Chris Plumb
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Well, I'm maybe same time - probably not same place. The owner reckons it got hammered a bit too much last year and was contemplating cutting back on access for bait angelrs next winter. However was thinking of organising one for the Itchen - real prospect of a 2lber from here.Richard Capper:Same time next year?
And, yes I got me hat back - brought me luck as well - found those big dace when I went back 3 weeks later
Thanks again to all who gave.
Chris
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Well, I'm maybe same time - probably not same place. The owner reckons it got hammered a bit too much last year and was contemplating cutting back on access for bait angelrs next winter. However was thinking of organising one for the Itchen - real prospect of a 2lber from here.Richard Capper:Same time next year?
And, yes I got me hat back - brought me luck as well - found those big dace when I went back 3 weeks later
Thanks again to all who gave.
Chris
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I'm pleased to announce that today the Tony Rampton Trust awarded me £240 for my fund raising efforts at the Grayling Fish-in back in February. This added to the amount collected brings the final total to £360 which will be forwarded to Cancer Research UK as soon as the cheque from the trust is handed over in the next day or two.
I would like to extend a BIG THANKS to all those who gave so generously before, during and after our windy sojourn on the Kennet.
Chris
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I'm pleased to announce that today the Tony Rampton Trust awarded me £240 for my fund raising efforts at the Grayling Fish-in back in February. This added to the amount collected brings the final total to £360 which will be forwarded to Cancer Research UK as soon as the cheque from the trust is handed over in the next day or two.
I would like to extend a BIG THANKS to all those who gave so generously before, during and after our windy sojourn on the Kennet.
Chris
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In 1943, Transportation Magazine published a guide for companies considering hiring women for the first time during the Second World War. Here are a few of them...
1. Pick young married women. They usually have more of a sense of responsibility than their unmarried sisters, they're less likely to be flirtatious, they need the work or they wouldn't be doing it, they still have the pep and interest to work hard and deal with the public.
2. General experience indicates that 'husky girls' - those who are just a little on the heavy side - are more efficient than their underweight sisters.
3. Give every girl an adequate number of rest periods throughout the day. You have to make some allowances for feminine psychology. A girl has more confidence and is more efficient if she can keep her hair tidied, apply fresh lipstick and wash her hands several times a day.
4. Be reasonably considerate about using strong language around women. Even though a girl's husband or father may swear vociferously, she'll grow to dislike a place of business where she hears too much of this.
Umm there's a few things in their we could add to our staff handbook...
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In 1943, Transportation Magazine published a guide for companies considering hiring women for the first time during the Second World War. Here are a few of them...
1. Pick young married women. They usually have more of a sense of responsibility than their unmarried sisters, they're less likely to be flirtatious, they need the work or they wouldn't be doing it, they still have the pep and interest to work hard and deal with the public.
2. General experience indicates that 'husky girls' - those who are just a little on the heavy side - are more efficient than their underweight sisters.
3. Give every girl an adequate number of rest periods throughout the day. You have to make some allowances for feminine psychology. A girl has more confidence and is more efficient if she can keep her hair tidied, apply fresh lipstick and wash her hands several times a day.
4. Be reasonably considerate about using strong language around women. Even though a girl's husband or father may swear vociferously, she'll grow to dislike a place of business where she hears too much of this.
Umm there's a few things in their we could add to our staff handbook...
Chris
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Lee - what is the membership upto now?
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Lee - what is the membership upto now?
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Polly - the 16th is STILL magical for me and that week before is always the 'slowest' of the year. Time is spent checking and rechecking your tackle. Every weather forecast is poured over - and only the 'best' ones are believed!
My friend Paul and I will usually arrive bankside just as it gets dark and we'll while away the final couple of hours to midnight sharing a beer or two recanting previous piscatorial triumphs and musing on our aspirations for the coming season. All the while the church clock in the village counts down the time in quarter hours to midnight and as the 12 chimes ring out so in goes our baited hooks - yes magical - the hairs on the back of my neck are standing up just thinking about it!!!
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Polly - the 16th is STILL magical for me and that week before is always the 'slowest' of the year. Time is spent checking and rechecking your tackle. Every weather forecast is poured over - and only the 'best' ones are believed!
My friend Paul and I will usually arrive bankside just as it gets dark and we'll while away the final couple of hours to midnight sharing a beer or two recanting previous piscatorial triumphs and musing on our aspirations for the coming season. All the while the church clock in the village counts down the time in quarter hours to midnight and as the 12 chimes ring out so in goes our baited hooks - yes magical - the hairs on the back of my neck are standing up just thinking about it!!!
Chris
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I've seen those pic's - can't remember where though - might have been in Private Eye - tis not in the current edition though....
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I've seen those pic's - can't remember where though - might have been in Private Eye - tis not in the current edition though....
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Bleak I could live without and Bullheads for that matter...
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Bleak I could live without and Bullheads for that matter...
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For what it's worth - and I've no doubt there'll be some who say very little!
here are a selection of age to length ratios of a selection of species taken from an old encylopaedia I have.Age of fish in years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Grayling (Germany)14,23,29,33,39 - - -
Pike (UK) Female - 23,40,56,65,71,77,82,85
Pike (UK) Male --- 23,40,52,59,64,67,70,72
Roach (Germany) - 4, 7, 9,12,15,17,20,21
Chub (Czech Rep.) 5, 9, 13,16,19,21 - -
Crucian Carp* ---- 3, 4, 5, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11
Crucian Carp** --- 4,11,13,15,18 - - -
Perch (Ave Europe)7, 11,13,15,17,18,21
Length is in cm, Country's indicate where study was made.
* poor environment
** rich environment
There are also a number of length to weight ratios available if you want to convert the lengths to ave weights (I've got them for chub, perch, grayling, roach, trout, pike and salmon)
I think the two crucian figures speak volumes about how important the environment is on growth rates.
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River Sturgeon (actually not so new )
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River Sturgeon (actually not so new )
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Here you go Elton...
angle (noun2), Angler, angling
An 'angle' was originally (in Old English) a fishing-hook. Somewhat later (during the 15c.) it came to be used as a verb meaning 'to fish with a hook and bait'; and, in the 16c., angler emerged in the sense 'one who fishes with a hook and line'. These derivatives stood alongside fish (verb), fisher, and fisherman.
The original noun angle fell into disuse in the 19c., but the verb angle, the noun angler, and the verbal noun angling remain, though only in carefully designated uses.
The verb angle has survived mainly in transferred senses. Politicians angle for votes; most of us, at one time or another, angle for a present, an invitation, a compliment, etc. Yet, to show that the distinction is far from a fixed one, it is also idiomatic to fish for compliments and to fish (not angle) in troubled waters.
The distribution of the pair angling/fishing is far from straightforward. In certain contexts they can be used interchangeably, whilst in others they have their own restrictions. Fishing, which covers everything from jam-jars through rod-and-line to trawlers, can sometimes be too general a term. Angling refers to rod and line only. No one says 'I'm going angling tomorrow'; in such a sentence 'fishing' would always be used. Fly-fishing is idiomatic; fly-angling is not.
Coarse fishing means fishing in a river or pond for roach, rudd, perch, pike, and other freshwater fish by anglers equipped with tackle, groundbait, maggots, and floats.
An angler is one who fishes with rod and line; fisher survives only in the biblical phrase (Matt. 4: 19) 'I will make you fishers of men'; fisherman is a generic term for a person who fishes for sport or one who goes out to sea in a fishing boat to earn a living.
Some examples: (angler) There are reputed to be 3 million anglers in this country-Natural World, 1988; big rivers-the Test, Itchen, Kennet and Avon-which were the cradle of dry fly-fishing as a sport 100 years ago, and which many anglers believe are dying- Sunday Times, 1990; Irish anglers have defeated the Dublin government's plan to impose a Ir£ 15 trout and coarse fish licence throughout the Republic-Times, 1990; 'Fishermen' is a sexist word, so we say 'anglers', because fishing includes men and women-Chicago Tribune Mag., 1993; (angling) Angling is a sport that knows no social barriers-Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, 1990; Mullet angling is all about challenges-Times, 1990; (fly-fishing) (title on cover, 1990) Fly-fishing & fly-tying. The new magazine for the stillwater game angler.
The New Fowler's Modern English Usage, © Oxford University Press 1968
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Here you go Elton...
angle (noun2), Angler, angling
An 'angle' was originally (in Old English) a fishing-hook. Somewhat later (during the 15c.) it came to be used as a verb meaning 'to fish with a hook and bait'; and, in the 16c., angler emerged in the sense 'one who fishes with a hook and line'. These derivatives stood alongside fish (verb), fisher, and fisherman.
The original noun angle fell into disuse in the 19c., but the verb angle, the noun angler, and the verbal noun angling remain, though only in carefully designated uses.
The verb angle has survived mainly in transferred senses. Politicians angle for votes; most of us, at one time or another, angle for a present, an invitation, a compliment, etc. Yet, to show that the distinction is far from a fixed one, it is also idiomatic to fish for compliments and to fish (not angle) in troubled waters.
The distribution of the pair angling/fishing is far from straightforward. In certain contexts they can be used interchangeably, whilst in others they have their own restrictions. Fishing, which covers everything from jam-jars through rod-and-line to trawlers, can sometimes be too general a term. Angling refers to rod and line only. No one says 'I'm going angling tomorrow'; in such a sentence 'fishing' would always be used. Fly-fishing is idiomatic; fly-angling is not.
Coarse fishing means fishing in a river or pond for roach, rudd, perch, pike, and other freshwater fish by anglers equipped with tackle, groundbait, maggots, and floats.
An angler is one who fishes with rod and line; fisher survives only in the biblical phrase (Matt. 4: 19) 'I will make you fishers of men'; fisherman is a generic term for a person who fishes for sport or one who goes out to sea in a fishing boat to earn a living.
Some examples: (angler) There are reputed to be 3 million anglers in this country-Natural World, 1988; big rivers-the Test, Itchen, Kennet and Avon-which were the cradle of dry fly-fishing as a sport 100 years ago, and which many anglers believe are dying- Sunday Times, 1990; Irish anglers have defeated the Dublin government's plan to impose a Ir£ 15 trout and coarse fish licence throughout the Republic-Times, 1990; 'Fishermen' is a sexist word, so we say 'anglers', because fishing includes men and women-Chicago Tribune Mag., 1993; (angling) Angling is a sport that knows no social barriers-Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, 1990; Mullet angling is all about challenges-Times, 1990; (fly-fishing) (title on cover, 1990) Fly-fishing & fly-tying. The new magazine for the stillwater game angler.
The New Fowler's Modern English Usage, © Oxford University Press 1968
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Well the main factor influencing my decision is the fact that this year the first day is a Sunday - I'm expecting my usual haunts to be pretty packed as they were last year when the first day was a Saturday (Club enforces a close season on ALL its waters - it's what we voted for).
So I'll be heading somewhere off the beaten track Plan A is a remote stretch of canal after rarely caught tench - this strecth also has the added benefit of throwing up the odd big roach.
Plan B is a rarely fished stretch of the Kennet - nothing fancy - trotting mag. with the c/p and picking up whatever comes along; dace, roach, gudgeon, chub, a barbel if I'm very lucky, possibly even a grayling or two but the aim for the first day is just to catch and enjoy being my water again.
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Well the main factor influencing my decision is the fact that this year the first day is a Sunday - I'm expecting my usual haunts to be pretty packed as they were last year when the first day was a Saturday (Club enforces a close season on ALL its waters - it's what we voted for).
So I'll be heading somewhere off the beaten track Plan A is a remote stretch of canal after rarely caught tench - this strecth also has the added benefit of throwing up the odd big roach.
Plan B is a rarely fished stretch of the Kennet - nothing fancy - trotting mag. with the c/p and picking up whatever comes along; dace, roach, gudgeon, chub, a barbel if I'm very lucky, possibly even a grayling or two but the aim for the first day is just to catch and enjoy being my water again.
Chris
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And Andy Cole has 'quit' international football - most of us thought he'd done that a while ago...
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And Andy Cole has 'quit' international football - most of us thought he'd done that a while ago...
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I've got golden tench in my pond which I hardly ever see
In my in-door tank I've currently got rudd and a couple of ghosties all have outgrown the tank and will shortly be transferred to the pond (will I need a Section 30?? )The ghosties are great at keeping the gravel clean they seem to spend every waking hour sucking it up and blowing it out. I sometimes will try out some paste on my fish but that's about it for 'learning from them'.
Chris
Try this..
in Non-Fishing Chat
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Utter tosh!
Chris