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  1. Aged 66 four years ago I decided to give it another go having tried it as a kid and found it to be so boring. 54 years wasted then as love it now. Covid meant I didn't do it for some time and just like you I am learning all over again. I am going tomorrow and this evening I was looking up Helicopter Rigs and have been experimenting out in the garage. Whether its because I am using 6ib line trying to twizzle it is proving to be a night mare so I think I will just attach the feeder onto the line before the hook. You've caught bigger than I have but even catching tiddlers is good. Silver fish will definitely do me as there is far less chance of me damaging the fish than if they were bigger. As they say tight lines & enjoy.
  2. Welcome back and your not as bad as me as I last fished as a child and I am now 62
  3. John we have moved to Eastbourne and I think I will leave night fishing until I know of a safe place to do it or I gain a fishing mate Ted
  4. I suppose having just moved from South London its prompted me to ask this question in relation to night fishing and it is is it safe to fish on your own at night. By that I mean has anyone been threatened and had their equipment taken off of them or is it I have just got more paranoid as I have got older.
  5. As you would expect since joining the Forum I have been trying to gain as much knowledge as I can about fishing or if you prefer angling.In doing that I have looked at magazines dvd's etc and the big thing that has jumped out at me is just how well everyone treats the fish once it has been caught. Today I saw a programme in which the angler placed the fish in a sack to enable him to take a photograph of it later with his colleague. He described how he needed to keep the sack in a certain depthof water and not where there was moss as it takes all the oxygen away etc etc you all probably know this so I won't go on but to me it was very impressive indeed. Particularly when I can remember a few years ago now a campaign against fishing and some argued that they could hear the fish screaming when it was caught. I have no doubt that since I last went fishing when I was a kid back in the 60's today anglers are far far more careful on keeping the fish safe and returned to the water safely than years ago and anglers should pat themselves on the back for the advances that have been made.
  6. Thanks Newt wise words indeed and hopefully by that time I will be that bit more proficient myself.
  7. Thanks Pete and John very much appreciated TFT Thank you as well. I popped down to a local lake today and although its close to the A22 it was so peaceful even my wie commented she could see why I wanted to start fishing.Fair point about the Winter as well so I need to make sure I am well covered up and hopefully because its going to be more difficult to get a bite more experienced anglers may not mind me asking those inane questions I may need to ask. Met a great couple of ladstoday who clued me up to where the local tackle shop is so I will be down there this week. Being a tight wad its a bit of a pain to discover how the licence fee works and I will be paying £27 for just 3 months but I would rather than than wait to next April. Thanks again everyone Ted
  8. Hello everyone I desperately need your advice and apologies for probably asking the same question you must have answered many many times. Having been a keen motorcyclist and cyclist for many of my 62 years I think it is time to now slow down a bit and pursue more leisurely hobby.Although I dare say given the many types of fishing there are perhaps more leisurely is the wrong term to use. Another of my motivation to begin fishing is to get my three grandsons interested in it as well. I can recall as a kid fishing in the river at Edenbridge and at the timeI had a bees knees bamboo rodbut I am sure that times have moved on and that is why I need your advice. I live in Eastbourne but I want to start fishing in the river so should I be looking for a specific course fishing rod or can I use a carp or pole rod. Can I also ask having looked on the Net can someone recommend a starter kit that is reasonably priced. To be honest I would prefer to buy this from a localtackle shop rather than off of the Net because just like cycling shops I consider they are valuable to our sport and even if I pay that bit more its a price worth paying to keep them in business. Thinking back to my childhood days there use to be a fishing season can someone tell me whether there still is and if there is what are the dates. As I said sorry about the questions but any advice you can offer would be appreciated.
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