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This is a very old post, is there a newer one as my mate has given up coarse/carp fishing and wants to sell all of his gear but I fear that he is wasting his time here as the posts are very old and probably nobody reads them.
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I have serviced the rear drags on my ABU Cardinals 54 & 55 for years and they are not difficult but I did have the diagrams at first. Your reel diagram should be available online somewhere, try Google or Jim's reels. You may wish to upgrade the drag washers for Carbontex as they are smoother.
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On 5/29/2019 at 11:20 AM, Norm B said:
Saw 1 frog last week, gone now, probably got by a cat. Won't bother getting any more as far too many cats now so they don't stand a chance. There was 1 cat when we moved here 25 years ago, now the are over a dozen, including 3 Bengals and they aren't afraid of water. 
Magpies have had the blackbird's nest. Loads of smooth and palmate newts but only seen 3 or 4 female GCN's and 1 male so far, I hope a few more turn up or he'll be busy, lucky git. Anybody in my area, Havant/Waterlooville/ Portsmouth got any spare Canadian pond weed as I've so many newts what I've got this year can't cope, I've had to put blades of grass in for them, any stray tadpoles welcome as I had a phone call the other day that there were some "distressed tadpoles in a ditch" went there next day and all dead as this dry hot weather had evaporated the water. I know it's illegal but better transferred than dead in my book. Got a pair of hogs and another big one, they were fighting the other night, hope fully they breed this year, some bred close by last year as I had 1 small one given me and found a small one in the garden so took it in and fed it for a couple of months and released it when it was heavy enough, it may be one of the pair as it's smaller than the big 2.
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On 11/15/2019 at 12:01 PM, Elton said:
Went to spec-out a marina here yesterday. Big wedge of cash, but I think we'll be happy there. Once I've signed on the dotted line, we'll start taking a few photos and videos and, time permitting, write a bit about the fishing. Now quite Sailing La Vagabonde, but picture a supermarket own-brand version of them
Some marinas are offering reduced fees while virus restrictions are being enforced, so don't sign too quickly.
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On 3/31/2020 at 1:35 PM, Ken L said:
A nice little tribute.
With a rolling 12 month licence, there doesn't seem much point in buying one at the moment though, so buying a licence will be on my to do list as soon as lockdown is eased.
DITTO.
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On 3/7/2020 at 11:50 PM, Martin56 said:
I was just thinking of those who are willing to work the banks as against those who are actually capable of landing a Salmon.
Maybe we're both overthinking?? - Salmon is farmed for supermarkets these days - so why pay the Ridge Pool a Grand+ to still possibly catch Now't
I'd far rather catch a net full of Roach, Perch etc. & put em' back for another day!!
I won't buy farmed salmon after watching programmes on how badly they are treated but pay extra to buy wild Alaskan salmon from Waitrose, it even looks and tastes better.
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On 2/1/2014 at 9:26 PM, barry luxton said:
bit tounge in cheek Norm, please excuse me:
Attending Angling Trust's England Home Nations and World sea teams as a selection meeting today in Gosport. Wishing good luck to all applicants..............................I posted that as the best ex team manager perhaps you should be selectedTo be selected, you have to apply, so I didn't and wasn't.
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On 9/29/2018 at 11:29 AM, Norm B said:
Still for sale. New MOT this year, still driving it. The Focus officially became a classic car this year. SFS. New MOT this year and 2 new tyres.. Now sold.
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On 9/22/2019 at 1:23 AM, Phone said:
Norm,
Perhaps the "rat trap" wasn't intended to catch rats.
Phone
Well a baited trap in the open could catch birds too but I was assured that the target was rats.
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On 10/1/2016 at 11:42 PM, philocalist said:
Don't know your house, obviously, but I'd be very careful about letting off a shotgun in there ... you can face some pretty serious penalties for discharging a bloody airgun in your garden if you are too close to a footpath (or even a public road), never mind a shotgun, regardless of your intentions - and firearms-related charges / convictions and penalties are NEVER a minor issue, with many now carrying a mandatory custoddial sentence, even for stuff that would have seen a blind eye turned, or at worse a 'quiet word' just a few years ago.
Your biggest problem may lie with the possibility of a complaint from a neighbour ... a vague call / complaint to the police WILL result in a very blunt visit from an armed police unit ... I kid you not! The police WILL NOT attend any incident reported as involving a gun of any type without an armed response unit being there - I've even (recently) seen them put up the helicopter locally as a part of their response, after kids were reported close to where we live, in woodland bordering a lake in a public park!
Oh aye - from experience too - add-on shotgun silencers don't do much at all to keep a shot quiet, they do little more than muffle it a bit, way different to shotguns that are manufactured with silencers as an integral part of the barrel.
Checked with police, perfectly legal as long as shot doesn't leave my premises and I've tested the gun and cartridges, Eley sub-sonic magnum and the pellets hitting a target make more noise than the gun.
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Exactly!
Can picture it now.............he is getting off the plane and waving a piece of paper to the waiting press........Oh hang on,I'm thinking of Neville Chamberlain
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Norm,
Perhaps the "rat trap" wasn't intended to catch rats.
Phone
I did think that but better not as it would create an atmosphere with my neighbours. I just can't believe that anybody would put a baited rat trap in the open, it could catch birds as well and is probably illegal. -
Newts are OK but I've given up breeding to repopulate ponds as the ponds keep getting filled in and the price of daphnia has gone through the roof so I encourage mosquitos to lay their eggs in bowls of stagnant water, seems to be working. Got 2 hogs at moment, lost one last week, probably the fox.
Now up to 3 or 4 hogs but lost one to next doors rat trap, took it to vets but didn't make it. I can't believe anyone would put rat traps in the open. When I was doing conservation/pest control I either put poison underground or traps in boxes with small entrance holes, not baited in the open. 
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When Mrs B finds the hand book and receipt I will be advertising an electric start, 4 stroke petrol engine, self propelled lawn mower. Only been used half a dozen times or so as my back got worse soon after buying it. Probably about £200/£250, depending on what I paid so start saving your pennies. Found the paperwork. I bought it 4 years ago and it cost me £315. It's only been used once this year. It's a BMC Racer with a 20 inch cut so how about £160. Used by my BIL last month so starts and works well. Pictures available online.
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Silstar Traverse X. Specialist. 11.5ft. 2-4oz. 9/10 condition. C/W bag. Sought after bass, carp and pike rod. £75 + post.
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Same sort of thing happened for driving licence renewal ,it had dvla in the url but took you to a site that for a fee was a middleman to renewing your licence .
A quick browse doesnt show it now but it was very convincing when it was about.
I nearly got caught out last week when I had to renew mine for the crime of being over 70. Probably same site as had DVLA in the address and was top of the page. They asked all the right questions but when I came to the end there was a £9 charge. I deleted it but I'm still wondering if they have retained my personal info for selling on so I've reported it to the Cyber Crime unit, just in case. 
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er, hedgehogs predate on newts Norm, so that fox may be protecting your newts!
No problem with nature doing what nature does in the wild but in my garden I decide what happens. -
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Norm,
I believe in my 80 odd years you are the first I've known to encourage the mossies to breed.
Phone
I needed their larvae to feed the newt tadpoles as the nearest place I can get daphnia is 10 miles away now and it's over a £1 a bag. We don't have malaria or Zika virus here so apart from itchy bites the parents are harmless. As I am no longer stocking ponds, apart from a separate pond for GCN's the main pond will have to fend for itself. Times are hard for us pensioners. -
Well it's looking promising on the newt front. Loads of palmate and smooth newts and have seen at least 3 female GCN's and 2 male GCN'S, all the females are actively engaged it spawning. Only 1 frog though so it looks like the early spring followed by a hard freeze has done for them. I saw a very large weather loach swimming around, one of the very small pair I put in when I had the pond made, don't know if it's male or female so can't get one to make a pair, shame. Haven't seen the dog fox since I bought the trap, probably the cats getting caught has scared it off, hopefully it won't return. Got a couple of hogs feeding, hopefully they are a pair. Can't get a "safe shot" at the magpies but the blackbirds are being very careful leaving and returning to their nest so there is hope yet. Saw 1 frog last week, gone now, probably got by a cat. Won't bother getting any more as far too many cats now so they don't stand a chance. There was 1 cat when we moved here 25 years ago, now the are over a dozen, including 3 Bengals and they aren't afraid of water.
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I was going to mention Electric Blue out of Lymington but looking for a link looks like hes stopped.
Pompey boats are good for bream depending when you wish to fish but you might like to check some of the boats out of Weymouth for deep water wrecks courtesy of the Germans.
PS. Good to see you back Norm, those two you mention are a good choice.
Thanks. Not been out much due to medical reasons but hope to get out more this year and make the most of what there is going. Plenty of good boats from Portsmouth/H.I. but I still have my favourites. -
Hi all. I am looking for south coast boat trip recommendations please. Preferably within a couple of hours of Guildford, so ideally Southampton, Portsmouth or Brighton areas, although we will consider further afield for someone good. We don't have much tackle, so we need a boat who can provide this. We are not picky on species, and so would consider off shore wrecks, inshore bass, or anything else suggested. Many thanks.
Try Glen on Valkyrie from Northney Marina on Hayling Island or Ross on Dawn Venture from Langstone Harbour Portsmouth. If they don't have available dates I'm sure they can recommend someone reliable. -
Norm,
Sounds like your are dressed for the dance and don't have anyone to take. In Feb. 2017 you were down to one hedgehog and apparently one fox. What the 'ell?
How are this years Newts?
Phone
Newts are OK but I've given up breeding to repopulate ponds as the ponds keep getting filled in and the price of daphnia has gone through the roof so I encourage mosquitos to lay their eggs in bowls of stagnant water, seems to be working. Got 2 hogs at moment, lost one last week, probably the fox. 
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Don't know your house, obviously, but I'd be very careful about letting off a shotgun in there ... you can face some pretty serious penalties for discharging a bloody airgun in your garden if you are too close to a footpath (or even a public road), never mind a shotgun, regardless of your intentions - and firearms-related charges / convictions and penalties are NEVER a minor issue, with many now carrying a mandatory custoddial sentence, even for stuff that would have seen a blind eye turned, or at worse a 'quiet word' just a few years ago.
Your biggest problem may lie with the possibility of a complaint from a neighbour ... a vague call / complaint to the police WILL result in a very blunt visit from an armed police unit ... I kid you not! The police WILL NOT attend any incident reported as involving a gun of any type without an armed response unit being there - I've even (recently) seen them put up the helicopter locally as a part of their response, after kids were reported close to where we live, in woodland bordering a lake in a public park!
Oh aye - from experience too - add-on shotgun silencers don't do much at all to keep a shot quiet, they do little more than muffle it a bit, way different to shotguns that are manufactured with silencers as an integral part of the barrel.
Now got a fully moderated .410 and a box of subsonic magnum cartridges. Checked with local police, completely legal as long as no shot leaves my garden, they even said they'd phone me first before they send out the ARV if a shot is reported at night in my area. It pays to talk to them first. -
SFS, now £15 as it's taking up space.
Sold it at Christmas for £20.
Angling Trust and Fish Legal appoint successful angling all-rounder and business leader as new Chief Executive
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TBH I've never heard of him. His CV shows 1 sea fish, a wrasse, all others are coarse and game. I've been a sea angler for 60 years, stewarded the World Championships, beach and boat, managed 5 International shore teams, he's a complete newcomer to me and a lot of other sea anglers. Obviously the AT are continuing in the style to which we have become accustomed, puddle dippers and fluff chuckers reign supreme.