spr1985

@£12 got to be worth a punt mate.

Elliot gray has a jack Russel that goes fishing with him, seem to see a lot of French bulldogs on the bank too, I think a lot of it comes down to training. Far more qualified people than me that can give advise though

I have the bp4 matt black versions excellent reel for the money, can’t vouch for the dwarf models though

Completely agree Didn’t know that but is useful to know :- as I have seen fly tipping near the river also as for your initial provocation/ sarcasm 😝😝 I guess I bit as you knew I would

A) you are miss qouting me b) I’m not on a syndicate (I was referring to syndicates in general) c) that’s an opinion and not a fact! The ea do not always react example:- bayeswater had an oxygen crash Garry Bayes himself got an Aerator and got it into the lake within a couple of hours of the problem being realised....and then went on to instal a permanent Aerator powered by a windmill. Bayeswater had a weed issue in the shallows Gary again dealt with it himself out on the boat and put the treatment in club lakes :- have a self funded otter fencing program no ea help own Aerators that can be deployed to lakes as and when needed have been fly tipped in entrances and car parks cleared themselves (members ) or paid for rubbish removal company to remove to the dump and as side note Salok as a well respected member of the forum and a moderator you should maybe read the entirety of someone’s posts on a subject before jumping down their throat because they express an opinion you disagree with (which is obvious in your response) also if you are going to take “my scenario” quote what I actually said.... you know the bit where I said if the ea’s help is required by a syndicate they could invoice them for the work 😉 the scenario was “ if the club/syndicate is private and not asking for help from the ea why should you have to pay a licence fee to fish?....you shouldnt.”

No worries fella, glad to help 😉

The defender shelter requires the defender shelter wrap the defender peak bivvy requires the defender peak overwrap the defender bivvy requires the defender bivvy overwrap hope that helps and hope this doesn’t confuse... ps the defender peak wrap would **probably** fit over the defender shelter but would NOT fit correctly and the peak would likely sag/ droop

I completely agree I don’t have a great idea on how they work, what I do know is I have been fishing for at least 23 years and I have never had my licence checked. I have never seen any works being carried out on local rivers or lakes and I can count on one hand how many times I have seen an ea vehicle and I travel all over the country on a weekly basis. I think that if the efforts that they go to to do the things that they do where more in the public eye it would be far more widely understood why they exist and “what they do for me” as such. i know about the funding and the links with the angling trust and how they try to further the sport and river stocking etc but that still doesn’t answer the club/ syndicate question, if the club/syndicate is private and not asking for help from the ea why should you have to pay a licence fee to fish?....you shouldnt. Clubs and syndicates have insurance and therefore if they needed to call on the ea the ea could invoice for the work the club/syndicate claims on insurance pays the invoice...job done but for anyone like me that has asked the question “what do they do for me” https://environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2017/02/13/so-what-do-the-environment-agency-do-for-us/?utm_source=EA&utm_medium=email&utm_content=short_term-db&utm_campaign=Feb17

I believe Yonny already knows that, the question he is asking is why should he have to......and I agree! Its private property, privately owned, deals with all its own finances and maintenance programs and therefore in my opinion [censored] all to do with the ea. Let me make this perfectly clear.....I DO pay for my rod licence (two rod) and if I ocaisionally fish a water that allows more rods I go online and buy a 24 hour licence to cover those rods.....but I resent it every time I pay it. As an angler I cannot see in anyway shape or form what the ea has ever done for me for the fee that I pay every year....I fish club waters that are maintained by the members and paid for (by club funds) contractors. The river that I fish is actually a privately owned canalised river so again can see what the e a have done for it....it’s looked after by volunteers from various angling clubs and boat owners. i just think the big gripe with licence fee’s is that we don’t see what the ea does for the angler. A bit like the dvla really all we see is them taking money and don’t see anything in return. as for the “you can call on them in emergencies” scenario great 👍🏻 put an invoice in and have it paid if and when the need arises.

framey’s advice is exactly what I would suggest , although I’m a Coleman user and don’t suffer these issues 😝

Hopefully I'm out tomorrow afternoon and the. Again all day Saturday 😁

Not sure on layer pits mate, but yes in my opinion all lakes should have the dip tanks but it's not always that easy is it.....to many money driven people without thinking if they lose the stock they lose the money!

If you do get any of the aforementioned it's says more about them than it does you mate! The EA 100% know as it is on the website as a confirmed case. A water not to far from there that I fish has installed a dip tank for nets slings matts etc and i believe if you go inside the otter fencing without first dipping kit it's a lifetime ban. As far as I am concerned it should be public knowledge to protect all other local fisheries and those further afield from visiting anglers, it also goes beyond irresponsible and inexcusable the way it has been hushed up

Makes no difference if insulated or not mate braid/ mono/flouro wouldn't conduct the electricity, a lake i fish has lines going across it and same thing leads,spombs,spods etc hanging from it. If you are gentle you can actually retrieve them if you end up over a line.....seen it done a couple of times

I cheat and use phone to video the whole fiasco and then take stills from the video* 👌🏻 *not that I get to do it very often 😂😂

I have four mk1 delk txi's and rx2004 receiver plus either 1 0r 2 original Delks (greedy I know) but they work and do what I require although remain mostly silent whilst I lake watch 😂😂 can't call it fishing anymore as I've not caught in so long....either way I love them and I'll keep them as long as they continue to work 😁

As I said check eBay......and the "hazard a guess" that I put was after viewing prices on eBay and other selling sites and seeing what they where selling for. The old mk1 txi's still sell for £70 a pop so even on that basis that's £280 without mentioning the receiver! And I said £375 to £425 (high end of guess)

Go on eBay mate and look at the prices that they are selling for......at a guess I'd say around the £375to £425 mark but obviously would depend on condition age etc

I've just bought the chorus 18m one, not had chance to use it yet though, if I remember I'll report back once I have used it

I have a scope ops brolly (Nash) you can pick them up quite cheap online if you look about, quick and easy to put up, you can also get a winter skin for them if you so choose

I've heard good things about whychwood slugs... maybe worth a look

I have a nash dwarf 6ft 2lb rod matched with a Nash bp4 reel and have had carp to 15lb 7oz on it and it performed like a dream. I'd be confident in catching a 20 on it. Maybe be worth having a look at them nash dwarf 6ft various tc's nash sawnoff 6ft various tc's (more expensive) nash black ops sawn off various tc's (more expensive again)

I think you have hit the nail on the head their chillfactor...... you have to increase the price bracket to find better. When I was looking I couldn't find anything in the Same price bracket to compete

I have three xtd 5500 and two 14000xtds and can't fault them lovely reels

Yup! Not on your own mate. 3 options that I know of 1) shrink tube it 2) line aligner 3) when you do the turns down the shank do three turns pull the hair back over those turns then continue to the amount of turns you would normally do and then let the hair drop back......no doubt if any of that is wrong the pro's will guide you slightly better than me 😂😉