Simon Newbould

Cheers Dales, hope you don't mind but I've PM'd you.. Simon

Cheers Dales, Yeah, you can certainly still fish it. I keep trying the rangers office but it always seems to be shut whenever I'm there. I checked the Victoria Park Anglers Alliance website a couple of weeks ago, doesn't appear to have been updated in a while though. I take it you're pretty local..? Simon

Morning All, I've just loaded my reels with 10lb Adrena-Line, never having used it before I have to say that I'm seriously impressed. It's silky, supple and low diameter at .30 so it would appear that I'll be gaining a little extra distance if required. Having said that most of my fishing is within 3 rod lengths of the bank lol. A knot test shows that it breaks at just over the stated breaking strain so so far so good. Not actually used it in a fishing situation as yet but can't wait to get out there with it... Anyone here used it? What's your opinion? Simon

ah, sorry to hear that Elton. I know how you feel though, I've been out of the game for some while now (something I thought would never happen).. The bug's bitten again though ;-)

Hi Elton, Never heard of Oracle Baits. There doesn't appear to be anything about them in the angling press, well not that I can find anyway.. The feedback they're getting on ebay looks pretty good although it has to be said that there appear to be multiple posts from the same people ;-) How about contacting them and offering to test and review for AnglersNet...? Simon

Hi All, Long time no see Does anyone on the forum have any knowledge at all of the West Lake at Victoria Park in East London..? I've done a little research myself and it looks extremely interesting for a number of reasons, not least of which the rumour that the carp originate from the Leney strain..!! It appears to be rather lightly fished with not many fishable swims but does have a few major drawbacks, the fact that it's located right in the middle of a public park is a little off putting lol I've had a couple of reccy visits and chatted up some of the locals on there but as I say it's pretty lightly fished and the regs are a little guarded (understandably so) I'm basically looking for anything that could be helpful to me, going baits, feeding areas, features etc Cheers Guys Simon

Hi Guys, Thanks for the info and the welcome back...... ) I've got a question for Gaffer if he's still around with regards to airdrying / rehydrating bait.. Give me a while to get everything straight in my head and then I'll post it in the appropriate place.. Cheers Simon

cheers Si, I probably should have known that )

Hi Elton (and anyone else that remembers me) I've been away from the scene for quite some time now. It's probably 5 years since I last logged onto anglersnet...! Anyway... I've recently been whetting my appetite againand of course one of the 1st places I decided to visit to get all the latest information and gossip was of course, AnglerNet. Anyway, the problem I'm having is that I don't seem to be able to display threads within the forums in their entirety. What I mean is that I don't seem to be able to scroll to the bottom of the page, is that something to do with my settings..? Cheers Simon

I saw ELV 15 on a clapped out Toyota a few years ago.... wonder how much that plate would be worth? Also, saw Ronnie O'Sullivan's car a couple of years back... CUE 80Y.......

The maximum line length is 3km, over this distance the "loss" is to great to make an appreciable distance to connection speeds...

*lol* reckon you might be right there... I hope you have a cunning plan?

Yep, agreed... Shrub has stated that he wants to enforce a regime change in Iraq and remove Saddam.. I guess he wishes to install a pro-western government... I wonder why that would be?

Fair enough - apologies to all the stud owners out there (*lol* that's the girlfriend appeased then)

Any Dwarfs, people with speech impediments and horses that may visit this forum.... This guy owns a horse stud farm.One day a friend phones him up and says 'there's this dwarf with a speech impediment I know who wants to buy a white horse, so I've sent him round to see you.' Sure enough the dwarf turns up. The owner asks him, 'do you want a male horse or a female horse?' 'A female horth,' the dwarf replies. So the owner shows him a mare. 'Nithe horth,' says the dwarf,'can I thee her eyth?" So the owner picks up the dwarf to show him the horses eyes. 'Nith eyth', say the dwarf, 'can I thee her teeth?' Again the owner picks up the dwarf to show him the horses teeth. 'Nith teeth, can I see her eerth?' the dwarf says. By now the owner is getting a little fed up but again the owner picks up the dwarf to show him the horses ears. 'Nith eerth,' he says 'now can I see her twot?' With this the owner picks the dwarf up and shoves his head deep inside the horses vagina, he holds him there for a second before pulling him out and putting him down. The dwarf shakes his head and says 'Pperhaps I should wefwaze that.Can I see her wun awound?'

like it!

Seems that Shrub is intent on war though.... "The White House has dismissed Iraq's offer to let weapons inspectors return there unconditionally".

Nah, you can keep him mate...

hmmm, never a truer word....

Al Qaeda claimed responsibilty for the last Septembers attacks on the States... According to Shrub and Blair we in the west have absolutely NO evidence that Iraq was involved in those attacks.. It may well be the case that Iraq are developing WMD's and may even have the delivery systems to use them..... "We" by our own admission don't actually know that though.. If evidence was produced to show that they actually had this capability and were planning to use it against us then fine, go and bomb the bastards... However, there is NO evidence.... What worries me is that Shrub and Blair seem to be tying Iraq into the WTC atrocity with absolutely no evidence... the media appear to have fallen for it as do many other people... If this war is against terrorism and those countries that support and harbour terrorists then why attack Iraq? No evidence exists to suggest that they had/have anything to do with Al Qaeda.. Why can't our governments be honest and admit the real reason for an attack on Iraq, it certainly ain't the "war on terrorism"! Simon

Blimey Jim, My mate's a fireman. If it wasn't for his wife earning good money he wouldn't be able to live in London on the salary he gets.... Yes he's got a part time job (2 days a week), he needs this to make ends meet... We had a discussion about this a while ago.. it transpires that he is paid £7 per hour... one of the people in this discussion said that he wished he was earning the same.... to which my mate responded... "ok, I'll give you 7 quid and you can run into a burning building" What they get paid is a total disgrace - he puts his life on the line on every shout... for 7 quid an hour... I get paid double that for sitting on my arse in a nice cozy office... surfing the net! Simon

He he he....... congrats (again)to your son.... Looking forward to re-reading this thread in another years time Simon

nope, I don't recognise any of these at all.... honest! FIVE STAGES OF DRUNKENNESS Stage 1 - CLEVER This is when you suddenly become an expert on every subject in the known universe. You know you know everything and you want to pass on your knowledge to anyone who will listen. At this stage you are always right. And, of course, the person you are talking to is very wrong. This makes for an interesting argument when both parties are CLEVER. Stage 2 - ATTRACTIVE This is when you realise that you are the most ATTRACTIVE person in the entire bar and that everyone fancies you. You can go up to a perfect stranger knowing that they fancy you and really want to talk to you. Bear in mind that you are still CLEVER, so you can talk to this person about any subject under the sun. Stage 3 - RICH This is when you suddenly become the RICHEST person in the room. You can buy drinks for the entire bar because you have a bottomless wallet. You can also make bets at this stage, because of course you are still CLEVER so, naturally, you will always win. Anyway, it doesn't matter how much you bet because you are RICH. You will also buy drinks for everyone that you fancy, in the knowledge that you are clearly the most ATTRACTIVE person present. Stage 4 - INVINCIBLE You are now ready to pick fights with anyone and everyone, especially those with whom you have been betting or arguing. This is because you are now INVINCIBLE. At this point you can also go up to the partners of the people who you fancy and challenge them to a battle of wits or strength. You have no fear of losing this battle, because as well as being INVINCIBLE you are CLEVER, you're RICH and you're more ATTRACTIVE than they are anyway. Stage 5 - INVISIBLE This is the final stage of drunkenness. At this point you can do anything, because you are now INVISIBLE. You can dance on a table to impress the people who you fancy because the rest of the people in the room cannot see you. You can also snog the face off them for the same reason. You are also INVISIBLE to the people who want to fight you. You can walk through the street singing at the top of your lungs because no one can see or hear you and because you're still CLEVER you know all the words. THE FIVE STAGES OF SOBERING UP Stage 1 - STUPID As you regain consciousness and begin to enjoy the headache, the churning stomach and the cold sweats, you realise that you have lost not only several hours of your life but also the ability to concentrate on anything whatsoever. You are now STUPID and will remain so for a minimum of 12 hours. Stage 2 - UGLY Never entirely happy with the effects of the bathroom mirror first thing you are horrified to discover that you have now become even UGLIER than you previously thought possible. Not only have you bloodshot eyes and a glorious collection of spots but you are shaking so much that your grandfather probably looks healthier. Unfortunately you are still too STUPID to know better than to try and shave whilst shaking. Stage 3 - POOR Having crawled out of bed and got dressed you are about to shamble out the door when you discover that the money that was to last you the week is now missing from your wallet. Being STUPID, you have no idea what happened to it but the traces of curry on your clothes allow the possibility that you might have treated everyone to a takeaway at some point. Alternatively your pocket could have been picked or you might have given the taxi driver £150 by mistake. Rationalising that you couldn't possibly have been that STUPID and that you would remember being robbed, you come to believe that you were the only one who bought any food or drinks all night and start to loathe all your friends Stage 4 - FRAGILE As you are now STUPID, UGLY and POOR, your consequently FRAGILE self-esteem plummets. Your already FRAGILE physical condition ensures that you feel liable to shatter if anyone even speaks to you. Stage 5 - CONSPICUOUS This is the final stage of sobering up. Unfortunately, everyone can spot this CONSPICUOUS condition and its cause from a great distance. Even worse, they know that they can complete your misery by making fun of you, and that you are too STUPID to retaliate, too FRAGILE to hit them, too POOR to bribe them and too UGLY to hide.

"the THERMOS FLASK, it keeps things hot or cold" Yeah, but how does it know which things to keep hot and which things to keep cold? Truly amazing I'd have to vote for the wheel I guess.. Simon

"it does nothing for our cause, one where we wish to demonstrate that anglers do care about the fish they catch" and "all of us just have to try to be a bit more responsible when it comes to taking pictures, both of those pics mentioned here could be used quite easily by anti's" are the salient points here, I feel. Simon