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Alan Stubbs

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  1. A belated happiest of happy birthdays, Dave. My excuse was that I was actually fishing!
  2. I've got a Grandeslam which cost me £36 and is mor ecomfortable than my own mattress at home. BTW, I'm not fat, I'm self-basting or oven-ready.
  3. How long before it resurfaces under the guise of The SUNday? If so, long may Liverpool seek to shun that publication, too. The Times used to be a decent paper until the Aussie / American (delete as appropriate to the rag he's trying to buy today), got his hands on it. Like everything he touchs, it sinks to the lowest common Jeremy Kyle in print...or Sky tv.... whose audience for news is rajar-ed at lest than 5% of the viewing audience.
  4. Rob, in the last 9 years of visiting Llanberis and the area in general, 4 or 5 times a year, we've never seen anyone fishing it.
  5. Was it hacking, or was it info bought for cash from the mobile networks? Most companies' security is fairly robust in the UK, but outside? I've been aware of journo's and 'friends' asking for info in the past. I'm pleased to say I'm aware enough not to deal with them. When they sense that as far as I'm concerned they have a credibility deficit, they usually drop the call very quickly.
  6. ...and you're not recommended to take alcohol during pregnancy. Now we know why Elton's bent over so often.....
  7. Courtesy of Gordon Brown who raped private pensions without a manifesto commitment to do so, I'm in position where, instead of retuiring last year at 55 as planned and budgetted for, I will have to work until I'm 67. At least the pain isn't all one-sided. We can only blame ourselves for not having voted decisively.... or for having voted Brown in!
  8. Ken, I recall the bumwad that is Peter hain as Minister for Overseas Development being taken to task for licencing the sale of BAe Hawks to Indonesia where they were used to attack the dissidents in East Timor. He maintained that they were sold as training aircraft, but they still had underwing armament pylons for rocket pods and bombs when they left the UK.... and were using British made ordnance as fitted to British, Saudi and Finnish Hawks. The export licence went through because they were fast jet trainers not light attack aircraft. A look at Jane's All The World's Aircraft will show you just how tenuous a grip on reality hain posessed. Actually, it looks as if Mr Hain was trying to defend the morally indefensible seeing as New Labour were touting their 'Ethical Foreign Policy' at the time.
  9. Congratualtions to the happy couple - and to an obviously proud dad.
  10. Man up, Brian! It's one of life's small pleasures!
  11. The postcodes for the Medway Towns were executed by a gentlman called Arthur Smith (my mother's best friend's husband). They're quite logical, but people took ages to get used to them.
  12. I love the immediacy of fishing with a pin. There's no other sensation like it. That said, there's some better than others. My favourite is the Aventa Pro, followed by a Free Spirit Searcher. I hate the Leeds Lewtham as it simple feels heavy, requires inordinate levels of energy to overcome inertia. (In fact I using for fishing 'hit-and-hold' in the margins.)
  13. This is from one of the local papers: http://www.clickliverpool.com/living/famil...g-fish-off.html
  14. Superb piece as ever Budgie. Reminds me of the weekend when AN effectively were allocated an entire pit at Yately of one of Stoney's Macmillan Nurses fundraising do's. I went there on a social with my daughter to meet up with Alan Taylor and a whole bunch of his friends, as well as some others - and caught the first fish of the weekend whilst showing a friend of Trogg's how to fish a float in the margins. The highlight for me was being out-fished by my partner and her daughter at Lodge Pool, organised by Aandrew burgess. A brilliant day marred only by the disgruntlement of Budgie and Argyll (Gerry Castles) bitching about the absence of black pudding at breakfast - an issue subsequently resolved. A brilliant time. As for photographs, I have a few - including Trogg, Dian and Yvonne, his Mum; Alan Taylor and a whole crowd of people as well as some taken from Wingham.
  15. I have a distinct preference for rear drag, although I am aware of the relative efficiencies of clutches on front drag reels. In my case, it's a natural clumsiness which makes rear drag much more user-friendly. Personally speaking, I've found the most reliable rear drag clutches to be Okuma and Shimano. the worst by far have been TFG - simply too small a clutch wheel. I have a couple of old D.A.M and Shakespeare front drag reels, and they've held up well, I simply can't get comfortable using them when playing a fish.
  16. The highlight for me was Allan McNish's crash at Le Mans. It was great he was able to walk away, but better still that he managed not to kill any of the spectators - who were showered by pieces of Audi.
  17. It's great having an almost wife and my mother both working for me - on fishing related activity. Scary, really
  18. Well, she'd make a happy man very old.
  19. "It is important to note that some people feel upset and intimidated from hearing swearing.Therefore, it has been agreed that those found to be swearing in the town centre will be dealt with appropriately, by either advice or enforcement." Who defines specifically, what constitutes a swear word? Were people consulted? No, I guess not. Another kiss - your- ar5e- goodbye to democracy. The day a policeman is qualified to decide what's best for people will be the day the last person turns the lights out as they emigrate. Anyway, the last time I went to Barnsley, the beer was crap.
  20. Get behind me in the queue - My need is age related and therefore greater than yours.
  21. A size 14 hook is huge! (Relatively speaking.) The largest hook I use is an 18 - and a 1.5lb hooklength with 4lb max mainline. Works for me.
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