Ken L
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I've seen three in and around Birmingham.
There are a couple of known hotspots (Sandwell Valley and Shard End) in Brum, but none of the sightings were there.
As you observed, you tend to hear them before you see them - and as they are pretty common in India, I knew what I was hearing straight away.
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1 hour ago, Martin56 said:
Cheers Ken, I've msg'd JohnS asking him to take it down, & I've emailed a well known Brand about it.
Not sure how often John checks in. You can just edit the first post to remove the details.
Your iteration is super crude, but being able to clip up to control casting distance and unclip on the fly if you hook a big fish is very useful.
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Conceptually, that's way better than clipping up.
You might think about taking the post down and running it past some tackle manufacturers - reel makers first.
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And if you lose it, some Muppet with a magnet on a rope will pull it out of the river.
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All good advice guys.
Yes, dad is knocking on the door of 80 and has problems with arthritis, but he insists on fishing the pole, despite the leverage that it gives the fish.
We were out at a local pool (Wilden) over the summer, and I made a point of fishing a 7' spinning rod in the margin, so he could see how easy it makes fishing under your feet, and playing fish.
Despite seeing me outfish him and land two mid-doubles with ease, he's still not entirely convinced.
I do like margin fishing, though, and frequently have baits inches from the near bank - especially if it's undercut.
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20 minutes ago, terry t shirt said:
Hi Ken
He means a side puller look at last but one pick on listings.
cannot say anything about this particular pole i've never handled it.
but sounds the sort of thing your looking for
Thanks for that Terry.
I've managed to find a couple of options that might suit.
At least this time around, the request hasn't been dropped on me at short notice.
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Hi folks.
Dad has asked me to try to find him a new pole for the usual carp puddles.
His budget is up to £400.
It needs to be 11m, but an additional meter or so isn't a problem.
Now the trick part, he wants the elastic to come out of the side of the pole, rather than be attached to a bung in the bottom of the top 3. I didn't even know that this was a thing until he asked about it, and it doesn't seem to be listed as a feature, even on pole that seem to have it.
Can anyone recommend an option that's in budget, and with this weird elastic option?
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Happy new year all.
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Have a good one folks - and a happy, healthy and fishy new year.
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12 hours ago, Bobj said:
YouTube seems to be full of these idiotic, fake gardening videos.
At least the turtle rescue vids seem to have gone away, after people exposed the content creators for gluing shells and barnacles to the poor animals.
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Sorry to hear that, Dave, and hope she's feeling better today.
You know what's wrong. A massive increase in population, with no correlated increase in services - and nobody prepared to join the dots.
Lesson learned! If you (or the Mrs) are ambulant, and it's an emergency, get a taxi, or beg a lift to the hospital. Yes, it's expensive, but what price a life?
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29 minutes ago, chesters1 said:
Kissinger ,I hope it was long and painful
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TBH, I'd contact the person, or organisation making the rules.
The only "bolt rig" I ever use is a running ledger, with a rubber float stop behind it, that can be slid down to lock the lead - That's certainly not fixed, but it is fixed enough to set the hook.
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I have a little KastKing baitrunner that I bought from Ali, and it's great. I ordered a big one of the same model, and it's garbage!
The whole reel wobbles as you wind in, because the stem flexes.
Generally, don't buy the cheapest, and you'll be okay.
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I just loaded line onto one of these.
I ordered the 5000 size for predator fishing, and I'd say it was closer to a 6000 Shimano equivalent.
It's solid, with no stem wobble, silky smooth, has no play on the anti-backwind, and both the bail arm and the bait runner engage flawlessly.
I have to say that for £27, I'm impressed.
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It's pretty common for people who are granted asylum to go back to the country that they "fled" from for a holiday.
That should result in immediate reminding of British citizenship and/or visas, and/or refugee status, and the immediate seizure of all assets to recover the cost of housing, medical care and living expenses.
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To be honest, it's shameful that we can't process these people in a short period of time and then kick their chancer asses out of the country. It's a total failure of a government, who have refused to staff the immigration service properly or enforce proper discipline on any staff that refuse to do their job.
Whatever your politics, nobody should have to wait years for a decision.
In the meantime, we have to address their reason's for them coming. Access to welfare, healthcare and housing needs to be tightened up
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It was always an idiotic, unworkable and hideously expensive "plan", and I don't for a moment think that there was ever any intention of implementing it - or stopping/reducing legal or illegal immigration.
What it was, however, was a very convenient way to create distraction headlines on demand.
Boris flies to Kyiv to derail peace talks and prolong the war - distraction.
Excess deaths that may be a consequence of dodgy vaccines - distraction.
They think we're stupid - and for the most part, they're right.
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I've never been able to take the "critically endangered" eel narrative seriously.
My local rivers are stuffed with them (Severn system) and I even feed them once in a while in the stream that runs through the local park.
Has anyone actually noticed a shortage?
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This might help someone out.
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On 9/17/2022 at 11:07 AM, big_cod said:
Name one thing that hasn’t gone downhill since Brexit – I dare you
And as the prices rocket here in Brexitland it’s time to wave goodbye
and go for some more Spanish hospitality 
Trade with the EU.
https://iea.org.uk/media/brexit-had-no-major-impact-on-uk-eu-trade/
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No visitors again this year.
There were no decorations outside and no lights on at the front of the house.
The doorbell did go, and I almost ignored it.
Just as well I didn't 'cause it was Amazon with my booze.
New British Record Pike
in Coarse Fishing
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Well done that man.