Ken L

Presumably that explains why you can never have to many ABU's. They may be crap but if your customers wan't them you have to be able to suply.....

Poachmeister ???????? Jerry. I used Askari's UK site a couple of years ago and they were great. I did the same thing at the back end of last year and they were useless - and their customer service sucked

Can't say I've used the transition line but I have tried two or three flourocarbon lines and they were all useless. Fireline is (for me) the best choice for spinning (using a fixed spool reel)with relativly light gear. If you're using a baitcasting outfit, you'd probably do better with a round profile braid like the ever-popular Power-Pro though. There are lots of good choices for baitfishing on the bottom. I happen to like AN40 but everyone will have their own preference.

Rod, reel, shoulder bag and that's it. If I have the fly or UL rod with me, I even dump the bag and put everything in the pockets of a waistcoat. Always fun to walk past some poor sod who's half way through carting 30kg's of kit to a peg 2km up the river in the middle of August and watching their face when they see how much gear I have.

Last time I tuned into the chart was the end of January, just prior to my India trip. I was actually astonished at how much good music there was in the charts because to my ears at least it's been about 95% crap for most of the last 20 years. Of course, despite the fact that maybe 55 % of the chart was rock music, Radio 1 was still playing the same pre-teen junk, corperate trash and washed out dance music that it always plays - and they wonder why nobody listens.... From you comments though, I asume the current chart is back to it's usual form.

I've had this reel for a couple of years now and although I only use it occasionally, I've come to the conclusion that it's a piece of junk. Bits keep dropping off ! First it was the locking screw for the handle cap. I replaced that and took it out again today for the first post repair session only to have the spool shaft tightening knob drop off at some point during my walk around a local lake. The drive system only re-engages immediatly the handle is turned on eight casts out of ten - occasionally, I end up looking like a complete idiot as I thump the bl00dy thing with the heel of my hand trying to get the gears to mesh. and It has tin plate sides that demonstraight the sort of build quality normally associated with a 1970's toy robot. Oh, I almost forgot; It also has the worst drag system I've ever had the misfortune to use. I'm going to buy a relpacement and at the moment, it's a tossup betwwen another Calcutta or the Okuma Induron. the Okuma is loking like a likely suspect but what to do with the ABU ? Should I: Ritually destroy the damned thing ? Buy another replacement part and palm it off on some poor unsuspecting sod via E-Bay ? or Repair it and keep it as a spare ?

Superstition wins the day again.

Hi all. I have a Shimano Exage 2030 boat rod that I take travelling with me. Does anyone know where I can get spare sections for these rods and is the reel seat/join between the butt and the next section a standard fitting ? If so, where can I buy one ? I want to take the original rod travelling with me for boat fishing but I'd also like to get a spare third section so that I can fit a bigger fist rod ring and use if for poper fishing with a fixed spool reel. If the reel seat/join is a standard fitting, I'll also be looking to build a lighter butt section so that it's a bit easier to use for extended periods.

Fair point Andy and I've also ordered some big Manhadden lues and jig heads but I do find the more central weight distribution on pre-moulded swimbaits to be very useful presentation wise - particularlt when fishing the baits slowly and or shallowly. Bob, I totally agree with you about US sites in general and Cabelas/Barlows in partticular and have recently ordered lots of the Storm swimbaits and bulk soft shads from these supliers but big "trout-plugs" tend to be expensive even from US supliers.

These were all taken in India last year.

Just ordered some of the 7" Mann's Swinnin' Fish from here: http://www.sovereignsuperbaits.co.uk/Lures..._jerkbaits.html and some big Wobble Shads From here: http://www.uk-fishing-tackle.co.uk/product...9cc47c137f570b1 In both cases, the prices seem unusually reasonable for UK compamies. Does anyone have any other recomendations for similar monster lures at sensible prices ? BTW. I e-mailed the guy at UK-Fishing tackle and he does do the full range of colours for the big Conrad lures.

Interesting. Looks like just another species that we lucked out on following the ice age along with Ide, Vimba and the rest. BTW, Why is it that the board always seems to refuse to show the name "Kevin Mad_docks" ?

Great fish ! I first heard of them in the mid 80's when Kevin ________s was catching them on the Volga Delta. Now they seem to have spread to and be doing well in much of western Europe including Holland and Sweeden. I'm with Phill, I want them in the Severn !!!!!

Yes I found it funny but it's kinda hard to justify laughing at what amouts to animal crelty though.

Some nasty people lure a poor unsuspecting squirrel along a branch and onto the arm of a clay pigeon launcher - and then set it off along with Mr Tufty.

Do you play songs by that welsh rapper ? . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . LL Cool J

http://www.barrybeelzebub.co.uk/

How about this ? http://www.consumerfreedom.com/downloads/r...17_petakids.pdf

I bet you could generate more energy with less environmental impact by drawing energy off a 100,000 tonne concrete float bobbing up and down in a tide filled chamber acting like a piston. What probability of connecting several like the worlds biggest car engine ?

What do we all think of the provision of government funded services to people who do not or will not speak English ? Welsh has been mentioned but agencies such as the DWP don't just provide free interpreters and translated documents for our cousins in the principality to our west. They provide similar services in Urdu, Gugerati, Hindi, Maratti and Vietnamies amongst many others and such services don't come cheap. Hospitals, job centres etc try to provide interpreters from within there own staff but if none are available, they will pay for them to be externally contracted in at public expence. My own views are simple. With the exception of immigration services, there should only be two languages used for interaction with local and central government agencies. English and BSL (British Sign Language - for the deaf) - with brail and audiotape for the visually impaired. Anyone wishing to use an interpreter should supply there own and dead languages such as Latin, Sanskrit and Welsh should certanly not be provided for. I will happily listen to arguments against this last point if anyone can provide me with evidence that there are more than 50,000 people present in these Islands who speake either Latin, Sanskrit or Welsh and do not also speak fluent English - and thus both need and justify the huge expence of making documents and interpreters available to them at taxpayers expence. Discuss......

Why is it that that the only way of generating tidal power that ever seems to be considered is a barrage with turbines ? At best, this can only generate energy for a third of each tidal cycle and so those coal fired stations need to be kept running to fill the gaps.

My local Lidl still has a pile of £6.99 bite alarms. Did anybody buy one when they first came on sale and if so are they any good or has the fist exposure to rain killed them ?

Ghandi would have just loved the Nazis.....and he must have had a very rose tinted view if India.

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Just the job. Thanks guys. I'll have a propper look/play over the next week.