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  2. jh92

    New purchases

    3 x nash slap heads, won them on ebay for Β£17.66 πŸ‘ŒπŸ‘Œ
  3. I've found the korda and esp splicing needles to be the best ones I've tried
  4. They'll be fine... the Sharpe 9 footers are Salmon spinning rods, all I'd say is they are not meant to cast heavy leads, I keep my leads down to 1.5oz max for a chuck
  5. Yesterday
  6. Well , Kev , I have just quoted your post to my Wife , but I think she already understands why I don't go fishing / have to catch a fish to enjoy myself . πŸ˜ƒ
  7. Well the waters I fish don't have anything bigger than 20's , so I should be o.k. ! 😁
  8. I have 2Γ—9'3" and 2Γ—9'6" plus an 8 footer... all have handled 20's... the only time I struggled with one,was when I hooked a 40lb+ at Ashmead in 2018... just couldn't stop it ploughing through 2 weedbeds... lost it...😭 I retired 6 years ago, (ill health) get my state pension this year, got my name down for one of Leszeks Masterpieces but he's getting on a bit now
  9. Dress your dog up as a ferret, there's no rule against ferrets. Sadly, the rule of no guns rules me out.
  10. A basic way to reduce NHS annual spending - print all letters in greyscale and save money on ink.
  11. 4 night blank to get me into the swing of things, lots to learn and a new playing field as the water is up 4ft on last year's drought level. Great trip loved it - spring is in the air, the birds are at it, frogs in the margins being hunted by pike and masses of bugs crawling out the lake especially during rain - so many caddis or whatever they were that it freaked me out - all coming under my door by the dozen. Can't wait to get back down asap.
  12. kevtaylor

    Dogs and fishing

    Back on the sydi, Jack seems happy! πŸ™‚
  13. Oh H , that's horrible about your back , I hope you get your operation as soon as possible . I'm hoping to retire this year , and I'm wondering about going all cane with my Sharpe , selling my carbons , or selling my Sharpe πŸ€” . I must get down the lake and experiment . All the best . Andy πŸ˜ƒ
  14. jh92

    New purchases

    Only went in for some kickers 🀣🀣
  15. Just brought a bag of haiths robin red, betaine powder, vitamin powder, belachan powder, full fat GLM powder and krill powder to knock up my cork ball pop ups. now just need to buy the cork balls! πŸ™„
  16. Three stripes of thinking angler spliced leadcore and I'm not a happy chap, gone through three different splicing needles trying to splice my kryston leadcore all of them snapped so the TA pre splices with no bits it is. Not bad a lot more supple than the Kryston, also got a set of the Korda inline skyliners. Roll on next week.
  17. First time I seen a cradle on the bank I was blown away by the stupidity of a cradle I was just pleasure angling on KWP pine pool, that was back when carp angling got serious and I decided to spread my wings and visit a few different carp venues. Done alright to be fair, reckon I'm about ready for a water I have always had a eye on Bluebells, going to do a bit on mallard, then I'm off 40lb plus hunting on one of the big fish waters at BB, Plus they have a bell on the end, got me wrote all over, lol.
  18. Thanks mate will just stick with the one I got then πŸ‘
  19. @jh92 tbh most of the really well protected mats with sides pack down pretty big. If you're desperate to save space there are a couple of smaller/lighter options such as the Fox Easy Mat, and there are some even cheaper rip-off versions of it (think NGT and Shakespeare offer them). Worth a look but ultimately a bigger/bulkier mat will offer more protection.
  20. Thanks for the reply mate. Is there anything you would suggest for rough ground?
  21. Several years ago I bought a big Nash cradle with a metal frame. I set it up in the front room when it arrived, then packed it back down, and sent it back. Did not look at all safe to me.
  22. This is the one. Decent.πŸ‘†
  23. ThisπŸ‘†πŸ‘†πŸ‘† Wrap sticks cannot give you line twist unless you're taking line off the clutchπŸ‘
  24. Last week
  25. Not a fan... I use a Korum Opportunist mat bag... storage, carryall, can even return fish safely with it... does me...
  26. Wraps, sticks, cords....???? naaaah... not for me... Find a spot I like, mark the line with tape, put a big wide laccy band or bit of bike inner tube on the spool (don't have line clips on old Abu's or Mitchells) and chuck it out with a stringer or PVA bag... you guys are over complicating stuff... and the above is only If I'm fishing at owt more'n 20 yards or so, any closer and I'm on a centerpin reel.... (Shakes head and walks off muttering about the yoof of t'day)πŸ˜›πŸ˜‰πŸ˜ŽπŸ‘
  27. My back isn't up to the drive Andy... anyway, we're doing Romsey later in the year... had 8 cortisone injections in one hit last month... drove to Portsmouth for the Wally trip and I was in agony... waiting for an op on my back to de-nerve it so I'm down to a few hours fishing locally at the mo... The Sharpe is a tough rod, I can almost cast across our club lake with a 1.1 Avid lead, but I'm holding off giving it the beans on a really long chuck... besides if I want to fish the far bank I'll go round the other side and fish the margins...πŸ˜›πŸ‘πŸ€£
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