Little Roachess

Hello Janet, since I cannot read your threads-the error message says I am not allowed to view any data, I will try to communicate my thanks in this way. I will try Primark when I am in Lancs, don't have one here! I would be happy to join you on a fishing trip as your guest and perhaps when I am set up i will be able to return the compliment. Just as soon as I join a club or two. I have cottoned on to Shimano, it's the only name I hear these days, so will let you know what I have purchased and how i get along with it. Have fun with your own Shimano prized rod, maybe if the site allows I will seeya around here again??????

Can Anyone Help??? Since I am new to this forum please tell me what I am doing wrong. I have studied all the help info to no avail, maybe its a case of I can't see the wood for the trees, or in angling terminology the the scales for the fish. I can't seem to post a personal message to anyone and I don't seem to be able to view the profiles of those who have been kind enough to reply to my call for help, what am I doing wrong? I can't get in touch with anyone in the admin team, and I can't see my own posts that I thought I had sent out to everyone who answered me??? I am beside myself with frustration at trying also to edit my profile which I thought you would be able to do, and indeed what the help faqs say I can do by following their simple guidlines???? Are there gremlins on site? Or are there rules which state that I cannot do anything about my situation until a certain amount of time has elapsed? The email which i received in my personal email address inbox only asked me to confirm my registration using the link provided which I promptly did and then began by asking a question which was answered, I saw, by several people, but when it came to answering them personally one to one I could not do this, but the email did not say that I could not have full use of the site once I had it confirmed at returning to the site that I was now registered with you and away to go! ???? Please someone respond.........

Vagabond, What's wrong with it? You can still fish on the canals of England with it??? I like it.

Thanks for the reply, I think this is excellent advice as no-one has told me about rod counterbalance, and I will take that on board. Great. I read about so much violence around Bailiff work mostly, and the lack of monitoring by the EA, and this has made me cautious as a woman. I do hold to a poetic rose-tinted essence for the sport, but I know that personal safety and security is paramount to the male angling populus anyway, and which has prompted me to seek out some company in situ. I hope to address this issue in more depth, in the meantime, as I am only just learning the ropes, I will always be accompanied, hence my call to arms for said companions! As an aspiring angler I will take your wishes in good part, but if you should bump into me one day on the bank of some obscure river and ask me if I am having any luck i will treat your comment with the disdain of the seasoned carper and inform you quite rightly that luck has nothing to do with it, but that technique and the art of angling is everything, and permit you to correctly intone, "Any bites?" Tight lines, Renrag!

I love mirror and have great respect for them as a large fish, watching old Matt Hayes videos I have learned a lot about how a landing mat is a must if you happen to catch one. I am not the handbag angler, and I won't be buying a 4ft rod, but I would welcome any input from your partner, Roxi, as she could give me a lot of angling from a woman's perspective. Thanks...look forward to her response.

I have some 4lb camo line, rubber maggots and enthusiasm. When I eventually go out I will be legal, as I think the act of fishing without a licence is abhorrant to me, and disrespectful to the Angling community. I will have all the gear to make a fishing trip a memorable one for me and the fish-remembering that their experience needs to be as stressfree as possible. But it's good sound advice for a newey and I am pleased that there are anglers who always mention the rules, most of which are common sense, and always are there to protect the fish and the environment. Thanks also for reminding me about the plummet, etc, as all the information I have gurned has been swimming around in my head and as soon as I read your post it reiterated a few salient points before starting out. I will keep you updated, but hope I don't bore anyone!!!

Hey Janet! Thankyou for your advice, real good. I was thinking Shimano 12' rod myself but didn't know if I was floating in the wrong pool! It's amazing that you are from Burnley, as I was from that neck of the woods myself before I moved over to Cumbria some years ago. I regularly make the trip to Lancs to see my folks and it would be great to have some company when I get myself kitted up for a fishing trip over there some time...............See what I mean though about female members of the Angling fraternity and the lack of??

Thanks so much for your help there Newt. You are a gentleman. I am trying to learn the art of fishing and hope that some day I can actually call myself an Angler. Be back soon, and I hope I don't pester people too much. Tight Lines!

Hi All! I bought the mags, got a shopping trolley full of books, read every page in a week! I even have a couple of freebies from the mags I bought. Anyway, after reading until my eyes are fish-shaped, I wondered if I could get some advice from some of the experts around here? The last time I fished I was about 10yrs old-I'm considerably older now-and wish to take up the sport in all seriousness. With all the choice around as far as rods go, and I do want to stick to rods, which would be the best rod for my style of fishing? I am not the tallest person, and I want as light a rod as I can get, and I want to be able to catch roach this spring, and maybe some barbel in the summer months in my local lakes-in other words I want to do a wide variety of coarse fishing, but I can't afford two rods! Please could anyone help me, I would appreciate the input. Also, are there any Lady Anglers out there I could share my fishing experiences with as I just feel swamped by the "Man's World" ethos of fishing. Don't get me wrong guys, I know without you the sport and technology would never have intensified, and your wealth of knowledge is commendable, (heck my mentor is a great Cumbrian match winner), but a bit of female company wouldn't come amiss on the bank! Forever hopeful of a response or two, Little Roachess!