Amodoro

Their burrowing activities have been blamed for increased turbidity in some of my local rivers, also causing increased bank erosion. They eat the eggs and fry of native fish causing a reduction in recruitment and leading to fewer, but bigger fish. They do provide a food source for chub, perch, barbel, trout etc. but in my experience only the smaller ones (thumb-sized) are taken. They are very easy to catch (a piece of bacon on a string is enough) but you need loads to make a meal as each one yields very little meat due to their having relatively small tails compared to other crayfish. There's more meat in the claws.

How much are they asking for postage?

No, they only ever had stripes.

'Mepps' is an acronym and a brand name, it stands for Manufacturier d'Engins de Precision pour Peche Sportives - in English, Precision Equipment for Sport Fishing. It's not a plural, so one Mepps spinner is still Mepps with an 's'. It's also not a generic name for that type of lure. Sorry, rant over, and yes I'm a pedant!

Closest tackle shops are States Tackle, Witney or Fat Phil's, Abingdon Road, Oxford. They'll give you all the info you need and can sell you a permit.

'Osamas in pyjamas' is the best line I've ever read on here!

W4 NKR anybody? Or 6UL DV8 if you're on the other side of the pond.

What lure are you using?

I was going to have some tasty Aldi beefburgers, but I just looked in the fridge and - they're off!

I'm no expert, but a torn open fish carcass like that with just the soft organs eaten is more likely the result of predation by mink.

In my innocence I thought 'the right to bare arms' was about wearing T-shirts :unsure:

About 150,000 people die worldwide every day, so for those people at least, the world did end today

You can't fault the Americans for balance - four years ago they elected a half-black President, this time they've chosen a half-white one. . . .

Just eaten, thanks.

Because they can.