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thanks Dal, i had actually looked at fishing20k but didnt make the connection, Dur.

please tell me im not being thick here tim, what is the shop name on the bay as a search for pva products don't turn them up and i have just searched 350 hits for that search term to no avail :cry:

what do you do with your empty line spools

typical overuse of buzz words to get as many hits as poss lol. the way to tell the difference for the uninitiated is the size, shrink tube typically comes in aprox 50mm lengths of varying diameters in a card backed bubble like such,, and silicone rig tube in 2.5 - 3 mtr lengths like this please note, i do not in any way endorse ESP products, the use of such was purely incidental (tho they do have some REALLY cracking stuff out there)

i believe olton mere are taking on members, 27 acre res, fees may be a bit steep but when i was in there i found it worth it. Fish Stocks: Roach to 2lb+ Bream to 8lb+ Carp, Common and Mirror, to 32lb Pike to 22lb, and possibly larger Tench to 5lb+ Perch to 3lb+

hi Rick and welcome to the house of much knowledge where about in the wm are you and how far do you want to travel are the two questions need answering really

sounds like a plan to me, if someone local can set it up for the new year you can count me in

let me know when you go up there, i will see if i can accompany you oh yeh, you been messing with my wife?? hmmm??

hope thats a joke cos you and me will be dust long before then congrats on the theory Dion, thats the hard part over with

if thats all there is you should all be able to come up in a mini with the gear on the roof for the inaugural northern social then

just seemed to get the impression that most were southern softies mate, present company excepted of course

we getting enough lads north of the m42 line now to get a decent social in the midlands somewhere now, food for thought

aww look at the smile on that face, cute lol Dions got a big smile too well done boys (oh wait, chilly blanked )

ooohh merrington, looks nice and only 40 miles away

i wish i had thought of that, i would have gone for it

i would love to fish a swim that was truly haunted by some old angler that knew his trade, i would stay up all night picking his dead brains for info on what are now 'truly lost arts'. we could all do with going back to the roots of carp angling, when a fish that covered your dinnerplate was a catch and a half wonder what those old monks would make of the likes of ravioli (clarissa)...

woo hooo, mini social have fun boys, photo's please

i too think that on a well weedy lake braid and barbed are the way to go,, us grumpy old men gotta stick together ok as an after thought tho, if you dont like using full barbed take a pair of pliers and very carefully pinch the end of the barb all the way down and this will give you a hump that still stops the hook pulling

hey phil, its the barbless hooks that do the damage IMO as they can and do come free then rehook rattle about and do all sorts when the fish is acrobating about. whereas a micro barb will catch and hold every time, if you use a pattern that will catch in the bottom of the lip (such as the gardner mugga) then you minimize the damage to a single puncture in the meatiest part. you can always cut the hook free with side cutters by pushing it all the way thru then clipping off behind the barb, the hook will then slide easily away. a quick dab of carp treatment and she can go back feeling like shes had a day at the spa as i said before IMO, this will be disputed by others i dare say tight lines jon

got the tracker armolife, boils half ltr water in under a min lol folds down to the size of your specks case too

hope he aint fell in

Cambridgeshire mucca welcome to the forum tomasz

i swear by the mugga's (not being slimy just cos richard is hovering ) one thing i do tho is put a small line aligner on, effectively elongating the eye. i find this turns the hook 100% of the time,

went to the worlds easiest lake today. its been reported that if you inadvertantly leave your net in the water, when you lift it out there is a fish in it. I BLANKED :o go figure

i know that matey, i was just yanking your chain :lol: