't panic, don't panic.

-Step back, step back, step back.

-OK, right.

-Well done.

-You've caught your first fish.

-What is it?

-What is it?

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-A dogfish.

-Kill it!

-Kill it!

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-I'm not going to kill it.

-It's in pain.

-It's in pain.

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-Well done. Your first fish.

-Dog... 'Ci'...

-Dogfish in English,

-'ci mor' in Welsh.

-Hello, love.

-Hello.

-Have you ever held a fish before?

-I'm not very good

-at things like that.

-Oh, it can't breathe out here.

-These are very tough.

-Well done.

-Are you going to throw it back?

-Grab its tail. It's not heavy.

-It's so weird.

-There we go, OK.

-Ta-ra!

-Lower it down to the water.

-Let it go?

-Let it go. Watch it swim away.

-A happy ending.

-You caught a fish.

-Fair play, well done.

-Sick twice and I caught a dogfish.

-Julian ran over here

-and I followed him.

-What's this?

-What's this?

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-Another dogfish.

-What tends to happen...

-It didn't even eat the worm.

-What tends to happen is

-they turn up in packs.

-They pick up the scent

-of the bait...

-..and they all want some.

-We'll put this one back.

-Ta-ta again.

-It's not the same one, is it?

-It's more vicious.

-A fish each.

-More bait now.

-Mine was better than his.

-With the two of us having caught

-one each, the light fading...

-..and the taste of sick still

-in my throat, we headed home...

-..for a warm bath.

-There's a big day

-ahead of me tomorrow.

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-Welcome to the Menai muscle men

-fishing crew.

-With a name like that,

-it's a woman-free zone.

-It's 7.50am.

-It's raining and it's windy.

-I can't feel my feet.

-I'm about to board that boat.

-I'm not sure where the smell's

-coming from but it's not nice.

-I'm not sure what I'll be doing

-but I feel sick already.

-Today's going to be a lot of fun.

-The Menai's mussel farm

-is the biggest in Britain.

-It makes up at least half

-of the UK's export market.

-The sun is rising

-and I'm here with John.

-This is a mussel boat.

-We'll be looking to collect

-22 tonnes of mussels today...

-..for the Dutch market.

-How do you know they're there?

-How do you know where they are?

-We know they're there

-because we farm the mussels.

-We collect mussel seeds and

-grow them over two to three years.

-We know over a three-year period

-how much we'll sell in any year.

-What's my role today?

-We'll have a variety

-of jobs for you.

-The best jobs.

-We'll get you kitted out first.

-I look like a banana.

-Ooh!

-For God's sake.

-It's heavy!

-OK.

-SHE SCREAMS

-Reverse, John!

-When the crew had finished

-playing with their ropes...

-..we went to search for the mussels.

-With John at the helm, and smooth

-water ahead, things were looking up.

-We've left the harbour.

-We're on the sea.

-When you're dressed like this,

-in an uniform...

-..you always have to walk

-with a little limp.

-It's also more of an effort

-to do things and you have a hunch.

-The dredge is scraping the sea bed

-collecting the mussels.

-The mussels are cleaned in here.

-They move up the conveyor belt and

-he removes the starfish and seaweed.

-Then they're bagged up.

-My next job, if I can catch it...

-..is hooking the next dredge

-as it flies in.

-Every net holds

-around a tonne of mussels.

-You have to be very careful

-when you pour them into the troughs.

-Simply, you have to run away.

-SHE WRETCHES

-That's one of the worst smells

-I've ever smelt.

-This is a wet, smelly job.

-My fingers sting. It's horrible.

-I need to go up and help Steve

-on the conveyor belt.

-Lucky I'm slim!

-Is it dead?

-Flatfish, flatfish!

-The flatfish goes back in.

-That's enough hard work.

-I'm going in to join John.

-I want to know why

-he's driving us around in circles.

-Hiya, John, I'm clean now.

-Well, I'm better than I was.

-Enjoying yourself?

-I do feel sick. Just a little.

-The weather's changed

-since we came out.

-Right, so what happens here?

-When you were on the deck

-grabbing the hook...

-..I control that with these handles.

-Everything goes up

-the conveyor belt...

-What's 'halen'? As in salt?

-No. These were made in Holland.

-Everything's written down in Dutch.

-What is 'halen'?

-I'd say hauling.

-I'd say hauling.

-

-Cool.

-Where's stop, go and changing gears?

-I'm popping out for a second

-so you can steer the boat.

-There's no steering wheel anymore.

-This steers the boat.

-OK.

-When you turn that, the boat turns.

-That's the throttle

-which speeds us up.

-If I set you up, you can see

-Bangor pier in the distance.

-I can't see a thing.

-Oh, that pier.

-Oh, right, OK.

-Keep to that line...

-Keep to that line...

-

-Straight. So just stand here?

-Stand there and turn that

-the way you want to steer the boat.

-OK, thanks, John.

-It's still moving

-but I'm not touching anything.

-I'll switch this?

-This is easy.

-Any girl could do this.

-Look, I can even do this.

-It's a hard life.

-Billy,

-can I have a cup of tea, please?

-After switching on the autopilot,

-I visited the kitchen.

-It's true -

-sea air makes you hungry.

-First, shallots.

-They're a little fiddly.

-If you're lazy, buy onions.

-Next, garlic. This stinks too.

-Who doesn't like garlic?

-Coriander.

-The mussels go in. Ta-ra!

-Right, here we go.

-Boys, lunch!

-Come on.

-Looks delicious.

-You haven't tasted it yet.

-In you come, Billy,

-I've done a mussels special for you.

-Very nice but the bread's

-too hard for my teeth.

-I'd worked hard with John

-and the crew on the mussels.

-I enjoyed it.

-Cliff soaked me in Plas Menai.

-I went over the bar

-with Julian Lewis Jones.

-Fallen, been sick and hooked a fish.

-This is so much fun, girls!

-We've arrived back in Bangor.

-Is that where we are?

-In Bangor.

-How did I do?

-Very well. You looked ill at

-one point but you pulled through.

-I turned grey.

-I've fed you and everything.

-I looked after you.

-Can I come back?

-Can I come back?

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-Anytime.

-Thanks for having me.

-I've really enjoyed myself.

-Well, I enjoyed some of it.

-Thank you.

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