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I actually saw these working today (2 runs) and was mighty impressed with them. Although these are way before my first Carp adventures i believe some of you may remember them. Mick the owner said they have an avesion to the rain ( nothings changed there then lol )

thought id share my creepy crawlys. the best bit im actually petrified of anything with 8 legs lol firstly my burgandy goliath bird-eating tarantula, still a baby at the moment but can grow to 25cm, her name is freya. and secondly my much smaller Chilean rose tarantula who my daughter named barbie lol.

The only part of my feet any adder would see would be the smoke coming off my trainers as I beat a hasty retreat

Lol, think you Southerners are more used to our slithery friends than I would be for certain. Never seen a snake in the wild in nearly 50 years ,blimey I'm bad enough with rats you can keep your snakes thank you very much.

ive got a corn snake, as there is no swearing on here i cant tell you her name, she is an evil little thing. ill try get a pic up in a bit, but she`ll probably eat the camers lol.

Crikey I wouldn't be keen on the mouse let alone the spiders,I am a big wuss where such things are concerned

It's nowt to do with offensive and everything to do with No buying or selling on the Forum...And despite the clever wording so as to appear not to openly say this is for sale at **** do you want to but it it was obvious that was implied lol I assume a mod looked at that post and though tut tut.....Delete.....Simples

Well that was lame, had to delete the file as I couldn't edit my post... I'll try again ! https://youtu.be/_YICb5O0EAc

My discoveries from this evening, just for you bivvystreet [emoji12] (sorry for hijacking your thread keeno86!) https://goo.gl/photos/bQnXqFcxhdZv8BxW8

With that deep notch it's almost like built-in snag bars.

What these little fellas Steve i think it's 50 year old line in 6lb with a striking action of a bear trap that may have did the trick......And the lillies lol

I was fishing a local club lake near me a few years ago. It's in the middle of a nice housing estate, so no night fishing. In the middle of the day, I saw something moving across the water. Initially, I thought it was a small rat, but the shape wasn't right. As it swam past my swim, no further than 5m out, I could clearly see that it was a snake. Not sure if it was grass or adder, but I suspect it was the latter. My parents had an adder resident in their garden years ago. They're not really a problem to be honest. I would just recommend that you avoid treading on them. Apparently they don't like it.

We did make sure to minimise the amount of gear we took. Before the advent of carp barrows, an ordinary wheelbarrow often made the journey Plus there was also a time when gear was put into the boat and rowed across the lake If we couldn't or didn't have those, then it was often a two trip job.

There is a lake down the road from my nemesis bayeswater that has a massive population of grass snakes. Hoowage great things, green and will randomly scoot across the bank or happily take shelter under bucket lids or chairs, proper freaked me out!

I have been using the same xplode since they came on the market. It has not broken yet which is more than can be said of the spombs I have had. The main advantage for me is that you can fill it and close it one handed while holding the rod in the other hand so I find it much faster to bait up an area. I am not a massive caster so have no worries on the distance score. Main downside is it does not retrieve as nicely as the spomb - but of the two I much prefer the xplode. I always have both in my bait bucket but always choose the xplode first.

It seems so wrong but I've got to admit I would be tempted to feed a live mouse.... it is funny that you say of being scared of spiders, when I see a biggun run it makes me jump the over way!!!

hope you are enjoying your holiday mate! love the praying mantis and if i see that spider in the first pic running around the room id be hiding under the blankets while the missus deals with it. at the moment she is a sub adult, still bigger than most normal tarantulas, she currently destroys large locusts and dubai roaches, she will eat 5 in one sitting is i let her. as for when she gets bigger ill be feeding much the same tbh, ill give her pinky (frozen mice) once a month as a treat but that sort of thing if fed to regular will cause more issues than its worth in some of the larger tarantulas. im currently looking to get the goliath birtd eater, its the largest in the world, mine is the second largest in the world. there are a few bird eating species out there that will all reach over 20cm.

Super cool! I used to have a red rump and a zebra, red rump called Boris very docile and "friendly" the zebra was mighty aggressive so got named Begbie aka trainspotting Would love a Goliath! What do you feed her? What will you feed her when fully grown? Am currently in Cyprus on hols and this is the best I've spotted so far, about the size of a USB stick... Have seen bigger before though. Found this critter on the first night... .... Oh and my boy caught this...

It was subtle but there was buried deep within the post that now no longer resides these hallowed pages an inferance that you might should someone wish to buy and you sell a certain Barra which you have in your possession. As per the rules it should be of no surprise it got erased, But that's just my humble opinion