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And another… 14lb 

During Lockdown in 2020 I started getting back into my model building again.
The majority of the aircraft are in 1:48, with a few 1:72 on separate shelf, and the ships are 1:600.
Got a few more to do

He’s had another! 38lb 2oz common, equals his common PB 

I have a fleet of models, but these are mainly 1/10th rc rock crawlers here is my most recent one an FTX Trooper based on a toyota LC71, i have added lots of scale parts, great fun to drive

Thanks, I do have a couple. I've doubled up on HMS Belfast in 1/600. I bought it myself, then a friend stayed over after I took him for a days pike fishing on the reservoir and for thanks gave me another Belfast.
I ordered Prinz Eugen, and unintentionally picked 1/740 instead of 1/600. Rather than send it back I just bought the 'right' scale.

Although I have purchased and been given a few more I'm paused on Bismarck at the moment. 
I've got an HMS Suffolk in the collection as well as others in the pics
 


 

Swans and ducks who eat stones which then grind the food in the crop I believe.
The sizes limited were Number 8 shot up to 1oz, hence why Arlesey Bombs and Inline leads minimum weight is now 1.1oz.
The other issue, is gun shot pellets, where lead is illegal around watercourses in those same sizes, and being phased out in all shotgun cartridges by 2029.

Therein are many problems within business and fishing, the need to make money.
I've had run-ins in the past with Simon Pomeroy over someone using a huge single hook for pike fishing. He doesn't like people disagreeing with him!
I have tried Stonze, in various sizes and they cast like a bag of spanners, more wobble than Jessica Rabbit.
For short range fishing, fine.
For the potential camouflage aspect, fine.
For any distance, yuck.
Pushing Dropping the lead was another business invention, the more leads you drop, the more you sell...
The original reason for the invention of the Lead Clip was the ease of removing the lead at the end of the session, or changing lead size during the session! It provided a way of being able to fish semi-fixed without attaching tubing over the hooklink swivel, to hold a lead bead in place. Instead of buying 2 items you bought 1.
I hate dropping the lead; in most cases there is no need, even in weedy waters.
I have fished very weedy waters, and never found the need to drop the lead. Personally I used to use Zipp (Distance) shaped 1oz to 3oz inline leads in weed, and had few problems. As long as the lead has no shoulder, no weed catching. Your hook catches more on the retrieve.
Gawd, imagine trying to play a fish through weed with a Stonze inline or not!
That's not to say I don't lose leads; a snap-off thanks to pike or swan swimming through the line, an occasional quick clip and the lead pinging off the clip during the fight. 
However, there is an environmental issue, both as @greekskii says from microplastics, and the amount of lead in various waters, lost or 'dumped' tackle. 
Dumping the lead is really decriminalised littering, pollution,  I do recall something about fishing weights being lead was raised in the EU Parliament. We are not just thinking freshwater fishing here, we have to include sea fishing, both beach, boat and commercial as all use lead weights. There is potential for a ban, and even though we are no longer part of the European Union.
 
 
 
 

Therein are many problems within business and fishing, the need to make money.
I've had run-ins in the past with Simon Pomeroy over someone using a huge single hook for pike fishing. He doesn't like people disagreeing with him!
I have tried Stonze, in various sizes and they cast like a bag of spanners, more wobble than Jessica Rabbit.
For short range fishing, fine.
For the potential camouflage aspect, fine.
For any distance, yuck.
Pushing Dropping the lead was another business invention, the more leads you drop, the more you sell...
The original reason for the invention of the Lead Clip was the ease of removing the lead at the end of the session, or changing lead size during the session! It provided a way of being able to fish semi-fixed without attaching tubing over the hooklink swivel, to hold a lead bead in place. Instead of buying 2 items you bought 1.
I hate dropping the lead; in most cases there is no need, even in weedy waters.
I have fished very weedy waters, and never found the need to drop the lead. Personally I used to use Zipp (Distance) shaped 1oz to 3oz inline leads in weed, and had few problems. As long as the lead has no shoulder, no weed catching. Your hook catches more on the retrieve.
Gawd, imagine trying to play a fish through weed with a Stonze inline or not!
That's not to say I don't lose leads; a snap-off thanks to pike or swan swimming through the line, an occasional quick clip and the lead pinging off the clip during the fight. 
However, there is an environmental issue, both as @greekskii says from microplastics, and the amount of lead in various waters, lost or 'dumped' tackle. 
Dumping the lead is really decriminalised littering, pollution,  I do recall something about fishing weights being lead was raised in the EU Parliament. We are not just thinking freshwater fishing here, we have to include sea fishing, both beach, boat and commercial as all use lead weights. There is potential for a ban, and even though we are no longer part of the European Union.
 
 
 
 

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1EHPXXwFcx/

I did also get a video of them, which I will add via FB later.

Lake gremlins, their nastiest trick yet.
I got to the lake to discover that the stock fish were interested more in reproduction.
I parked next to the cottage so I could see if I recognised any of the fish. It looked like the new stock rather than originals and the syndicate manager said we can fish, just nowhere near the shallows, so I went down towards the causeway and deeper water.
After a quick play with the marker rod, the first two rods were easy to sort, at around 40metres.
I got my 3rd rod out of the sling, the tip wrap caught up and snapped the tip eye of my RH Enduro rod. Not a happy bunny!
On a postive note I have just spombed in a bucket of Vitacarp, mini maize, maples, 2pints of maggots and 2 tubs of worms up the opposite end of the lake I intended.
I'd been bringing them specifically for BC, but with spawning in the shallows I had to use them elsewhere

I did also get a video of them, which I will add via FB later.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1EHPXXwFcx/

Lake gremlins, their nastiest trick yet.
I got to the lake to discover that the stock fish were interested more in reproduction.
I parked next to the cottage so I could see if I recognised any of the fish. It looked like the new stock rather than originals and the syndicate manager said we can fish, just nowhere near the shallows, so I went down towards the causeway and deeper water.
After a quick play with the marker rod, the first two rods were easy to sort, at around 40metres.
I got my 3rd rod out of the sling, the tip wrap caught up and snapped the tip eye of my RH Enduro rod. Not a happy bunny!
On a postive note I have just spombed in a bucket of Vitacarp, mini maize, maples, 2pints of maggots and 2 tubs of worms up the opposite end of the lake I intended.
I'd been bringing them specifically for BC, but with spawning in the shallows I had to use them elsewhere

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1EHPXXwFcx/

I did also get a video of them, which I will add via FB later.

This was driven by a certain Mr. Pomeroy!
For anyone genuinely interested in lead-free weights, check these out:
Weights – Evolve Tackle
Not cheap at nearly 3 quid a pop but they do look decent.

Lake gremlins, their nastiest trick yet.
I got to the lake to discover that the stock fish were interested more in reproduction.
I parked next to the cottage so I could see if I recognised any of the fish. It looked like the new stock rather than originals and the syndicate manager said we can fish, just nowhere near the shallows, so I went down towards the causeway and deeper water.
After a quick play with the marker rod, the first two rods were easy to sort, at around 40metres.
I got my 3rd rod out of the sling, the tip wrap caught up and snapped the tip eye of my RH Enduro rod. Not a happy bunny!
On a postive note I have just spombed in a bucket of Vitacarp, mini maize, maples, 2pints of maggots and 2 tubs of worms up the opposite end of the lake I intended.
I'd been bringing them specifically for BC, but with spawning in the shallows I had to use them elsewhere

A few hours with my youngest boy this afternoon, resulted in a little common and few grass carp to 15lb.
Happy days

they look awesome, i have to admit to getting back into making and painting 40k stuff about a year ago. it is suprisingly calming to lose a few hours surrounded by glue and paint.
not sure if it's appropriate here but this is an excellent charity that uses model kits for veterans as it can help with PTSD and gives a sense of belonging to a community again, if you ever find you have a kit spare (can happen i have heard) they pass them on to others.
https://www.modelsforheroes.org.uk/
 

Thanks, I do have a couple. I've doubled up on HMS Belfast in 1/600. I bought it myself, then a friend stayed over after I took him for a days pike fishing on the reservoir and for thanks gave me another Belfast.
I ordered Prinz Eugen, and unintentionally picked 1/740 instead of 1/600. Rather than send it back I just bought the 'right' scale.

During Lockdown in 2020 I started getting back into my model building again.
The majority of the aircraft are in 1:48, with a few 1:72 on separate shelf, and the ships are 1:600.
Got a few more to do

Although I have purchased and been given a few more I'm paused on Bismarck at the moment. 
I've got an HMS Suffolk in the collection as well as others in the pics