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I can’t go down the road of Merino socks, my feet would rip them apart, picture the bark of a very old oak tree 🤔 that’s what the soles of my feet look like. Just a bit lazy looking after them I get the black and decker sander out now and then when they get really bad.

Got a bit of new kit on the way... When they arrive I'll post some pics of the whole kit bankside...👍😎

Talking of socks can anyone beat my Christmas haul 22 pairs, 🙄😂🤶🎄 I smashed it this sockmas.

On the subject of Pike. I had a trip out yesterday for a couple of hours and two young friends in their young teens came past and asked if I had anything and if it was ok to set up in the corner way over to my left. I replied had nothing and yes, it’s okay to fish in the corner and thanked them for asking. One had a run and hooked a jack Pike about 4-5 lb on a pineapple pop up 😳 I shouted over well done lads and one asked if I could take a pic. The both was so excited I took the pic of them holding the fish and they returned it on the mat. .. then as they watched it go they turned to each other and hugged it was lovely to see, a very uplifting moment.

Well you won't be needing to buy any for a few years...

Fulla splinters I'd imagine...👍😉

Bet they promise the earth and fail to deliver!

Look after your feet mate, they do a lot of work keeping you on the road, you wouldn't drive a car with bald tyres, keep that for your head 😂

They'll go with the banksticks I had made

They look proper as my grandson would say 👍

I've got some bamboo socks , and thermal vests . I wonder what bamboo pants are like ? . 😄

Well I gave my first Pike Anglers Club presentation in Lincoln at the start of December, all photographs moved from Android phone onto USB stick. They can't be put in time order so it is a case of slideshow by double clicking each pic as you need it. The next regional presentation I will be doing for the PAC is in Cambridge Region on 8th January.

When I quickly read the first word of your post , Elmo , I thought " here we go , Elmo has an alternative opinion 🙄 " . There's only one Elmo ( thank goodness ) 😁. Thanks for the tip about B&M though . 😃

Yeah seems very good kit, funny enough i have ordered it in 12lb BS as tackle box claim it has a real BS of around 18lb, i would of used the NGT camo 18lb as it has a low diameter but its not abrasion resistant at all unlike Hydro tuff, also i wanted to keep line diameter as low as sensible as i now fish this lovely snaggy lake pretty close in

Hydrotuff won't let you down. It's the only line strong enough to keep my button attached to my trousers after xmas dinner 😂💪

As i have a pair of new reels on the way seems wrong to load cheap line on them so as im mot casting any big distance and the lake is a hell hole of snags makes sense to get a spool of Hydrotuff and just go for a decent line from the start

Well done on sorting out the Cards 👍

The later Mitchell's had a strip of red chenille around the base of the spool to stop this happening... it wears away with age, you could probably replicate it with some fly tying chenille glued in place

My mate Bruce is forever scouring ebay for Mitchell reels, and he has a large box of spare parts from beyond economical repair reels, and a large display case of reels. He repaired and repainted one of my old Mitchell's where the rotor goes anti-clockwise so reels in 'backwards'. My view is a reel is to be used, so it is on one of my chub stalking rods.

Just took delivery of a pair o' new banksticks..😍 the optonics look nifty on em I have a trio of 400 and 300 Mitchells, 2 of em with the Boomerang anti reverse levers, the other a later version

Taste and texture not a fan of fish at all other than from a nice chippy.

Credit cards...fatal 🙈🤣 been grafting the last couple months and nearly got it cleared, £72.45 left to pay which will be cleared Friday 💪 Anyway, I'm still sorting a mixer for my bait rolling setup. Does anyone know if it needs to be a dough hook or would a paddle attachment work?

My Mrs is awesome been together 30 years it was her that got me back into fishing she even puts up with my terriers and they run rings around her.

I've been up today and cleared all the gutters and cleaned em out, neighbour saw me and asked do there's too...why not.