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I think it goes like this, but I will stand corrected - once I have gotten up off from the 'not worthy' bowing. Absolute Goofees, emm. Stonkers the lot of 'em. Congratulations.

When the love of my life was alive and just a puppy, my wife and I went to bed and my baby was tucked over with a blanket and left cuddling his 'baby' - a tennis ball that went everywhere with him. I made the silly mistake of leaving my work-boots in the vicinity of easy access to his gnashers. When I woke with the alarm at 0400 ready to go off to work - I went into the kitchen to check on my 'boy' and to let him out for a pee before going into the bathroom myself to have a S.S.S and S. Up the garden he went with his tennis ball - did what he had to do and came back in. Off he went - zoom - straight into the bedroom - nuzzling the wife to move over a bit and straight under the covers. Kettle on, ciggie lit and get ready for work. Now, I am sure that when I took my boots off after the previous days 6 till 2 shift the boots were highly polished, and I'm sure they had a top and did have a top and metal eyes which the lace is thread through?.....well, at approximately 0458 it was noted that the left boot had a lace and one side of the top of the boot, but the right boot only had a lace and was barely recognisable as a boot. Never did see the eyelets again, and I can promise you - I looked for weeks, and I mean 'looked'. Sadly, my baby is no longer with us after 15 years, but I can honestly say my heart was truly broken the day I had to take him to the vet. Love your dog, 'ammer, and your dog will love you more than her own life. Anyway - If it is any use to you - if your 'baby' starts to get bored, maybe leading to chewing furniture - get yourself 2 pairs of socks - preferably 1 pair of footy socks (but not a 'ammer pair - poor dog would be poorly with indigestion just looking at 'em, let alone putting them anywhere near the mouth) - now, with the normal socks, over a period of time (depending on how much you sweat), wipe under your armpits with 1 sock and wrap it inside the second 'normal' sock. Now, repeat using said sock until the socks take on the 'human scent'. When you are satisfied the smell is strong, place inside the footy sock. Now, do the same with the footy sock containing the pair of socks. After time and the smell etc etc,... place inside the last footy sock and tie off nice and tight up to the 3 internal socks. Do a good few knots up the sock and then offer to your dog. She'll instantly take to the scent and her boredom/thought of being alone (for want of trying to explain it differently) will be virtually zero, and your furniture will be saved. She may try to chew the sock, but just keep taking it away from her with a stern 'no', and then offer it her back. Rinse and repeat for as long as nessie-celery, but it wont be for too long. That gem was given to me by a work colleague who used to train dogs, that when trained; would 'talk' for hours if instructed to do so, and rip your arm off at the same time. I remembered it, and put it in to practise with my 'baby' quite a few years later, and he never ever chewed any furniture - boots yes, Chippendale, never. (OK, Ikea) That said - as Adam has mentioned - there is a massive difference between a dog trainer and a trained dog.

K.T.F Wigan '77, '78 whilst home on leave - when music was music.

https://upperpeellandcare.wordpress.com/category/carp-muster/ So very sad. 'When in Rome' - not an issue with, and the Countries issues have to be respected, yet I can't help thinking that for such a 'Westernized' Country such as Australia - there appears to be so many backward thinking people in charge. Victoria - first offence of returning a Carp to a water - $12k, second offence is $24k (if I recall correctly). The way that the Australian acts - and I mean absolutely no offence to anybody in person, but generalizing towards the powers-in-charge - the Aussie has managed to kill/make extinct so many species of wildlife (although many losses can be accounted/blamed on SS Makambo running aground) just for the sake of hunting. I was speaking with my friend last night (he lives in Casino) with regards to this topic/thread, and he was explaining that the eco system isn't so much damaged by the predatory factor of Carp as it is to the man/woman who enjoys driving their 4x4's through the rivers, spewing petrol/diesel out all over the place, or the companies who decide it better to pour their chemical waste into a river - allbeit 20/30k away from their site, and blame it on good old Carpio. With a tad of understanding, and with the 'correct' policing (contradictory, I accept, but for want of explanation) - Australia could be the world capital of Carp fishing. It could certainly take away the bounty to which South Africa is attempting to achieve, and would, in my opinion, be more of a destination than say, the Ebro, France, German, Italy and several other European Countries.

Self takes 1, 3, 4 for no other reason than you're looking away in the 2nd photo.

Haven't had chance to get down town yet, Ian, but I will get it down their Monday. From what I am reading - it seems that this isn't a rare occurrence, although that isn't to say that it is frequent.

The lock on the flash unit is set to 'off' Androoooo. I think it's best I take it to a camera shop.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Viltrox-Speedlite-especially-mirrorless-JY-610/dp/B00FF5APRS That's the flash thingymajig. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-Digital-Camera-18-55mm-3-5-5-6/dp/B00IE3UR08? ,... and that's the camera. As you can see - top slides on to the bottom - no screws.

There's nowt to unscrew. The flash unit slides on to the top of the camera. Try as I might - it wont slide off, and the 'Lock' switch which is on the Flash unit is set to 'Off'. Is there a button or a setting on the camera that I should set too so as the unit will slide off?

I've tried the old fashioned way - seeing if sudden force of a wall helps, but to no avail. The unit is - Speedlite JY610 The camera is a Canon 1200d I have read online not to force it off and also that applying a little leverage where the two meet, but am not willing to force it. Any ideas on how to remove it would be appreciated.

Does the lead wire not concern you with regards to lifting scales, Nick?

That is where you have been going wrong all these years. It was Peter and Andrew that were the fishermen. Jesus was a fisher-of-men. Big difference.

I didn't type that in plain English. Oooops.... What it should read is - tie the tape behind the neck end of the lead - not neck end of swivel. Basically - lead is touching the buffer bead - 2/3 inches past the swivel have a bead. Tie the tape up and past the bead starting from the neck end of lead. Feel free to doubt if it works.

I would have tied it with a Trilene, so no, it wasn't me. R O F L M A O

Depends who is asking

No boilies - I can understand that, but what I can't understand, and I don't know if it is true - that's why I'm asking - is there any truth in the rumour that bank-sticks are no longer allowed due to making too many holes in the ground by waters edge?

Nicely tied. If it were I - I would be inclined to add another twist to make it a five turn, and include a wrap-around twist before entering the eye on exit to allow for bedding. (I'd also add shrink tube, but that is personal preference) What I do notice, but it could be a play of the light in the photograph - the knotless doesn't appear to be pushed up tight to the eye. If this is the case - the knot, as is tied at present - may slip and twist.

It was a very good game. In fact, probably the best England performance I've seen is 10 years. (including the mincers - I mean men) Now, if only the England men could play with as much commitment and pride as the Lioness' we could do well in the Euro's. The ladies did the Country proud - but you wouldn't think so by reading the Neanderthals on some of the football forums.

The only time I use salt is with chips or on the steps when it's snowing Many anglers use a lot of salt in a mix, and many a good debate has been held due to it. I personally don't like to use it. I have in the past, particularly Sea Salt that I ground-up, but I don't use it now. (not in a boilie mix, at least) It may be a way for you to cure your boilie though, nm. Roll your boilies, air dry them for an hour or so and then encase them in salt. I would use Rock/Sea salt (I wouldn't use table salt), but then you would also have to take into account the boilie taking on an amount of salt that you can't account for?.

Hi Luke, My friend, who lives in Casino (his back garden is the Richmond) is going to be rolling boilies. Fortunately, his lovely wife can source all of the ingredients required to make a mix, and with her job, going through the veterinary practice means cheaper prices for product, thankfully. My other very good friend lives in Kingaroy, and along with his sons and family members, are wanting to do similar. Rolling the baits is not an issue. Premises is not an issue, and no, it isn't a case of today the town, tomorrow the world , but more for 'pin' money for my friends, and their friends, and if their friends mates want some, then all the better.

nm - the recipe you are using - are you adding any form of salt. Would dropping the amount of Yeast be beneficial, or would it work against you?

Ross - the magical number is 40 degrees. Not for all, as the range is between 40 and 60 degrees, but 40 is the starting point. As for Nash, nm - they have just (relatively recently) spent £350'ish thousand on coming in to line with EU guidelines. Somewhere in amongst the vast amount of money will be a pressure cooker or a vacuum bath that doesn't quite get to 40 degrees, I imagine.

nm - how about - mixing as you would normally, likewise as with the rolling - leave the boilies (misnomer) to air cure for 24, even 48 hours in a dry area and then freeze. (If it were myself doing it, I may even look at rolling the almost cured balls in something like liver powder, garlic powder. I would even consider spirulina.) The down side, I guess - you would have to take the 'dusting' powder into consideration with the main ingredients. Freezing at this stage will not obviously denature/kill the enzymes, and the chances are, I imagine, that the sugars and salts would be doing their tango and foxtrot by now and visible on the skin. Perfect freezing time, imo, of course.

Better to have tried than not tried at all, nm. Everybody has a different outlook on bait making, nm, and everybody is wrong. Nature of the beast! ,... and when I stop learning, there will be a man reading from a book leaning over me, pleading with some beardy guy to allow me admittance and to forgive my sins. Until then - I want to learn by my mistakes and advise given. I'm not greedy, but I do want to learn it all. :mrgreen: At present, I have no chance of testing one against the other, but it would be interesting to test out which Yeast 'boilie', or in your case, 'Steamie' would come out tops if the same mix was put together with 1 slight adjustment,... Brewers yeast in one batch and Torula yeast in another.