Chris Plumb

Brilliant David!! Chris

Aaaaarggghhh - Shall I get the fire blanket now matron!! Chris

Barbel have been introduced into many of our rivers. In fact many of our most 'famous' barbel rivers such as the Severn, Avon, Dorset Stour have had these fish introduced at some stage. As 'rule of thumb' if a river has barbel in it and doesn't enter the sea in the east of the country (ie the North Sea) it is likely those fish are not indigenous to that river.... Chris

Very strange - was working earlier today - honest. Nice informative little site on Crayfish trapping in the UK. Pictures of traps and how to make them, the legal position (EA Thames region only!), Pics of Signals and natives - even some recipes... Chris

Umm, 5 foot long - that's 67.5lbs on the Mona Scale!!! Chris

For those not as squeamish as Den and who live in the EA's Thames Region - you may find this of interest..... http://www.crayfishtraps.co.uk/catchingpage.htm Chris

Ah! - but you'd have to put that pole away Scoobs Chris

I intend to!! Chris

Which all just goes to show why Pike Culls are a waste of time - the biggest threat to a pike is another pike!! Chris

Urban Legend - One I first heard years ago... http://www.snopes2.com/military/lighthse.htm Chris

My barbel fishing is almost exclusively with pellet. Either 14mm hi-betaine or 11mm halibut - both available from Hinders. Mount using a hair rig - drill the pellet with a nut drill or use a bait band - they need no preparation. I normally use a band - and will cut a shallow groove in the pellet with a hack saw blade for the band to sit in - less chance of it coming off in th cast. HTH Chris

I take a short piece of 1 inch copper tube in my tackle box. Pushed through a slice of meat it's a great way of making a circlular bait - you can also keep it in the tube while you fiddle around with the presentation - & just slide it off when you're ready to cast... Chris

...it's the enjoyment that counts!! My very most favourite swim on the Kennet I call the Nursery Swim. It's very fast, gravelly as you'd expect, and 3 foot constitutes a deep run. Although a club water, it's larger ignored by other anglers and it's very rare not to have the place to my self. It's a place where you'll disturb a Heron on arrival, where you'll fish to constant chee-cheek of Kingfishers swooping up and down the stream and where a centre pin reigns supreme. Fishing is straight forward and uncomplicated. Heavy Loafer float capable of carrying 3ssg is shotted 'shirt button' style. A size 16 to 3lb b/s is attached to the mainline via a swivel (to minimise line twist in the fast current. Maggot and lots of them are the order of the day. I reckon on about a pint per 2 hours worth of fishing because by constantly trickling in your free offerings you will be able to catch all the time you're there. Wading out to the head of your swim and feeding from a bait smock is just the job. The joy of a spot like this is you'll never know what is going to bury your float next. Much has been made of the decline of silver fish on the Kennet, though I have to say it is in rude health on this stretch. It is not beyond the bounds of possibility to get 12 species in a single session. Chub, Dace, Roach, Perch, Gudgeon (& minnows!) are almost a certainty. Added to this you are more than likely to pick up some Barbel, a Brown Trout or two, a Grayling and even a Salmon Parr. And if the river is in flood and you fish a quieter hole then Bream may be in evidence. Finally, not forgetting Mrs Pike will always be in residence. As I said it's my Nursery Swim and name I've given it because of the size of the barbel that swim here. It's a place I come and expect to get fish BELOW a pound! In 20 years of fishing it, 6lb has been my biggest. This season I've caught over 2 dozen barbel from here in 3 trips - of these only 7 have been over a pound and only one of them over 2. It has often been said that it's a pity gudgeon didn't grow bigger because they'd be game fighters. Well this is a swim where you can test that theory! I have, and conclude that gudgeon-sized barbel fight harder than gudgeon sized gudgeon!! Yesterday in 5 hours I fished till my wrist ached, 8 plump chub to 3½lbs, a clutch of barbelets, and dozens of roach and dace were topped off by a stunningly marked Brown Trout, returned safely, it was one of my biggest ever at 3½lbs - but of course it wasn't the size that mattered... Chris

Spindle sent his to Milltackle - didn't you Spindle?? C.

End of the month, 28th I think - but it's ALWAYS late Chris (Off fishin' - hence up at this time!!!)

And I assume you'll be using 5lb crucian hybreds as livebait I'll be off to the Kennet for a few hours tomorrow morning trotting for chub & hopefully Mr. barbel will also put in appearance or two. Back in time for lunch and then off to see The Royals.... Chris

Tom Fort is a regular in Waterlog - a fine author. Chris

Newt - one of the IAC boys has already been on the case... The mail was sent from an IP address owned by the following company. I've sent a complaint to them, you never know, if this person works there rather than is a customer we might just cause them a lot of aggro if a lot of complaints are generated ;-) the originating IP address and exact time sent were Received: from [62.60.121.41] by ws3-6.us4.outblaze.com with http for hackerjack@email.com; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 14:41:07 +0000 lastly, do we want hackerjack@email.com removed from the list ? Mat ----Whois data below, you'll find lots of useful contact info in there ;-) % This is the RIPE Whois server. % The objects are in RPSL format. % Please visit http://www.ripe.net/rpsl for more information. % Rights restricted by copyright. % See http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/d.../copyright.html inetnum: 62.60.100.0 - 62.60.121.255 netname: VIP-ACCESS descr: Westfields House descr: West Avenue descr: Kidsgrove descr: Staffordshire descr: ST7 1TL country: GB admin-c: KH399-RIPE admin-c: BS3648-RIPE tech-c: KH399-RIPE rev-srv: ns.icl.net rev-srv: ns2.icl.net status: ASSIGNED PA notify: netadmin@iclnet.co.uk mnt-by: ICLNET-MNT changed: netadmin@iclnet.co.uk 20001019 source: RIPE route: 62.60.0.0/17 descr: ICL Electronic Business Services origin: AS6779 mnt-by: ICLNET-MNT changed: kevin@icl.net 20000419 source: RIPE person: Kevin P Hanlon address: ICL Internet Services address: Westfields House, address: West Avenue, address: Kidsgrove address: Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 1TL address: United Kingdom remarks: ************************************************************ remarks: Do not send abuse reports to my email address remarks: They will NOT be answered. remarks: Please send abuse complaints to abuse@fjserv.net remarks: ************************************************************* phone: +44 (0) 1782 e-mail: netadmin@iclnet.co.uk nic-hdl: KH399-RIPE mnt-by: ICLNET-MNT changed: netadmin@iclnet.co.uk 20020115 changed: netadmin@iclnet.co.uk 20020704 source: RIPE person: Bob Southward address: VIP Ltd address: Victoria House, 64 Paul Street address: London address: EC2A 4NA phone: +44 (0) 171 6701155 fax-no: +44 (0) 171 6701178 e-mail: it.security@vip.uk.com nic-hdl: BS3648-RIPE notify: netadmin@iclnet.co.uk mnt-by: ICLNET-MNT changed: netadmin@icl.net 20010123 source: RIPE -- Chris

Orfe and Ide are the same species.. Leuciscus idus Chris

Umm - this was just sent to the IAC list... I had the considerable displeasure of witnessing an act of great cruelty on a visit to a popular fishing spot in Staffordshire on Saturday. A group of people were engaged in a fishing contest. I could not believe that this hideous and grotesquely cruel practice is still permitted under British law.The poor fish were being dragged through the water with an evil barbed hook in their mouth and then having their cold blooded flesh scalded by being handled by warm blooded men and women. These poor creatures were left crammed suffocating in a net until the end of the competition, when they were again manhandled for weighing.Now that we are about to ban hunting with dogs in this country, I am sure that we must ban this evil practice as soon as possible. If your readers see similar incidents, they should approach the fishermen and women and tell them to stop. I shall be returning to your area at the end of the month and looking for people who will support a ban on fishing. THERESA THOM. JAMES STREET LONDON. from email address hackerjack@email.com... I'm guessung this the letter that's been sent to a number of local rags.... Chris

Works from home Steve - must be the settings on my PC at work... Chris

Sorry - should have said - I do get a Script Error pop up... Chris

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Steve - I can't get in to your site - & haven't been able to for a few days. I get the home page - well some of it, the picture of you with a barbel, but no 'buttons' to progress further.... Chris [ 13. September 2002, 08:57 AM: Message edited by: Chris Plumb ]

<LOL> Chris