\n Comedian and actors Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer took to Herefordshire’s River Wye in a recent episode of the BBC Two programme, Whitehouse and Mortimer: Gone Fishing.\n<\/p>\n
\n The fourth episode of the eighth series saw Paul and Bob travel to Herefordshire to catch a fish which had “frustratingly eluded” them for eight years: a perch.\n<\/p>\n
\n The comedic pair, along with their accompanying dog, Ted, started their mission off at a private lake in the small village of Birley, which lies just off the A4410 heading from Hereford to Leominster.\n<\/p>\n
\n Pausing any further actions on their “perch search”, the pair headed to their 17th-century cottage in an undisclosed location, where pampered pooch Ted was due to undergo a massage led by dog masseuse, Ruth McDonagh.\n<\/p>\n
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\n The next day, after a healthy fruit platter breakfast and a good night’s sleep, Paul announced he’d be taking Bob to the banks of his “favourite river”, the Wye.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It’s had a few lean years, hasn’t it? The Wye, but it’s always a joy to go there,” Bob said.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It is glorious.”<\/p>\n
\n Arriving at a picturesque spot of the Wye with glistening water, Paul and Bob had high hopes of stumbling across a school of Perch, but despite their best efforts, their first catch was nothing more than a common chub.\n<\/p>\n
\n Moving downstream, the pair eventually caught themselves a “pretty” yet small perch.\n<\/p>\n
\n Calling it a day, Bob said there was “an overriding sense of defeat, which we’ll only get over by going to the pub.”\n<\/p>\n
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