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On 08/07/2022 at 13:25, crusian said:
I can just imagine needing a wee , going into the woods , and a little voice says “ hey stop weeing on me ( or something similar ) “.
I would permanently go into urinary retention .
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I have the rather strange distinction of peeing on a certain well known anglers head, Achie Braddock the the worst of me.
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17 hours ago, framey said:
Problem is that if they wore colours that blended into the road then people in cars may hit them
I knew a girl who went skiing in an all white outfit because she didn’t want to stand out …. I said there’s a reason they are bright coloured if you think about it lol
horses for courses I say
Please try not to think of me as being rude, but I am honest. I take your comment smacks of a townie comment. I am an old man now, I have walked all over the UK, more miles than most, I have cycled as a child and I rode motor cycles all over the world and I have NEVER worn brightly coloured clothes to show up, strange that I and millions of others are still here.
There are places where its necessary. French shoot days, work places, at sea, rest of the time its pure pollution.
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So I always try to make myself as invisible as possible on the bank, no matter where the fishery is..
People wearing bright colours in the countryside annoy me to the point that when I see roadside walkers wearing the compulsory yellow or orange, I want to run them over!.
Summer in the UK does not need a shelter, winter is entirely different.
This photo was taken of me on a seriously secret squirrel fishery in the south some years ago, well before the circus got there and ruined the place.
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18 hours ago, Golden Paws said:
Perhaps that bit wasn't clear. I also use a Korda safezone leader (made from 30lb fluoro that is very heavy and abrasion resistant and keeps the last metre pinned down.) I was attaching this to my mono and using olivettes to keep another metre of line pinned down. As I used a bait boat on my last trip, the olivettes were dragging behind and so I changed over to my spare spools of line loaded with fluorocarbon on them. The stuff has been used for quite a few previous trips but the inherent wiriness puts me off. When I first put the stuff on the reels, the stuff was literally leaping off the spools. I had quite a few wind knots on casting for the next few trips that you rarely get with mono.
When I got home from my last trip, I put the mono spool back on the rods. To help pin the line down and without using olivettes, I attached about 30 foot of 20lb fluoro after the safezone leader. I was stretching it as it behaves better as there is less coiling. That way I get some of the benefits but reduce some of the problems. You do introduce a weak spot with the joining knot and when playing a fish, the clatter as the knot passes through the rings always gives you the jitters.
Most people have a love hate relationship with fluoro. Love it heaviness, invisibility, lower stretch and abrasion resistance but hate its tendency to coil and casting is restricted compared to mono.
So your issue is poor fluoro,.
My suggestion is to buy good quality, I know it costs, but its worth it. I have used Tigerline now for years and It cast well enough,120-130 no issue , if I need further I use bait boat. It does not coil any more than any mono I have used, but I do stretch it out every no and then and wipe it down with a soapy cloth.
It needs nothing to pin it down, its abrasion resistance is second to none and its knot strength is unbeatable, hence why I was confused with your comments.
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On 24/06/2022 at 11:05, Golden Paws said:
I've used a few brands of fluoro and they are more difficult to manage than mono's. They do tend to bed in with use and become more manageable over time. I was giving my leader a good stretch the other day as I find that it does behave better. I switched over to using pure fluorocarbon on my last trip as I was bait-boating the rig out but when I got home I took it off again! Using a leader does give you the benefit of a heavy invisible line near the rig but without some of the drama's associated with fluoro.
What is this Drama? and whats the heavy clear leader made from? I am genuinely confused, so please enlighten me.
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On 22/06/2022 at 09:52, Golden Paws said:
On my last trip, I lost a good fish and when I reeled it, I found that the trace had snapped at the knot after the swivel. The lake I fished isn't easy and one chance in 24 hours is a result and then to lose it was a kick in the nuts. I tested all the rigs in my wallet and one failed quite easily but the others survived a good yanking with a couple of puller tools.
I have been using olivettes to pin down my main line but since buying the bait boat, it does cause the line to sink a bit too much. I went back to using a 30 foot fluoro leader on the mono so everything near the hook should be pinned down without the drama's of using fluoro all the way through. As fluoro can be a bit temperamental, I put the hook through the gridding on my barrow and gave the line a good pull to try to iron out the inherent coiling the flouro likes to do. On one rod, the line snapped without too much pressure. I was convinced it would be the back to back grinner but when I checked, it had gone a foot above on the mono. I must have nicked it putting it in the holdall and created the weakness.
I used to check every rod before casting it out but fell out of the habit. Today's thought is to check everything is sound before you lose that fish.
Firstly let me say, sorry to hear you lost a good fish, secondly I fish I dont play at it so my words come from true experience.
I have had the same fluoro on my reels for years and not months, I get no "drama's of using fluoro" I dont find "fluoro can be a bit temperamental" and definitely no " inherent coiling the flouro" so you have me confused by your statements.
Rigs are always tested before use, but I have every faith in my rigs! and my mainline, I have not lost a fish through tackle failure in many years.
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This is more my no bivvy style
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17 hours ago, greekskii said:
Poland has got some serious untapped potential. I’d love to go out there for a few weeks and spend some time fishing a big pit near a village my auntie and her family come from.
I spend months at a time there and I moved my carp collection to Poland a few years past. People get the wrong impression about Poland thinking that the lakes and rivers are empty, nothing could be further from the truth.
Where does your aunty live?
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So years ago I did actually behave socially 😁and in reality I occasionally still do. This first photo is the first time a group of four of us approached a very special lake, we carried all the gear in for a weeks stay, some 2 miles.
Sadly the lake now has a road virtually to it.
The next photo is of how I prefer my socials now. Incidentally the hat upon the head some 55 years old and still keeps the rain out, it was worn by a well known angler back in the day, he was the photographer in the first photo, RIP my friend.
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So the lazy days of summer are almost upon us.
As I get older I find my craving for long hard slogging sessions on very quiet waters fast diminishing.
However my love for quiet waters is still there, just I prefer to do it in a more sensible comfortable way.
spending dawn to dusk surrounded by nature and not seeing another human suits me down to my very soul.
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One from another season. Dogs learned when to watch the water.
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Thought for the day? So sometimes its good to sit back reminisce about past times places etc and let the mind wonder, and the tongue work its own wonder of speech. --God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave.”
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Dont talk stupid!
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What are you listening to?
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