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I forgot something.. I have an umbrella (a keenets one from Argos) - only leaks a little bit but its quite heavy. Can you get lighter ones? would an umbrella and its pole etc fit in a quiver type bag If I go down that route? Thanks, Craig

Hi All, so not been out much this year but when I have, I have realised that I take way too much stuff and its all a bit too heavy. So I have decided to try and see if I can make my lift a little easier First thing is my chair, im using my old camping chairs which fold up into a bag, but its quite heavy, its nice that it has a back, arms and a beer holder but moving it around is a bit difficult. The second is my rod bag, I have one of these bags which hold 6 rods, 3 made up and 3 broken down, in that case I also carry my bank sticks, landing net and pole etc. Now I like the bag but as time is usually short, I dont always have the time (or space) to take out the rods im not using etc, so I end up lugging everything around with me! So really I have a couple of questions, can anyone recomend a chair? preferably with arms but not essential, must be light weight and easy to carry. The second is that I was looking at a quiver bag that has each rod in a sleeve - so I can quickly take out the ones I dont need and they are kept protected in the shed! (I dont have a garage hence the small spaces im dealing with and want to store things safely). With the quiver bags, what size do the pockets generally offer? enough to hold bank sticks etc? space for my landing net pole ? does anyone use them or can you recomend an alternative ? Thanks in advance, Craig

Hi All, Hope you can help - Normally a coarse fisherman but were heading down to Mortehoe, North Devon next week for a bit of a getaway. As its so near the coast, was thinking about trying a bit of sea fishing! Ive got some quite heavy lure fishing gear so was wondering a couple of things: Is there a peer I can fish off near the coast at that location? Were staying on a campsite (postcode EX34 7EJ) - looks like were near Broador / Lee Bay ? Is it worth fishing at this time of year at those locations ? Not really sure what I would catch ? I was planning to use my heavy lure gear ? Thanks in advance, Craig

Thanks guys much appreciated with your help I shall be giving it a go when I have a spare evening, dont think im going to strip it all the way down, may just go as far as I feel comfortable with first! im sure most of the problem is just dirt under the spool

They are indeed! The first small pike I got was on quite a small perch looking lure The next pike I caught was on a bigger one (in fact, it was a lure of a pike, very canibalistic!), the bigger lure probably wasnt that big as far as lures go but I was just suprised as the lure itself was large compared to the pike that took it (if that makes sense). We also tried a few spinners but with no luck (was hoping a nice perch or chub would like it) quite looking forward to getting back out there and giving it another go.

Anderoo, funny you should say that, there was one angler on the bank, but think he was on the quiver for chub - I did walk past another angler who looked quite like a secret squirrel (and he looked a bit miserable!) so I would say yes.. we did see one I was quite suprised about the size of lures that a little pike went for!

Budgie, Thats great thank you so literally take it all apart and give it a good clean, silly question, how would I know what to grease and what to keep dry (im assuming I just grease everything thats already had grease on it!) If all goes wrong It may well be in a bag and a PM to you about how much to sort the mess I have made out Thanks again Craig

Hi All, ive noticed that one of my reels isnt as "smooth" as it used to be. Whats the best way of maintaining a reel. I feel confident about taking most things apart but I just need to know what to do, where to grease etc. Thanks in advance, Craig

Well we both went spinning and didnt blank! I got a couple and stooby got another, I will have to admit that his pike was much larger than both of mine put together but still... I really enjoyed it, something nice about just wandering down the river with a small amount of equipment. I really found it makes you concentrate on casting more, as the day went on I found myself more and more confident with getting closer and closer to where I ideally wanted to be! There is a picture and ill try and get it sorted! Thanks again for everyones help, it was really appreciated and definitly contributed into us having a good days fishing ! Craig

you can notice this behavour when you add fish to a fish tank, generally if you add multiple fish in of the same species, they will shoal together, however after a period of time when they feel comfortable, they do not shoal anymore. If you then spook the tank they generally group back together again obviously this doesnt happen to all fish.. but definitly gives an indication that they do it for safety.

Thanks Anderoo I checked the EA site this morning about the river levels - with Perch (and I suppose Pike im after), does it help to have slightly dark water ? ahh ok, ill be sure not to gloat in front of them (only joking!) Do chubb take spinners / lures? Thanks, Craig

Thanks Steve, even more reason! I didnt even think that the smell would make them not nice to handle!

Thanks guys much appreciated ill eventually move to braid but for my first spinning outing ill get loaded up on some mono ! id like to say ill post the results when I get back from the trip.. but it may be an empty post!

Thanks Leon, I will be waiting till spring to set it up, just wanted to get prepared. Im lucky enough to have been given a pre-made wormery (with the individual trays and collector at the bottom for the liquid) - thank you for the link its an excellent read and I will be refering to it alot I think! excellent ok, ill stick to dendras whilst they dont grow as big as lobs, are they still as successfull for fishing the likes of big perch etc? you cant beat a bit of free bait! Thanks again, Craig

Hi All, I am starting up a Wormery (Mrs thinks its for the garden but I have other ideas!) I have 2 options of worms available to me and im not sure which to go for (or whether to mix them!) The choices are Red Tiger Worms (Eisenia Andrei) and Dendrobarna (Eisenia Hortensis). I have used dendros before however not ever used or seen Tigers, by the looks of it they are smaller at around 5cm in length. I have done a little reading and noticed someone post on another website the following description of Tigers: "Very active wigglers when exposed to sunlight. Worms exude coelemic fluid which smells unpleasant and are therefore not suitable for fishing bait" does anyone have any experiance with using Tiger worms for fishing? im wondering if I mix the two together, will the fluid affect the dendros? (reason being is that Tigers are aparently better at keeping your wormery "running". Thanks in advance, Craig