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  1. hence the "(or total lack of line)" in my reply
  2. Peter a Brazilian is a type of bikini line wax (or total lack of line) named as such due to the size of bikinis worn in said country. If you've ever seen anything of the Rio carnival I think the penny might drop
  3. Not sure who owns it now. I think Stockport AS owned a fair amount of the rights upto the Rochdale area (where Todmorden AS take over), but I now think Oldham AS took over the lengths they had earier this year. Stock wise, they've drained and refilled certain lengths that often (to remove can's/bottles/bikes/ the odd body etc. etc.) for the boats to pass though, that I wouldn't like to guess (the closer you go towards Castlefield basin the less often they've seemed to have drained). I've often wondered about the odd lunch time session up behind Piccadilly station (also have the Ashton Canal there), but I've now moved offices, although am now right next to the R.Irwell which is supposed to have a good head of roach.
  4. didn't have time this weekend for a bait and wait aproach, but did throw a few lures around for a couple of hours last night. No Perch, although I did have one I guess would be in the 1 to 2lb range follow the lure to the bank before spotting me and turning off near the locks, but did land a 14lb pike so not a wasted trip
  5. Thanks, There aren't many swims with trees on the near side, most are on the far bank, but there are the odd group of bushes on the nearside which over hang the water (have tried lures here), but where the trees do similar the water tends to be very shallow and void of other features. I have noticed perch in the 0.5lb bracket in these swims however. I have noticed fry jumping around the bridges and investigated it when on the near side. one occassion last summer when the water was clear, you could see a schoal of small perch herding a schoal of 2inch fry toward the bank, and crashing into them, must of spent a good 20mins just watching them. I'll give it a go anyway, as if I don't manage a perch, there are plenty of tench upto 5lb and bream getting upto double figures to keep me occupied
  6. Hello all, One of my aims for this season is to catch a decent sized perch, with my PB being just under 1lb. The canal I fish on a regular basis is rumered to hold a head of decent fish in the 2lb+ range, which I can well believe, due to the volume of small silver fish. I’ve read all of Steve’s articals (One of the reasons why I’ve set myself this target) and found them useful, but with the stretch of water I’m targeting being around 1mile long between locks (due to it’s size it was never drained durring the restoration works 3 or 4 years ago) and having a variaty of swims, I don’t know which to plump for first. Swims which I’m guessing would be best to fish include beds of reeds on both near and far banks which get a fair amount of light, same again with sun light blocked for most of the day due to factorys, bridge swims and open swims with over hanging trees on the far bank. Tactics wise I was thinking of using a waggler on 4lb mainline to a 3lb bottom, baiting up with red pinkie, and fishing lobworm on the hook. I would try a small livebait, but with pike well into double figures, believe that using a wire trace will reduce the chances of a perch. I’m also trying plugs, spoons and spinners in the evening after work, but have only had pike so far. Any help appreciated.
  7. Would have to be Bob Nudd, if only so I didn't have to hear "Is that a insert species of fish or what!" after every fish, which Mr Wilson has started saying on the last few series of Go fishing.
  8. this was on a canal stretch around Birmingham if I remember right, and what the council were doing was electric fishing which stuns the fish allowing them to be removed from the water and to a different location, but doesn't kill them. It's offen employed when trying to clean up ponds/boating lakes etc.
  9. I think I've bought nearly all my own pressies this year, well all of the ones I know about. My B'day was on the 20th, so managed to spread a couple as well, Pole plus roller off Dad, Luggage set off Mum, Fishing videos off sister, Seat box off wife, & seat box accessories off the in-laws. Job's a good un! Hopefully I managed to max out their budgets set aside for me, to minimise the "never to be worn or used" gifts
  10. ok, new to pole fishing or will be after xmas, and was wondering about what the ratings of some pole floats mean. I understand when they are expressed in grams, but it's the 4x12, 4x14 etc. which has me confused, as looking at rig setups in the the weeklys etc. it doesn't appear to be as straight forward as the shotting capacity of the float as say a waggler or stick float, ie. not 4 number 12's.
  11. Ok, I've now got myself my first pole and need alittle advice on how I'm going to rig up each of the kits. The pole came with 2 match top 3's and a power 2 rated upto 16 elastic. I was going to get a tackle shop to rig them up first time round (don't fancy chopping them up myself at this stage), so any advise as to what elastics to ask them to put in each kit etc. would be appreciated. The pole is 11.5m if it makes a difference. I've mainly been doing canal fishing since my return to the sport, with some stillwaters as well, fishing for roach/perch/rudd/skimmers upto 1lb, plus tench and bream upto 5lb (although I know there are bigger fish in there). I've not fished a carp pool yet (or not on the float anyway, used my feeder or carp rod with method feeder instead) but I suppose that's what the power kits for and I am likly to try one or two out in the new year so might try the pole on them. On a second note, are there any good videos/DVD's which would help me gain a grounding in pole fishing that you would recommend? Thanks. [ 26. November 2003, 02:11 PM: Message edited by: AndyM ]
  12. the thing that conserns me more than the fact that Sport England are limiting their funding and the fact that fishing isn't one of the select few, is the fact that there is no mention of funding disabled sport, which is surely just as important. I might be wrong but I think one of Sport England's sloggans used to be "Sport for all" and fishing lends itself well to less able bodied ppl. I for one would not mind one bit if a case for Angling was put forward to them for a grant to improve access and factilities on a greater number of waters for this group in our community, as it would as a result benifit us all I feel.
  13. That's them. Cartman, thanks. Like I said it looks and feels like a good pole, but having never used one I can't really have total confidence in myself more than anything It's almost a blank blank as it were, with just minimal graphics and not highly lacqered, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was imported gear. It was just the reduction which got me thinking really, RRP £700 with the shop price of just under £300 for the 13m, fine, the usual mark down, but to get it for £160 with just the extention missing. Then again I went in and said I wanted to start out pole fishing and gave them my budget for the pole, but with only a couple of worthwhile options in stock (both of which much under the the £160 I had available to spend on it) I think they marked it down to give me some options, make sure they got everyone of them £160's and create a happy customer. If so it's done that
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