Jack Sparrow

Cheers mate Regards Jack

Hi all im looking for some variable magnetic brakes, for a reel ive just got of ebay, the seller had removed them to make the reel cast faster, and has since lost them, hense my need for them, its the green sided version if that makes any difference as im sure it does. regards Jack

I didnt bother in the end, as i decided to go back to shore fishing, thats what i used to love the most, and im addicted again. Regards jack

Cheers for that mate, fished devils point last time i was there, one hell of a tide flows past there though. also fished a spot to the left of the sea swimming pool, its a flat concrete area with an oval shaped wall behind it, with seats in it, it looked a good place, but only managed a few Wrasse. Anyway mate once again cheers Regards Jack

so i noticed glenn, its quite confusing when you look at all the different types with different letter just added to the end regards Jack

im sure you will get a lot of advice on here mate, but you may just want to check out a member called glennk and have a look in his sig, as he has a forum for the fishing in the north east, just another idea to help mate. regards Jack

cheers mate, i thought as much but was just making sure Regards JS

hi there stupid question time again,sorry. is the only difference between the abu ct and cs is that the ct doest have a level wind? Regards jack

Where you going to offer some advice mate, as im still looking for some, been looking at some sea charts of the area so have a few places i may check, but local knowledge is always helpful Kind regards Jack

Yep you just gota love AOL when your forum admin, as it make life that bit more difficult if you have a problem member regards Jack

Plus you dont need to be rich.thats just a bit misinformation, as only the wealthy and well known members seem to be mentioned. regards Jack

@Mike, do they still make those things mate, thought books where discontinued along with cassettes Regards Jack

Cheers for that Bobj, i will practice this tomorrow when i have more time regards Jack

Cheers for that Glenn , hopefully someone will show me one day, as im thick as hell when it comes to learning Knots, should have seen my first purse nets i use for rabbeting Mike even if you buy purpose made shock leader, you would still have to learn knots as you still need to tie them to your main line, my question was asked because since i stopped sea fishing a few years ago, the internet wasnt even available to the general public, and look how far that has come in a few years, so i was just wondering if line technology had gone the same way. Regards jack

Cheers for the advice its greatly apreciated, Knots is a very good question Glennk, i just used to use a blood knot, but have been looking at the Albright Knot which i picked up from a link on another thread, the Bimini knot was mentioned but there was no pictures to show how it was made, there was an indepth article but as the old saying goes a picture paints a thousand words Regards Jack

Cheers for that Norm, i understand that part, its what make would you class as good, as the same as normal line some is good and some is total crap? YIS JS

Hi there, i was just wondering what you would class as a good shock leader, ie, make and why, im going to be loading my reel with 18lb red ice if that makes any differnce. regards Jack

good to see the sport is continuing for you up there, and lets hope the good times continue for you, especaily after the lean times. All the best Jack

Hi all, im putting the below link up for you all, as it may be of use to the members here who have there own websites and forums, i am involved in a couple of sites as admin, and find this site invaluable for all aspects of running and maintaing a forum or website. I asked Elton and he said it was fine for me to post this link. here it is. http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/ reagrds Jack

Cheers Norrie you've been a huge help and its greatly aprecaited regards jack

Cheers mate, thats a big help, im just trying to find my way around them, so may have one or two other questions, its a bit like first seeing an ordance survey map for the first time. Regards Jack

Got a question again, as usual with me I am new to sea charts, and im just wondering what is actually meant by CHART DATUM and how it relates to tide depths in a particuler area, ie Plymouth Once again in advance many thanks Regards JS

But has the money been put into the right areas???, no its been put into projects to cut waiting times, and to cut the time it takes us to get to a job, we worker harder than ever, i actually took a wage cut under the new agenda for change, yes i got an unsociable hours pay instead, but this is not set in stone and is always under review so could be taken away form us at any time, the money we get for new equipment has not increased that much, we are the poor relative compared to the hospitals and i know they struggle to get new equipement, the whole NHS is now awash with managers and paperwork, so the money is not really filtering down to wear its really needed. on the front line, its been tied up in buaracy(spelling) Regards JS

Trubshaw im sorry to hear about your dreadful and totally disgusting treatment that you recieved. I agree that people dont know how to spend the money correctly, the money is all been made available and its been used to meet government targets and also to pay for all the excess managers that have had to be recruited to try and meet these targets, instead of been spent where its needed, on more nurses and doctors. All i was trying to say that MRSA isnt a Blair problem it was around long before him, but as you have correctly pointed out, he hasnt helped matters. what with his stupid unrealistic targets all its done is put untold pressure on the key workers, and made the mangaers get fatter pay cheques. I see the affects on a daily basis and it disgust me, believe me. Regards Jack

This has a been a brilliant thread, it just made me laugh how it started of with Blair, then got onto MRSA and now leprosy, without an obvoius break in the main subject matter. good debates, long may they continue Regards JS