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We're out at the river and each caught a few in the 12 - 14 lb range and Rob just got this 25-8. We're netting for each other so glory all around.

I buy some tackle from the UK and have it sent to Canada, and that can be tough for larger items. I had a pair of reels sent by Royal Mail and with the boxes and schematics they were over the limit for cheaper postage (a big difference), so I had a choice of getting that paper and cardboard or the spare spools. I opted for the spools, of course. I bought a nice new Nash scale off tackle trader from a pub owner who had taken it against a bar bill..... edit: I just remembered, I had them mail it to Tommy Boy in Prenton and hoped and prayed he wouldn't sell and drink it before their holiday over here.

Good opportunity for a little role-playing as well.

It was a cheap shot, he started out casting leads and driving around from lake to lake selling them (as I understand) and coinciding with a boom in UK carping made a business out of it.

TnCarper don't spread it around, but to get an extra 20' - 25' just get a bottle of White-Out correction fluid and a very fine brush and paint a tiny DF on your rod down where the test curve is.

What B.C. said. I found that every time I tweaked my gear, (filling the spool almost to the rim, wetting the spool of line before casting, switching from #15 to #12) I gained a little distance and using a 3oz lead could usually hit my spot at around 100 yds. Buying a 3 lb rod or 2 didn't really buy me any more distance (neither did a 13' rod), but my casting with bags or stringers is so pitiful I wanted to try them anyway.

That B-100 Grub is a ringer for my go-to carp hook: Tiemco 2457 large pupa hook in #6.

Welcome to the forum, big lakes grow big carp.

Bucleugh was the man who bred Labrador Retrievers from hunting dogs he purchased (at Poole, mostly) from fishermen returning from Canada. Without his vision and perseverance they wouldn't exist today. ps: those are some nice browns Levi

I wonder if they command a better price in the UK or North America, I have a couple of big zip-locks full.

I was watching this and thought of Newmarket, has he been around?

A couple of overhand knots in a blade of grass works well.

I gave him lots of praise, and buried the spoils at sea. Usually I have to finish them off for him, so this is progress.

Crummy picture but you get the idea. He got another one this morning, the little hero.

awww

You don't have to download it, just watch - it's free like Youtube. Can't see why The NFB would dis-allow a documentary in the UK..... I know some videos are like that but this one should just play.

You might get a laugh out of this, let's see if the link works.. It's about where it comes from. https://www.nfb.ca/film/fiddlers_of_james_bay/

A little Metis lullabye for CM. Calvin played our club lots, and was a national champion several times. Ha ha, recorded at the Elks Lodge, perfect!

i assumed it was so when the carp goes to suck up the bait it flies in easily, and I suppose on ejection, either through normal filtering of detritus or because of detection of resistance, line stiffness doesn't effect the outcome.

Except for D.A.M. Quick all the major manufacturers have made inferior quality reels for the cheap market; I've never seen a bad Quick reel. I have Shimano xte-a 10000 and rate them excellent. Since they're discontinued you have to sniff them out second-hand.

There's a few of us dog lovers on here.

A Tommy the Tenderfoot illustration in Baden Powell's original Scouting For Boys: Plenty of blankets below, he was told But Tommy knew better, and so he got cold.