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And what will you lot say when its found to be Otters are the culprits

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Wear waterproofs under it !! www.englandangling.co.uk/displayProduct.asp?prodCode=EA_B45 Chocolate teapot comes to mind. Anything else ??

DD you are so correct ! Every year the 3 clubs I belong to list the amount of anglers that are either banned or lose their tickets permanently.

Another item to look for especially in rippling water is a flat spot where a large fish does not quite break surface but flattens the ripples.

My name is Steve and I'm a Fishaholic YES !

Reports are that the biggest fish seem to vanish first, well parts of them as the bodies are often found on the bank, as they are easier to catch and are too big to hide like the little ones.

Phil, I will help as much as I can mate. Any quill can be made into floats, and that's both ways up. To clean a quill use scissors to remove as much feather as possible then use wet and dry to finish off, rub as little as possible but remove the gloss as this will help varnish/paint to adhere. To straighten the quill use very gentle heat, I use the handle of an old type smooth school stainless steel knife.which I have warmed over a flame. Pull the quill over the handle with your thumb holding it fairly firmly and pull across a few times. Once you have your prepared quills decide for what use you want to use them for. Big end up for river type stick floats so you will have to add a heavier wood stem or thin end up to use as a waggler. The smallest thinnest quills I use for crucian type fishing gradually getting bigger one to carry more weight.. If you want a quill to take a certain weight set it up and and test it and cut tiny bits off until its carrying just a little less weight to take account for any paint you apply, then dry thoroughly before painting. To paint use a thinned white undercoat/basecoat let it dry then apply colour of choice.

Give you only one guess what species I will be after and I started thinking about this years adventure about September last year.

You must admit that Jack had a way of presenting the countryside to his audience, and also making you're brain work overtime with some of the things he asked you to identify.

As far as I know otters have been released all over the country and they have made a big hole in the barbel stocks in the Great Ouse north of the big smoke as well as other places. They are known to go for the biggest fish first and that hurts .

Recapturing the magic that is Mr Crabtree. ? Started well,pin and using a float on a lift set up so far so good. To catch a fish on that tackle as per Mr.C fine. Mr. C did the angling, using buzzers and bobbins to do the fishing is NOT in the style of Mr.C. !!! ​As for a man of his supposed quality with that type of netting technique ---- CRAP. Same goes for his weighing technique --- CRAP. ​At least the fish were returned quickly. As for the catching of larger fish using up to date equipment at distance then I must say that is more to do with how the water is fished now, with carpers filling it in at distance so the tench are now used to feeding out there. Overall having a programme on what is not a sports channel is a bonus, that it was the Tench that was chosen to be the first species was to be expected as its THE spring species, Lets see how it goes !!

To all , the best home made floats are varnished using your finger as a brush as it leaves no marks. My rod maker uses his finger to coat the whipping on my rods and they are perfect.

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Thinking back, I had to sell the new headlights that I had not fitted and would have been able to see where I was going, which would have been a first !!

I have eaten emu egg and they are ruddy hard to get into and take ages to fry --- but very tasty, :wacko:It would take a lifetime to boil one and you would have to put into the top of a big empty tin to act like a cup.

I put an unleaded head, an overdrive,and a lot of uprated parts on it, and used it always ---- until somebody wanted it more than me but did not bother telling me !!

Why rotate ?? I have made quill floats, balsa, cane etc. and I dip mine into a thinned paint and hang them upside down stuck in polystyrene to drip dry , By the way I use polystyrene from around products I have bought.

Wheres the nurse ?

Phone, most of the enjoyment when using a pin is when you have a respectable fish on and you can feel the fight through your arm/hand/thumb going from the tip to the butt of your rod. If you can give it a go then I suggest you do mate, a carp of 14 to 18 lb caught on a pin will give you a right big smile but not me as I'm after Mr. Tench.

Jeremy stated he wanted a light weight not an indestructible one.

Yep had one of them on the front but a few of the press studs were duff and the ply was between the fan and rad-- only in deepest late autumn, winter and early spring tho.

I used a big lump of plywood in front of my rad in my Mk 3.

He only does it every year so he can piffed as one Have a good one.

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