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Rusty

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  1. Rusty

    12 January

    Thank you for the day out Chris, it was brilliant! I was dead chuffed with my choice of first swim, the chub were there but having hooked a couple on the float I failed to land one. I wonder whether that pool needs to be explored with a feeder setup?
  2. Rusty

    New rod

    Good advice from Keith, the Okuma Sheffield will do all you want for a very long time.
  3. Looking like the ashes have gone. We might scrape a draw but the Aussies now have a lead of 18 runs, six wickets in hand with a session and two days to go. If I were Steve Smith I think I'd bat on until tea tomorrow and get maybe 300 lead, I don't think I'd declare just yet. England's bowlers are tired with an old ball so keep them out there.
  4. 1. Me 2. Not sure but I don't buy into the 'replaced by Facebook' theory. I still like this forum and if anything spectacular happened on one of my fishing trips I'd post here but after many years of learning from people on the forum my ability and enthusiasm has plateaued. I still love fishing and still go regularly but targeting big fish is less important than it once was. Now I'm disappointed if the 12oz roach have moved on from their usual spot. 3. Me. Fish-ins need somebody to front the cash and then rely on the punters to reimburse them (even if they don't go) so you need a pretty close knit bunch for somebody to take the lead and organize the event. We don't have that anymore.
  5. Who do you think is on top after day one? England on 196-4 which is pretty respectable but with both Cook and Root back in the pavilion I’d give the day to Australia. Had either of them still been at the crease then I think that England may have shaded it but as it is the potential for the Aussies to rip through the England middle order with a new ball on day two is worrying. I reckon we'll get to about 250.
  6. Don’t think I have a least favourite fishing month, it all depends on the weather and that seems so unpredictable these days. Years ago I guess December/January would be the times I would be least likely to go out but that’s no longer the case with our milder winters.
  7. I doubt the thieves will be able to shift them, if they remove the serial number and engraving they'll look even more suspicious.
  8. Rusty

    6 September

    Have we still just got access to short section before the fence Chris (the paddock?) or were you on the opposite bank?
  9. My fave is Rock Salmon but there are so few chippies selling it now.
  10. That's my take on it John. The advantage of using plastic bait is that you can be confident it's still on the hook when your bait's in the water for a long time, to be effective the feed should contain the real stuff. I've tried trotting plastic maggots thinking that the fish wouldn't notice in the flow and with all the loose feed going in but bites stopped, a switch back to real maggots generated bites. Anderooo used plastic hookbaits with great success, they do work in the right circumstances using the right method.
  11. Good shout, I hadn't thought about the older Drennan rods. I have a 14' DRX Ultralite float rod which is about 10 years old and would be perfect for the job.
  12. I think that both of those are more than you need for the job, the 15' GTI (non SU) hollow tip will easily deal with fish of that size and even that might be overkill. A more important consideration is the weight, the GTI blank is getting on a bit now and it's quite heavy compared to more modern Drennan (for example) blanks, if you'll be trotting for any length of time It will become a chore to hold. I'd look at the Acolyte range but perhaps avoid the 15' Acolyte plus, I've heard of too many breaking.
  13. I'm planning a south stoke trip either today or tomorrow, did wonder about being bleaked out though. The Upper Thames stretch I tried yesterday has potential, I had a good day with perch and chublets and a couple of small barbel were caught by other anglers. Annoyingly the venue is used for matches almost every Saturday of the season, the ticket was cheap enough though so I'll just have to put up with that.
  14. A distinct lack of any fish Mat (or bites for that matter) despite rotating baits regularly, including said pellets. Nine biteless hours at my peg in that heat was enough for me, I moved to the 'easy pond' for the last hour and caught roach immediately, a few other IAC members followed suit. The match was won with a crucian so the trophy has passed on legitimately. I stayed in a hotel near Marsh Farm Friday night and traveled to play golf with school mates on Saturday, another nine hours in the sun meant that by the time I got home on Saturday night I was totally knackered and didn't make the Thames trip on Sunday. That will happen tomorrow, I've taken the day off work and temps will be more conducive to fishing.
  15. I think JV44 is still a member, he can moor his boat on the adjacent Thames and fish the lake during the closed season. He conned me into joining a couple of years back with stories of tench but all I saw caught were bream and pike (not caught by me I might add). Certainly seems to have a big head of bream and as it's linked to the Thames by a short waterway (for the boat shows they hold) who knows what might take refuge there during high water levels. I went a couple of times, didn't really give it a proper go but the far bank was productive on one occasion when I went with Mat, Steve Walker and JV44.
  16. Don't forget to take the firework, you'll need to send that into the sky at midnight. I will ignore Matthew Simmons, my tactics have been carefully thought through (a lie, they never are) and I have no chance of catching a bream.
  17. A bit late in the day this season but where will you be pitched up on the first day? I'll be at Marsh Farm on Friday and river action will commence on a new bit of the upper Thames for me on Sunday. Very much looking forward to twirling 'pins again.
  18. It does happen in the UK too Cory, again conditions were good for solar. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/04/solar-outstrips-coal-in-past-six-months-of-uk-electricity-generation
  19. It is good news but needs to be viewed in context. This was one day when conditions were perfect for renewable sources, demand was low and many coal fired stations were priced out of the market (some did generate). It would be interesting to know how close they were to the energy gap. Renewable energy will always be 'only' part of the solution because we are limited as to where we can build and can't control the wind, sun or rain. Tidal is the most reliable source but the technology isn't available for it to generate any real capacity. Energy will always be a mix of renewable and conventional sources but 85% renewable on a day just shows what can be achieved.
  20. Don't know the brand Phone but the new rings stand off the rod blank in a more conventional manner whereas the old ones were right next to it like on a fly rod (tip section only). It was an experiment that didn't really work.
  21. Love the first pic, what an old warhorse that is (the fish I mean). When your fingers sink into a perch's belly then it's a big perch. Well done!
  22. Yes you can, just tie it without a loop for the hair and trim the tag end. If a knotless knot copes with landing hair rigged caught fish it should be just as good without the hair.
  23. All done and rods returned ready for the new season, usual excellent standard of workmanship. The broken rod had a new tip section, all whippings re-done to make sure of a colour match (16 rings and 3 spigot joints), 8 new tip rings to replace the fly rings and replacement of an unmatched butt ring. The other rod just had the 8 fly rings replaced, Bob still had the correct colour thread for that one. £85 total including postage, very pleased with that. Looking back the breakage gave me the opportunity to have the fly rings replaced on both rods, I'd been meaning to have it done for a while but never quite got around to it.
  24. It is and I've been thinking about what the perch feed on. During the times I've been to Wingham I fished mainly for tench with corn and I've only ever caught tench with it, no fluked roach which I would've thought is a possibility. I'm sure Budgie used to say that during certain months the roach would suddenly appear but after a short period they'd vanish until the following year. Would this be enough to sustain perch? I doubt it. The times I've looked in the margins I don't remember seeing an abundance of fry either. Maybe Steve can shed some light on this?
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