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Sorry Ken been offline pm sent

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Hi mate me and my mate both in 50s loadsof free time fish all over the place you are most welcome to join us for some friendly fishing and banter

The best advice i could give is ask where you buy your fly lines they are usually helpful and always buy the best lines and leaders you can afford the cheaper ebay type lines lay like a snake back and are very hard even for an experienced angler to retrieve with any chance of a take presentation same as any type of fishing is paramount also match your rod weight to the line not sure if you need it but maybe the following explanation of weight ratings may help some beginners The coding of numbers on fly lines is a system that is used universally to determine the casting weight of fly rods, a bit like the test curve rating used in course fishing. First I'll explain the letters. WF means weight forward and as the name suggests is a line where the majority of the weight is at the forward part of the line, this part of the line is thicker than the rear of the line and is what loads the rod when casting. There are other lines where letters are involved like DT which is a double taper line and SH which is a shooting head. The numbers indicate the weight of the line, the lower the number the lighter the line. When purchasing lines you should match the line to the rod, all rods will be marked with a AFTM number (Association of Fishing Tackle Manufacturers), this is the weight of the rod, for example the rod may be marked AFTM 7# the ideal line for this rod would therefore be a 7 weight line. likewise a rod marked AFTM 4# would be suited to a 4 weight line. Some rods are marked with dual ratings for example AFTM 6/7# this means the rod is suited to both a 6 and a 7 weight line. When rods are marked with a dual rating the general rule of thumb is that when line is matched with the higher rating more distance would be achieved than with the lower rating line and when matched with the lower rating better presentation is achieved than the higher rating. I hope I have explained this well enough

Hi all not exactly new to the forum but a new poster A bit about me I am now a disabled angler due to a couple of strokes and other problems But i used to be an all-round fisherman I used to teach other disabled anglers to fly fish and tie their own flies (Hands and eyes not good enough now ) my claim to fame is i tied flies for Mick Brown I am a competent coarse Carp and pike angler but my passion used to be beach casting and I won the Yorkshire v Lancashire battle of the roses (the match not the war not quite that old yet ) Now I just run charity matches and talk about fishing I hope to learn some new stuff on here as fishing like every thing else evolves . look forward to chatting to you all (Steve) :D

One of the reasons I haven't been posting (Not an excuse) is my computer threw a wobbly and I had to replace it and lost all my websites from my bookmarks and I am active on many fishing websites as I am disabled and all I do is arrange charity matches and surf the web you will notice my post will become more regular and not just my charity events

Hi fist of all sorry for taking time to reply but i didn't get any notice of a reply secondly I would like to apologize to the admin for not asking permission to post a charity event but i didn't see any rule about informing admin beforehand and third the event will be on the When you wish upon a star website along with details of money raised from the 2 previous events below is a copy of an email sent to me from Maggie from the foundation it has a registration number on it if you want to check my credentials feel free to ring her Hi Stephen Attached is the letter of authority as requested. I have also posted you a hard copy along with a copy of the newsletter for you and a copy and some detail about the charity for your sponsor. I will put your event on the website in the next few days. If you have any detail that you would like on there please let me know. Maggie Maggie Falconer East Midlands Community Fundraiser When You Wish Upon A Star Futurist House Valley Road Nottingham NG5 1JE Tel: 0115 9791720 Mobile 07760295323 www.whenyouwishuponastar.org.uk Registered Charity Number - 1060963 Company Registration Number - 3280440 Registered Office - Futurist House. Valley Road. Nottingham. NG5 1JE Click the pic to see slideshow

Firstly let me thank all of you that contributed to last years event The Hayden West memorial match in aid of The When you wish upon a star foundation with your help we raised enough to send a terminally ill child and companion to Lapland on a trip of a lifetime this year we are hoping to sponsor two children at a cost of £1400 so your help is vital as you may be aware most people and companies are giving all their allotted donations to overseas charities which is very amiable but is making it extremely difficult to raise money for deserving British charities. Also the economic climate isn't helping the cause so I ask you on their behalf if you can even if it is just a pack of hooks for the raffle to donate what you can thanks again (Steve)