Jeffwill
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For making the float body waterproof bog standard clear nail varnish (pound shop) will do the job -comes in a handy little pot with brush the type girlies use and keep in their handbags. Fits nicely in the draw of my pole seat box.
In an emergency on the bank use superglue for spot repairs (broken eyes) and varnish for the body, leave a few minutes to dry and ready to go.
IMHO no need for a big pot of special expensive varnish that you cant keep in your fishing bag / box...
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Plenty of minnows = unpolluted healthy river.
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Just behind is one of the Holme Lacey beats run by Mrs Bishop, ring 01432 273 695 to book / check availability. Was £6 a day about two years ago. The only place I've been on the Wye with slabbed walk rail swims.. a bit different.
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Has anyone experience of these bite alarms or similar from Prologic?
http://reporting.fishtec.co.uk/cgi-bin/vie...D7%205nil_W%3Dg
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If Phone is to be believed then there is nothing but carp in the US
P.s. Only kidding Phone
Not forgetting "suckers" - I thought locals were referring to carp in a derogatory manner when they asked me if I had caught any suckers..... until later when I started catching them... like carp but with an under slung mouth (underslung but not as much as a barbel...another carp family member).
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Incidentally I run a small fishery.
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I picked up a copy of AT yesterday Andy - you're right! I guess the forums just got bored of it all.
Jeff, it depends on the day's fishing someone has in Oxfordshire - if they have a good day, the otters have yet to arrive; if they have a bad day, otters have eaten everything in the water
Many anglers do look for excuses why they dont catch Anderoo.... though talk of otter issues having run their course is premature considering the rivers have been closed for two months.
I suspect carp fishery owners are now dealing with their predation issues independantly and covertly..... hence very little publicity from that area of the fishing world.
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It's been very quiet lately on all the forums, I haven't seen an otter decimating our fish post for months. Have they finally eaten all the fish? They said 5 years ago that we'd have no fish left in 5 years' time, so to be fair, we were warned...
Fingers crossed they all move to Oxfordshire.
Should be stocked there too if ever there's any more stocking going on. Convenient with the M4
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Warrington Anglers' Association benefit from National Grid
Nice big pond. Shame the water cant be adopted as a local amenity.
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In the interview (Link Below) with the captor of the 23lber he said that its stomach felt like it was full of bait!
lets face it bream like boilies and pellets etc just as much as carp do and will gorge on them - this extra food which uses up less energy than naturals to eat must have (imo) a great influence on the overall size of fish.
If you throw in fish meal g/bait or pellets you can almost guarantee bream/skimmers will turn up.
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I'm absolutely convinced it was a true cru.
check out Peter Rolfe's website for everything crucian including identification (Mr Rolfe may even look at a few pics of your next captures if you ask nicely.....)
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5 tench this evening on the pole from local pond.
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Last few seasons been using an Okuma Aventa Pro....very good pin. But this week I picked up a TFG classic at £49.99....in gun metal (didnt like the chrome option). Spins freely and although not quite as smooth as the okuma (tiny bit of grittiness in the bearings but hardly noticeable) its better value. I picked it up for mates to use when we go trotting but thinking of using it myself now.
Apparently TFG have a new model coming out next year so have to shift stock, hence the £49.99 price tag. 10/10 for value.
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It's a hoax by all those rubbish anglers who never seem to be able to catch. No doubt if you pan right there will be a group of Eastern Europeans and if you pan left a flock of killer birds.
Its also a hoax that they intentionally wont kill every fish in the water!
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Full article here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-14481420
Sounds like the state of the place is matched by the managers antipathy towards anglers.
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Posted on behalf of George. Please add all replies to this thread:
http://videofishingknots.com/joining-lines.html
Take your pick....but check out the water knot if its mono line only....
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From running a fishing club and dealing with a varied mix of anglers my experience tells me:
Some people are more willing to learn than others.
A few anglers shout loudly and almost always know far less.
Some anglers because they are older incorrectly think their views are more important.
Some members will actually be very good anglers and would be gutted if they stop learning..
When I coach kids I tell them if they learn one little thing each time they go fishing they will end up an expert.... starting with teaching them to plumb the depth, feeding the spot and float fishing accurately, skills they can take with them anywhere. (Kids want to catch big fish straight away by legering, the fishing rags and carp brigade encourage them and sadly kids judge their fishing skills / knowledge by the size of fish they catch).
Usually fishing starts by getting out in the countryside, away from the rat pack, simply enjoying the outdoors and catching a few fish. Some anglers later may want to target specimen fishing and its usually then that people become very focused as they see themselves as "elite" anglers. Within this "elite" you will inevitably get jealousy / derogatory remarks from time to time.
Best to ignore them and continue posting helpful replies to those that want to learn and improve their fishing.
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I was aware that carp do require a set temperature for a number of days, but there are no hard and fast rules as to all our indigenous species as to when they will spawn. And as you know available food is a prime factor too in all this.
I am sure many so called 'experts' can put forward different opinions as to when fish spawn and therefore the need to protect, but why then should there be a closed season on rivers and not still waters if the same factors apply? I think we can drum up some answers to that and it has got nothing to do with conserving fish stocks.
But Budgie I am sceptical as to the reasons the closed season for coarse anglers came about anyway, it is some say a tool to keep the oiks away from the fluff chuckers...some say.
And with apologies to Steve, I really don't want to take away anything from what is a wonderful looking fish, and I am sorry if we have wandered of
f and Perhaps Tigger is right?
Perhaps he should do one
Where's worms?
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I am hoping to come down with nigel1961 if we're picked. Nigel's never been to wingham and my one visit was 2 years ago.
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Maybe the officers, probation people escorting this feral youth were trying to get him hooked on this great sport of ours, one which takes kids off the street for hours, days, weeks.
If there was only a 1% chance of success then it was worth a try. I believe there is a sport for everyone, its just a matter of finding the one that "clicks".
Its all very good people saying he needs a good sharp shock to the system but they dont have to live near this boy, he's probably a nightmare in his community causing all sorts of problems.
Maybe the opinions of his neighbours carry more weight than ours
Also the picture taken does nobody any favours either as it was obviously chosen to show the boy looking bored yet he was probably just watching his float and had not long put the rod down. He was not as bored as the PCSO's who were more interested in texting on their phones.
Putting people in jail is the last resort.
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As a starter, look at council owned waters....good chance they're poorly patrolled.
Try looking on google earth....suprising how many small waters there are around though some may dry up in the summer.
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Wish I had fish like that on my doorstep...well done everyone, cracking chub.
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Come on Jeff, you know that's not true.
I would not say it if i thought it was untrue. What are you suggesting?
When they can they will take bigger fish....if that's on the increase then it just goes to show there must be more big fish about. If they take them from stocked puddles with no (legal) deterrents then good luck to them.
Otters routinely take large fish and eat a relatively small part of the carcass when there are smaller / average size fish in the water. Smaller fish are less powerful and obviously easier to catch but.....the otter targets a fish it knows it will only take the major organs from. Bigger fish ...bigger organs.. the great ouse british record barbel (21lb+) was found with approx one lb of its visceral area chewed away, thats a huge fish targetted when there are plenty of smaller fish. Maybe the river should have been fenced
You mention dismissively "stocked puddles" - without these kinds of fisheries there are lots of less able bodied anglers that would not be able to partake of the sport we all enjoy. And the fishery owners dont all have pots of money to fence their waters in. Pound to a penny you have no idea how much otter proof fencing actually costs? No googling
The Wye was recently classified as the country's best coarse fishing river...again, recently I believe...and with all those pesky otters...just goes to show what good they do in managing fish stocks...at no cost to the licence payer!
Regarding the river wye - loads of anglers I meet on the river love the wye (valley) in particular because of its beauty. Thats what they tell me. Not one would attribute any of their experience to the presence of otters. Being a spate river the fish are fighting fit naturally and excellent sport for anglers. Any fish that are below par would be washed out at no cost to the licence payer
And none were introduced!
Then maybe man should have left nature take care of stocking the rest of the country! (in Dalek voice)
" you will be converted!"
I've said this before, I have been converted - from where you sit in the arguement that otters are "cuddly blighters" to my current position where with current breeding rates there will be increases in problems all over the country in the not to distant future (good news for you). I dont want everyone unaffected at the moment to wear rose tinted glasses.
Either that or become a denizen of the deep on "go fishing" forum
Sorry you've lost me there.Jeff
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Signed.
As for Otters, I was very happy to see some on the River Ant last year near Irstead.
I understand that they can wreak havoc on smaller commercial fisheries, but on the Broads at least, their impact is minimal and serves much the same purpose as any top predator. Weeding out the weak and diseased, as is natures way.
Renrag
Very true, though "visibly" healthy medium size to larger specimens are their preference....worth expending the energy on chasing, catching / subdue & dragging out.
pole and nuisance carp
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Fladen used to do a fine wire hook that would exactly meet your spec, they were called Fladen Vantage Pro Match barbless 20 Round Bend Medium shank. Because they were fine wire they always stayed very sharp..
Problem I had last year when restocking was finding they no longer made them in such a thin gauge wire, but I found a few odd packets in the spade version and ordered a number of packets in the * barbed version from Whitby Angling Supplies (75p for packet of 20). On a hard pulling fish they would open but could be closed again so perfect for perch and roach.
They now make them in heavier gauge.....same name which is confusing but packet you want has a barbel on it.
* Barbs crushed down