Gaz51

Hangover

Ian, simply put, fishing the margins is fishing close in to the bank at the end of the rod tip. During the summer months fishing the margins can account for some big patrolling fish such as carp, tench and perch.Reed beds close to the bank are a favourite haunt of carp, but you will need strong tackle to bring them out into open water once hooked. Whilst fishing this area of a water, you must be very quiet and keep as low as possible to prevent the fish from seeing you.

Hangover

Hi all, looking for a new umbrella as my existing one is almost shot. Before I buy, anybody got any good recommendations. Essentially I am looking for one with multi tilt with the facility for removing the pole and fitting at the back. Should I be looking at a Wavelok or PVC. My cuurent brolley is one of those cheap nylon ones which has served quite well but flaps like a pair of old drawers in any sort of wind. Hope you can help.

I've never actually used it, but I have heard it is particularly useful for waggler or feeder fishing as the stuff stays on the hook better when casting. Give it a go and let us know how you get on with it. Didn't get the AT so I aint got any.

I just hope the World Cup win inspires the Government to put a bit of cash into sport and sporting facilities to enable us to groom world champions of the future. I wouldn't hold my breath though. Congratulations will be received from all manner of people, Tony Blair included with his false cheesy grin. What commitment is truly behind that smile though?

Eaten

Good points. Not many successful sportspeople have what one would call a personality. Jonny Wilkinson for one, he's got where he is by solitary practise. OK, he trains with his club team and country team, but normally spends hour upon hour on his own kicking a ball between the sticks- hardly condusive to a sparkling personality is it? I just hope David "Bloody" Beckham doesn't win it. :mad:

Thanks for the welcome chaps, settling in nicely thanks. Hell of a lot of info contained within the posts on the forum both fishing and non fishing related. Obviously a credit to the members and moderators who keep the forum buzzing.

You're not supposed to juggle with it Den. Nice fish though.

Who do you reckon will or should win this years Sports personality of the year award? After todays performance I think it should go to Wonder boot Wilkinson, surely he deserves it. Then again, it is a team game. Any other suggestions for a worthy winner.

Cologne

Good old England, Well done boys !!! You can't beat a bit of Aussie bashing, nice to get one over on them. Tony C, you didn't hang around with the photo mate, looks good, the Webb Ellis trophy coming back where it belongs.

Dan, why not make your own? Stainless, aluminium welding rod make excellent small rivet blanks. Stainless will be a little harder to form as not as malleable.

Good question Mr Nibbles. Dependant on which country the inventor came from would initiate different situations. GB - Inventor takes idea to Government for evaluation. Government decide it too costly to fully research and develop, tells inventor to go away little man. Hang on a bit, this would wipe out all the revenue we generate from fossil fuels. :mad: MI5 monitor him, just when he looks as though he's getting somewhere to completing his idea, they bump him off. However, just before said inventor is bumped off, he pawned his ideas to the Japanese (notorious for ripping off original British thought inventions) The Japs being Japs see a great market for this idea. They then amend the original design specification and make a prototype 1/3 the size of the original and then flood the market with it. The world now no longer has need for the internal combustion engine. GB. - All water used for running the new engine must now be coloured red and is to be taxed as it can only be bought from official Camelot filling stations. Anyone found using CLEAR water faces a heavy fine or imprisonment. There we go says the Chancellor, we've got us a nice little earner again Mr Prime Minister.

Spoken like a true Southerner chesters1 Just afore I do mi 12hr shift int mill I'll have to put me flat cap on 'n tek mi whippet for a walk tha knows. Lancslass, you carry on fishing, there's quite a few ladies who are successfull. Don't let the blokes put you off.

As the weather is getting worse and temperatures are dropping, it is now time to fish finer. Bait presentation needs to be fine tuned to fool these wary fish. Reduce the terminal tackle. Fish fine lines and small hooks. Balance this with smaller bait and you may well be more successful. Size 22 fine wire hooks, 1lb hooklengths are the order of the day. Pinkies, squatts, breadpunch as hookbait. If pole fishing, a light slim bristled float will amplify the shy bites. Likewise, if fishing the waggler, go for a small insert float shot as precisely as possible. Hope it helps.

Hi Bulster, why does your mate want to fish with four rods anyway? :confused: How can he have total control of his tackle when he has four lines in the water? I take it he is a carp angler - no disrespect to carp anglers out there. In a nutshell, two rods on one license. If you want to use anymore rods, another license is required. I imagine a lot of carp anglers get caught out this way.

Commercials are good for the sport IMO. Youngsters can fish relatively safe from nutters and other undesirables who may present themselves at out of the way locations. What better way for youngsters to start out in angling than going somewhere where they can catch fish, thereby maintaining interest. Each to their own as far as I'm concerned. I certainly enjoy fishing at them.

Hi, new to the forum. Just thought I'd let everyone know I had arrived. I live in Gods own County of Yorkshire. I enjoy coarse fishing, mainly pleasure only on stillwaters, canals and occasionally rivers. Looking forward to posting a few questions and maybe answering a few too. Certainly impressed with the site, one of the best I've seen so far.