Severn Wolf

That looks a nice rod Tony, I`ll try and hunt one down to have a good look. Thanks for the advice

Very kind of you to say so Phone I would happily use a Musky as bait for the fish I`m after. Nile perch grow somewhat larger (only by a few hundred pounds though). N4lly, the Bunker Spoon 25-50 arrived and I am incredibly impressed with it. Its got more tip strength that the Conolon but feels very well balanced and has got good reserves of power.

I was running 65lb braid mate so got instant contact. These fish have such powerful jaws that they can clamp down on a lure, turn away, decide they don`t want it and just spit the thing out. Sometimes you get lucky and hook `em, most times you don`t! Been looking at these rods: TRL Bunker Spoon Does anyone have experience with these rods?

I`m really struggling to find a travel uptide rod for trolling for Nile Perch on Nasser. I`ve recently come back after using an Abu Conolon 15-20lbs but felt it was undergunned when a few very big fish clamped down on the lures resulting in a squashed Ernie and no hook ups! The rod just didn`t seem to have the power to set big hooks at range. So, does anyone know of or can recommend a decent rod please? It has to fit into a suitcase, I`m not a fan of separate rod tubes as they have a habit of falling off airport conveyors and vanishing

Eight minutes, thats all it took...........must be a new record for that comment :D :rolleyes:

I`m looking for one (preferably two) Nash Bum Buddys. Any condition at all, I just need a couple

Try Transglobal Express mate. They use DHL but for some daft reason are cheaper! Been using them a lot this year sending rods all over the place and not had a problem at all. Just make sure the dimensions you enter onto the wensite are accurate and things will run smoothly.

Cheers Tigger but..................................... Dead number mate, been there, tried it.

I was wondering if anyone on here might know any contact details for Tonys Tackle in Southport? I`ve been trying to call them for a week or so but the phone line is dead. I did find a mobile number but this just rings out. The phone numbers are on the `net so I don`t need those! What I`d like to know is if anyone has contact details which will work for them. In fact, does anyone live near the place? All help appreciated!

The one next to the M54 could be Bayliss, a rat infested hell hole well worth avoiding. I do have a local place to suggest but don`t want to put it up for all the world to see. Get your post count up mate and as soon as you get PMs enabled I`ll send you the link over.

Yeah, it really is a balancing act eh! I got hold of a couple of Ultra sliders t`other day and gave `em a run out on Saturday. The 4ssg float I chose ended up taking 5 1/2 ssg! Lovely to use, no `walkback` and a joy to cast but the tip was just too bulbous for finicky roach. Its a good starting point for the home made jobbies though. I ended up on a Drennan peacock waggler that took 2 1/2ssg. Didn`t settle as well as the Ultra but the tip was fine and bites showed up really well. 138 roach to 1.13 seemed to prove that the float was ok! Emma on here kindly sent me some quills to try for which I`d like to publicly thank her! Lovely gesture which is well appreciated. I was wondering that you mention cane stems. What sort of cane? I`m planning on knocking up floats with a range of different stems so I can try `em side by side and work out the best material.

Sounds like a speed camera I`ve never experienced anything which is in one way a shame and in another a relief! Well, apart from once at my friends house when three of us clearly heard someone (we thought it was his daughter) get out of bed and walk across the room directly above us. She was fast asleep in the back room and, before anyone says it, it was most definitely NOT the house settling. Been in some pretty remote places alone as well as plenty of steeped-in-history lakes but apart from a couple of nervous moments caused more by desolation, auto suggestion or a fast atmospheric change, I have yet to be convinced on a personal level. Too many stories, too many reports for the paranormal to be dismissed as baloney. Maybe I`m just not the `receptive` sort and will never experience anything first hand.

Budgie They`re for stillwater mate. The roach in this particular lake seem to like overwintering in the deepest areas of the lake, which can be as much as 18ft. If I can get them up in the water (usually later in the day) then a loaded crystal fished on the drop at half depth can be brilliant but most of the time the roach are either on the deck or in the last two foot of water.

Logged away in the `do not forget` file in me bonce! Great starting point, thanks!

Interesting article! Just wondering, where it says `minimal` lead round the float what sort of amount is correct. say I`m setting up to make a four swan waggler, would the equilivant of an AA shot do the job?

Care to expand a bit? Sounds like a good tale is there to be told!

Turkey quills!!!! Thats a new one, ta for the suggestion. Anyone any experience with goose or turkey?

After a frustrating couple of trips fishing for big roach in deep water I`ve come to the conclusion that theres no float available to do the job properly. So...........its time to make some. The floats are going to be sliders, bodied wagglers to be exact. I will be making the floats with long inserts in the top to accentuate the dropper shots settling. Been having a mooch on ebay and found some balsa bodies so now I need to get the stem material. In times past when I used to make my own I used sarkandas reed but it was a sod to paint and fairly brittle. A few searches have made me consider peacock quill but I`ve never used this before. Is peacock the way to go? Also, the insert. Someone suggested the bamboo skewers from Sainsburys, does this still hold good? Next, the bottom ring. Obviously this needs to be small to stop the knot slipping through. Is straightening a small hook the way to go or is there a better method? One thing I bumped into when searching was that somone recommended loading the float a bit. Is this worthwhile, does it stop tangling and the float flying up the line on the cast? Yonks back I used to knock up my own wagglers but stepping into the world of slider floats seems to open a whole new can of worms. Any advice is appreciated!

Skrettings is the place to approach for large quantities.....................but Their terms for setting up an account are that the initial order is 2 tons with a 10 ton annual turnover. Thats a hell of a lot of pellets

We use double hook rigs a lot when roaching. The fickle little sods change their mind from day to day so we can ring the changes a lot quicker by covering more options.

Oh man, not one mention of my ultimate hate word........ f_nt_stic (just add `a`) It grinds that much I can`t even force myself to spell it out. Any radio or TV prog (especially footie) is inundated with this bloody word to the extent that I switch over/off. Just spend a day listening out for it to see what I`m getting at. Its a word for the braindead and uneducated, no need to use the English language when we can just say f_nt_stic every minute or two. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :angry: :angry: :angry:

It sounds like the oscillating mechanism has packed it. Pretty terminal unless you get it back Diawa for repair.

Big thumbs up for the TFG Primal Extremes from me After wearing Sundridge and Skeetex boots for donkeys years I got hold of a pair of the TFG last autumn with the idea of only using them in mild weather. As it turned out, the moon boots were pressed into serivce a grand total of ONCE, the rest of the time the TFG boots were more than adequate. They made scrambling up and down the banks of the Severn a lot easier and also kept me warm when fishing static for roach. Ok, not exactly cheap but absolutely brilliant.

Theres a couple of known 12s in the Bewdley area Unfortunately the Bridgnorth webcam packed up in the recent storms. Hopefully it`ll be back up and running soon.

Up and coloured with plenty more on its way down. You`ve got three weeks though mate, I wouldn`t worry too much. Even if it is still a bit full theres so many fish in the area its hard to go wrong.