travisbickle

Houghton fly club ..on the Test ....all were original followers/diciples of Waltons...most exclusive angling club in the world...oldest in Britain...1822...and only ever 12 members..by invitation only.....oh god for a bit of that river....goes for upto 1 million sterling per mile per bank......amazing fishing for true British brownies.........yep...I have read it fella....damn good book

no need for all the pratting round....braid blades are a must regardless...wet the first bundle so it pulls down tight and loop through...job done

flexible silicone tubing doesnt have enough memory in it to cause the coil up

thats the original way...works a treat though and gives you options of customising it as I mentioned earlier

This is an old late 80s trick mate...we used to run it round supple tubing and then colour it up to match...or my favourite was to roll in contact adhesive and then roll in camo such as was on the bottom...sand/earth etc....but I will say its good to see it back up here as it is still a good technique

Double standards...been reading blue for years and I get called a perv!!!

This is an amazing read and essential for all you outdoorsmen.....a genuine one off bloke with a real grasp of what life is really about and self sufficiency.....cant reccomend it highly enough...BRILLIANT Del

But if one fails they all have to get sent back together anyway by the looks of it exactly the point...why would I want to be without alarms completely because one head failed....I dont have that with any other alarm....its just design for designs sake...no practical thought involved Look like a load of rubbish. They'll be inventing the square wheel next. korda already have the patent on it...its for their new "workout barrow"

But if one fails they all have to get sent back together anyway by the looks of it exactly the point...why would I want to be without alarms completely because one head failed....I dont have that with any other alarm....its just design for designs sake...no practical thought involved

three heads reliant on one circuit....no thanks...one fails and they all do....will stick with the nevs

bang on mate....have a few eh!!...not jealous at all

might be able to help there mate..along with a tar boiling ring to blast it

its a case of what we get used to I think mate....not that I dont like change...just a confidence thing...but I do use stiff rig tubing in the mix too...as stiff as boom tubing

Best waters to fish for my mind mate....whole host of problems to think through...and that set of meres are a stunner mate....love deep silt and the fish it brings...nothing like it for me ...and yes any heli rig etc on that bed is a no no...especially within twenty yards of a snag....you having much success fella???....did you hit the big un first?? or working up to her?

could really stir it up and start talking about stiff rig tubing thrown into the equation

Like I say...horses for courses....the waters I fish are deep silt...slack lines dont do it for me...and at range a backlead is the way for me...about thiry foot from the tip to cut the angles....when the need arises I do fish slack...but it doesnt arise very often....snag fishing is my preferred and never backlead for this...rarely fish a silt rig in all truth...far more options of a better format available...never fish pop ups...hate them almost as much as MY ex and have no confidence in them...but I know they have their place....each to their own....

deep silt is what I fish in nige...but yes I see your view....always have on a tight backleaded line and never had a worry with it...good indication and in conjunction with an old 80s trick (sliding hair)...very good hook up ratio....horses for courses

I stand with nick on this...not ever in thirty years have I needed to have a fixed position on a silt rig...it negates the idea behind the rig...the lead plugging into silt creates the ability for the hook to bite...and never used slack lines on it....sensitivity is lost...which gets away from the whole idea for me

not sure why you would take that standpoint???.....the weight of the fish is one of many factors...and fairly low on the list when looking at line strength

.....light lead to negate it having a pivot point that helps it to do you over......

what weight is your lead....would want as light as poss

Hell...if only!!....sea trout at night are a major goal for me this year.

Im in cheshire....I love small stream fishing...I do a little on the upper areas of the Tern and upper weaver too, plenty of little brookies and the occasional surprise. Del

Stripeys have never really taken my fancy....not yet at least....this winter in portugal it will be a major go at the barbel along with the carp obviously....really keen on getting into some heavy bream fishing at the min though....next year for certain...and early tincas too

got a fair few rainbows and blue trout in my pool....not spent much time scanning for them but fairly certain there will be some little brookies in there too....never tried for pike on the fly....prefer my lure fishing for them....but maybe a summer pike on the fly would hit the spot ...I think the best one was watching a programme with that Aussie Rex Hunt taking a sizeable lemon shark on the fly...brilliant