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Many thanks Andrew. I'll pass these pics on to my friend. I'm sure it would be well within his capability. It's much more satisfying to make things yourself, esp if it saves money as well. Thanks again Jason

Thanks for replies. I think the chair he's got at the moment is the Nash, it takes the weight ok but he thinks a box would be better. He's got an engineering background, so modifying or strengthening one could well be an option. Do the mudfeet still work at these weights? Perhaps his best bet is to go down to his nearest tackle shop and try some out. Thanks again for replies.

Can someone recommend a seat box for a friend of mine. He is 25 stone and rising! Thanks

Oh dear, I'm so sorry :o

I've been out regularly since the thaw and looking forward to going tomorrow. I think your symptoms are worrying, if they persist I would seriously consider getting professional help

Two good sessions the last couple of weekends at a local commercial. Roach a chuck up to about 8oz and several Carp up to around 8lb. I know a lot of people don't regard commercials as proper fishing but I enjoyed it. Don't know about this weekend. Temp down to minus 3 this morning

I used to work with a mole killer and would pick literally a couple of gallons of worm a day walking behind a plough (you've got to be quick cos they diasappear pretty quickly, or the seagulls have them). On occasions when there was no ploughing around we'd fill a 45gallon drum with water. add about a litre of formalin (from farmers co-op) and up-end it on an area of grass. After a while (could be up to 20mins) the worms came up in large numbers. These were washed dried and kept in soil. The secret is to really flood the area and be patient.

Do you think that maybe sometimes a fish might feel the hook when the bait is a on it and spit it out, but with a hair they don't.

Is there any point putting a stop above the feeder, not exactly as a bolt rig, but to stop the feeder coming all the way up the line. (I'm thinking of in-line feeder set-up)

Yes, I remember it well. I was working as delivery boy in a local grocers shop getting one and six an hour. I finally plucked up courage to ask for a rise and got an extra 3d. Boy, was I chuffed

Thanks Chavender. You might just have saved my life :D

I wonder if that's why I blanked at the weekend :rolleyes:

Is Angling Magic still going. Last time I looked it seemed to be dying a slow and painful death

That explains something I hadn't realised. We'd kept some bread and milk in my bait fridge freezer in an outbuilding which we used as an overflow over Christmas. Some of the bread had gone off, so I suppose the minus 17c we had must have stopped it and not started again until it got back up to a high enough temp for it to kick in again, and during that time it had defrosted for a few days. Luckily it must be an older type, cos it seems to be OK now. (even more luckily, no bait was harmed )

Perhaps this is the way our lives will go, living a virtual life in a virtual reality sim game

Is fine sawdust any good for cleaning maggots?

This compensation culture is crippling our society from NHS and councils down to our fisheries. Greedy fat-cat solicitors and cheating con-men like this have a lot to answer for!

I believe you can freeze them (in water).

Another example of Conservatives selling off the family jewels. Thatcher tried it but had to bow to public opinion. It appears that buying and selling forestry is free of capital gains tax, so all those Tory millionaires will have another tax loophole to wriggle through. What's even more disturbing is that our forests will probably end up owned by foreign companies. What could be more fundamentally British than our forests? I find it totally disgraceful, but we should not be surprised. This is what Tories do and we voted them in. Didn't we :rolleyes:

That's pretty scary Emma. Along with everyone else I hope you have a quick and complete recovery. Thanks for highlighting the F.A.S.T procedure, you may well have saved a life at some time in the future. It just shows that some good can come from even the worst of situations.

Like Budgie says, with temperatures as they are, we all struggle for a bite, so you're not necessarily doing anything wrong. Your methods will work in warmer weather. A couple of ideas. Scale down the tackle (lighter lines, smaller hooks and baits), don't feed too much. You'll be lucky to get a Tench until things warm up a bit. Maggots or chopped worm might be worth a try. Most important, don't give up, keep trying and keep asking questions

Hi Jeff and welcome to Anglers Net. There's all the help you'll ever need on here if you can give us more detail of the method you were trying and what fish you were expecting to catch

Being a bit of a miserable old git, the thought of fishing in amongst all those people in a city centre fills me with horror. I fish to get away from all that, especially other people :yucky: