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Mate, When I was in my teens we had a Shetland Sheepdog, Sheltie, called Little Mo. I used to take her fishing, she loved it. Very well behaved, and despite being free roaming, she would sit still for hours watching. I still think of her. I think that we remember all our animals, not as pets, but more as friends. Rats? I got presented with this one morning: Exactly, she does try to bury it as well, although I think that is 'prey drive'. A predator does not necessarily want to give away the fact they are about.

It wasn't until I encountered rats all over the swim, on the bivvy, everywhere - on a day ticket complex that I decided I needed a new dog if I was to enjoy fishing again. I didn't feel ready for a new dog (6 months) but my daughter found one and put a deposit down in the hope I'd like it too - it was a great move looking back. Still think of George daily but a new dog does help, we are supposed to have them at the end of the day being dog people - there's one out there waiting for you to give it a great life, that's how I see it anyway. ❤️👍

This is my £20 Rooblinos ngk 8000 that I bought off temu, I've spooled it up with 35lb angryfish purple braid with Gardner shock leader and I will be putting it through its paces sometime to see how it handles the business of spodding, it has some plasticky bits but feels pretty smooth and the line lay doesn't seem bad, it's slow oscillating and a nice long spool, it has sealed bearings and carbon drag washers + a 20kg drag but will it be true to it's spiel and be Elmo proof or will I need to switch back to the battered old Aerlex after it explodes. Only time will tell..........

Well you know how it is Nick , " you don't poo on your own doorstep . " 😁

I'm on three day sess,it's a tad damp lol I'll deffo sort a pic out of my boy ,I've never been so upset when he passed on,but we had a lot of good mini adventures ,bushcrafting at night ,wild cooking, lots of fun ..only reason I not got another is I'm still sad ...

Sky is still fishing with me, and still can't be let off lead. Today's extra dietary items were a goose egg she found in the margins and a dead thing that she found as I took her for a pee. She won't pee or more in the swim, has to go for a short walk.

Hi Nick Sky seems rather disappointed that you haven't even had a nibble of your rat , not even a " thank you " , " oh why does one even bother ? " . 🐀

I think it will bed down a bit tbh after a couple of casts, it went on quite loose, but I might have done a few extra turns than I should I do agree 😂

And there’s the achilles heel of the reel 😉 The specks sound good tho 👍 …..if you don’t mind me saying Elmo I would have a bit less line on the spool

Shambles lol, I should of deffo checked the weather and put a bit more thought into where I was setting my bivvy up, the rain continued all through yesterday and got heavier over night with thunder, lightning and hailstones. The rain was so bad it made its way through the bivvy, the groundsheet some how failed and had water running across it. The ground I set up on just bogged down, this morning I was basically set up in a giant puddle, the bugs vacated the ground and decided to crawl in the bivvy, I had worms and slugs making the way up the bivvy, it was a complete mess 💀🤣 thrown the towel in this morning and just packed up in the rain, piled it all into the car soaking wet 🤣🤣no more fish to report lol

I have one true green and 2 clear with green wheels, true green is better, but initially got a really good deal on clear before I broke one falling over 😂

So did you 🫢 got to be Blue, what’s yours ?

Well that contradicted me then 🤣 What colour are yours B B?

I think the only difference is the LED, but not too sure for definate, you could email Gardner if you want to know for sure, I've only had the underlit so I think it's preference, I would definately advise on the deluxe receiver though, Sometimes the underlit can be hard to see in the daylight if you just get a single beep(good at night though) , and the single led to the side might actually be more visible in that situation but I tend to look at the receiver if I can't tell.

I feel for you mate, such a gut wrenching loss for anyone. Jack is my 2nd cocker, food obsessed, silly as anything but I wouldn't choose anything else now - maybe a staffy as his companion in the future. I look forward to seeing the pics, Casper sounded like a cracker ❤️

What a lovely looking dog ,..lost my bestest mate 25th August last yr ..he was a lemon / roan working cocker...Casper he was called ... I'll find a nice photo of him at his favourite watering hole ,when I find it.. Love spaniels..

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NO - but tuff titty, he's coming anyway 🤣 He does love getting home tbh

Is this any way to treat a pedigree ! . 🐕