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Simms waders come in lots of sizes and they do a specific range for women. I had the same problem as at 5ft 6 I am not tall for a man, and my legs are short even for that height.(Family morphology trait.) Ring Sportfish or John Norris and they will advise I am sure.

Seems a strange mix of fact and surreal rubbish. Great white shark and stuff.....laughable. Eat and eat and eat......if only Certainly pike are not native to the highlands, the char being landlocked although in origin migratory. I also agree with one poster that I can't believe any serious pike relocation is going on today if at all, it happened a few hundred years ago. Mind you I suppose if just one angler has done it and someone found out, then its true Whilst I think the pike must be impacting ferox populations I must say that given they are introduced, they fit so well, nothing better than catching a nice pike surrounded by forest and mountians.....rather than the local dual carragway....it just feels right Wait till siluras makes it up there and adjusts to the climate......the thing monster legands are made of.

I would assume it is banned on all waters where they are fly or fly and spinner only. Many salmon rivers, where bait is permitted, explicity state the baits permitted. Prawn or worm or both.

If your insurances have the normal small print then they are probably impacted if you volunteer. Certainly it impacts job seeker allowance. Your insurances will also not pay out until any period of "paid in lieu of notice" has expired. I.e. If you get six months in lieu of notice then it is 6 months until they will start paying out. The amount you get a serverance i.e. x weeks per year worked does not impact either job seeker allowance or insurance if redundancy was compulsary.

Norrie, its not like the damage and scars I have seen on pike, which more like slashes. Does look like something took a chunk out, rather than a wound from a narrow beak. Almost looks as if an otter had been munching away and the fish managed to escape.

Needs a very big treble for some explosive surface takes

Oh guys you have started something this end. I got all the photos out of the salmon and grilse my friends and I have caught since we started in 1993. Looked at the info above in your posts and started pointing out one or two well mended Kelts (rather than the Kelts we already knew about) to my mates . Oh dear the abuse.......and I had been friends for them for long LOL. Mind you can't beat the fish my mate caught September 93, huge kype and brown, but it was literally falling apart in our hands had to be so careful putting it back. Fingers could almost go right through it, weight 8lb 8oz.

Good question. It is certainly not the typical shape for the river. It was nice and solid. Not normal to catch kelts on this river this late. The river its self was full of running fish. Nothing struck me as unusual except the length to girth ratio. If it is a Kelt then its a PB because I have never caught one before (BG), I returned it quickly but I have returned all my salmon since return became mandatory, despite my reservations, as one must follow fishery rules. Lots of kelts are reported in Jan and Feb. How quickly do they mend, I assume they still cannot feed until they reenter saltwater, although I will confess to have never read up on Kelts. I must admit that it looked fresh to me just an odd shape, lets hope if it is a kelt then its back on its way to greenland by now.

Did you catch the trout first cast or with the broken rod ? Where did it snap out of interest ? Never mind life time extended warrenty so they will soon fix you up.

Yes it was the smart cast humming bird thing. It was an insert in my missus' fly fishing mag when it was delivered. An interesting concept, although a maximum range of 33yards (100ft) seemed limiting.

I think for those that have other country side interests then joining the CA is obviously a positive and sensible move. But they do not represent the majority of anglers and have no mandate to represent us. Therefore any angler who does not wish to have an association with the CA should say so and keep saying so, rather than be considered tired it qualifies in my book as tenacity in support of the future of their sport. But learn from them we can for sure.

Cracker and I think its very pretty, nice balanced shape. I remember my first double carp when I am came back to angling, (my first double coarse fish ever actually, unfortunately it had some puffer fish genes in its make up and resembled a football. Here's to the next one.

Plus you can go onto the web sites of the companies I suggested and see the said flies in all their glory, which answers the original question.

I don't understand how the original research which drove the conversion to barbless missed this out. I recon 3 years and we will have the research that supports a switch back to barbless and three years after that.......

Afraid not but I have it down for our family trip October half term. So any info you glean would be very much appreciated. Last year we fished Porthhallow (I think) I will know it when I see it again Caught some wrasse and pollock from the beach. I have a little book I purchased from the angling shop in Helston which has Sennen down as a good Bass venue.

Barbed hooks are not allowed on the fishery I am a member of. I can't remember the last carp I actually needed to unhook. The hooks seem to fall out on route from water to the mat. That is also what I am observing with around 50% of my bait caught pike now as well. I can see the risk of leads snagging in the landing net as described in the orginal post when using a large mesh for river carping. You could barely get a AAA through my carp mesh.

Interesting that the S&TA have has difficulties recuiting the trout fisherman and yet such troutfisherman join the CA. Must be some lessons to be learnt there.

Always a problem and the only time I ever actually cracked it was on Loch Lochy a few years back. Wind was howling and "breakers" were rolling across the lock. But I waded out deep and then discovered, to my complete surprise at the time, that I could cast horizontally and shoot a foot or so above the surface and the whole thing shot and rolled out fine, actually better than normal. Couple of weeks later I watched that programme about those russian boat things and how they mimic birds flying close to the surface to save energy and the penny dropped. In my view if you are in a boat you are probably knackered. Excellent article on casting into the wind in this months Fly Fishing and Fly Tying mag. (Just checked my missus' copy.) As is says this is par for the course in Bonefish venues. Fast taper and tight loops required. Not the usual features of a boat rod designed for fishing loch style with droppers.

Hyperloop for me also. I have one.

Artifical floaters......whats the point, and thats from a fly angler. Now if you were to use some fur and feather to fool the carp that said collection of organic material was a mixer then thats different.

Guys and Gals, I believe that fish finders actually detect fish by the reflections from the fishes swim bladder (not sure how sharks and mackerel are detected ?). Thinking back to the thread about pike and baitrunners and alarm sound down the line, is there any evidence that fish get used to such deviced and avoid the sonar ? I was reading about a new product where you cast out some orange thing which is in fact a fish finder. Obviously it says one can use this to map the bottom etc upto a certain range, but it also seems to imply that you leave it inplace and have more fun as the display shows carp, pike or other fish approach (and hopefully not) leaving your bait. Any views ?

PS if angling makes the jump to being properly organised and self funded (with the provisions I offered up to some degree) then remember the key lesson the IT sector has learn't over the last 30 years. The best Techys are not normally the best managers, usually they are the worst !

Dogfish, I do not think the whole gamefishing community is as apathetic as you suggest. I am a member of the S&TA, although this is under review due to the CA alignment. I believe that for the majority of regular/frequent salmon anglers, of which I am one, we know full well where we are. S&TA has a full page each month in Trout and Salmon, for non members who do not receive the bulletins. Where I agree in regard to game angling is the stillwater put and take anglers and also those who specialise in Rutland and similar venues. I saw a circular regarding the S&TA failing in extracting membership and support and cash from this sector and the fact they needed it and should get it. They are failing singularly in my view.....I guess a lack of value proposition could be key here. S&TA membership is problematic for me....they have done great stuff with junior training sessions and also the Patron list is so distinguished (inc MPs and Upper house members) that they have been able to argue and influence government around fish farming and land reform and netting, to the benefit of salmon and seatrout. However I feel that in terms of representation I am becoming disenfranchised from their agenda, hence the need for the review. Particularly as I salmon fish in Scotland. The CA certainly does not represent me, by any stretch of the imagination, in regard to my regular pike and carp fishing or the odd time each year the float rod or whip comes out. If any one doubts the power of association in terms of brand perception (and in this context angling is a brand and so is the CA) then ask how much a certain soft drinks company paid a certain pop star for adverts where he refused to be pictured with the product.

I don't think a generalisation that angling is a fieldsport holds up. Certainly a majority, or at least a significant minority, of game anglers would agree they practise a field sport, because they either are or would like to be seen as part of that community. But match anglers and carp anglers.......... I totally agree with Peter that the CA wants angling for its headline numbers, its as simple as that. Lets wind the clock back a decade or so...would the members of what is now the CA have considered the brummy factory workers practising COARSE fishing on canals members of their "club" or community. Alignment with the CA is a big call for someone... they may go down in history....I hope its for the reasons they anticipate, particularly as I cannot see what mandate they have to do this or who gave it to them. I note its Charles Jardine rather than say Kevin ******** or Bob Nudd who represents angling in the CA......did I miss the vote on that one ?(serious question.) In terms of self funding etc etc. Can we have a clear statement on what we are fighting for (inc the small print) also a definition of how the funding will be utilised and how its effectiveness will be measured (lets have some milestones), and the sacking procedure for lack of said effectiveness. Otherwise I will hang onto my cash thanks and spend it on angling whilst I still can. Cheers

Bugwear stuff is made in Scotland, I have a Bugcoat from US via Germany. I prefer it as it is white rather than dark green which is better when its sunny and hot. It also sort of puts the camo debate to bed