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baldycoup, I know just the place for you...... my avatar piccy ...... have a look at the link in my signature

Hi guys, I'm going to be driving all the way down to Poole at the end of August and I'll be bringing the kayak with me. If all goes to plan I'll have 3 days available to get out fishing, Aug 25-27, so I'm hoping some of you southern softies can show me a good time I want to catch a few of the species I can't get up here with smoothounds top of the list cloesly followly by bass and bream and I'm not averse to a few species of wrasse either. One thing I reaaly need to do is go and fish Richie's conger mark at Portland as its where I started fishing as a kid, the mark is right infront of Incline Road where our house was, long gone now, and I used to fish off the breakwater beside the Hood. So how about it, Starvin, Speciman, Richie and any others, any takers for Spanner's Southern Return? By the way, I'll be camping, anybody got any suggestions for a good yak-fishing friendly campsite in teh area, close to Poole preferably?

Simon, I agree with you, one without a hole makes a better brake than one with a hole. I used to use a fishbag but it was too much like an anchor, when I'm drift fishing I don't want a dead stop.....

Thats the same one I use and it works well.

Yep, I always carry one and use quite a bit whenever it is breezy. On a windy day it has slowed my drift from 4.5mph to 1.5mph and made fishing possible. I think the one I have is a cheap Plastimo drift chute.

If its a US made one its not actually 5mm, the yanks dont do metric. Its either 3/16 or 7/32 I cant recall, but whichever it is its close enough so that 5mm fits.

try the universal mounts page..... http://www.ram-mount-uk.com/universal-mounts.htm

Hi Gerry, All bought in the UK The bars were storage hangers that I bought in B&Q. They were a U shape with a flat bit on the end of the longer leg for mounting it on a ceiling. I just cut them off before the bend. All the RAM stuff came from GPS Warehouse, which is where the RAM-Mounts UK website (http://www.ram-mount-uk.com) links to when you go to purchase. The cradle I use for the VHF is the belt clip holder , RAM-HOL-BC1.

Nice one Simon...... I could do with some of that R&R

I was going to do the same thing but ended up just wearing it round my waist with the pouch facing forward. Everything easily to hand then

I wouldn't plan on anchoring in a current that I couldn't paddle against, especially as recovery would then be very dangerous. You would be committed to your position or downtide only and that could lead to problems.

Hi Gerry, Welcoma aboard. I'm based close to Aberdeen so not too far away if you want to meet up for a session some time. Don't be fooled into thinking the sahllow bays are always the best place to start. Pretty much the biggest hazzard you'll face will be surf, so I'd avoid a shallow beach launch until you are more experienced at basic handling first. Much better to launch from a harbour or a sheltered bay like Findhorn. Shallow beaches are OK in a flat calm though.... and we get lots of those up here don't we For a compass I carry a silva hilwalking compass as a backup to my GPS, dead simple and does the job. I use wading boots with my drsuit and apart from cold feet in the middle of winter they are great. I'm guessing you already have a pair? I got a couple of dry bags for using on camping trips but to be honest I get so little water inside it isn't really necessary. I've never had more than a teaspoon and I have a US made P13.

be safe guys http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgo...est/6562381.stm