Brian Carragher

Looking at the post above it would seem to me to demonstrate exactly what's wrong with anglings "ban everything I don't like brigade" and a classic response from someone who it would seem has very little concept of fishing multiple rods over a set distance To put 15m into a different perspective its little more than 5 strides from your chair to the outermost rod

Are you trying to say that whenever you go fishing that you're not in control of your rods?, strange as I'm always in proper control of mine

Its not about pike oe pikers Its about a silly seldom used but much abused EA rule on rod butts being within 3 meters measuring from the two outside rods That same rule applies regardless of species targetted and equally applies if only using two rods

I always have proper control over my rods and I fish with up to four where conditions allow but my first concern is always for my own bankside safety first

So in essence what you're saying is that there should be a two rod limit to all anglers soley because that's your own personal view, find that a bit strange to be frank As for sometimes getting two runs at once, well it is possible and has happened to me a couple of times but no more than that but using only two rods obviously increases the odds for getting simultanious runs so should that second rod be banned "just in case"

I can't say I'm that perfect to make a statement like that

Personally I think the 3m rule is a load of tosh, they encourage you to buy two licences and then want you to compress all your rods and lines into a confined space, usually resulting , if you are lucky enough to get a big lump, in the fish picking up one or more lines and increasing the risk of snagging the fish I see nothing wrong in increasing the distances between the rods in order to make it more comfortable for the angler to get amongst his/her rods and to comfortably net any said fish without banging or standing on any other rod or standing in precarious positions trying to net a fish just to appease the EA ruling. Sometimes when the rods are too close together, and that means inside of 3mts butt to butt, its bloody dangerous on steep slippy banks trying to get a decent foothold to play the fish before you even think about netting it This is one of those archaic rules that some, not all , baliffs tend to enforce, some use their commonsense and others seem all out for brownie points and if there's a "star name" on offer then all the better. All that happens is that it drives a wedge between anglers legitimetly owning and fishing with two licences and the EA who turrn a blind eye to the runners and the gangs that they walk past without seeing. It would make more sense to either repeal the 3m rule or and this probably makes more sense, to increase the maximum distances to something like 15 meters

Yeh that'll be me, that avatar is a local fish, have to be careful I might get illusions of being a legend in my own lunchtime Still doing it and getting a few decent ones out

Howdo Craig, nice to hear from you, I'm up in Edinburgh working at the moment but fishing the rivers back home on a weekend, hope you get a few now the weather looks like it might be heading in the right direction

Thats a belter of a fish Is the lake a bit murky then to give the fish that pale look or was that just a one off and the rest dark

Turns out that Robtherake who makes those nice floats lives about 6 miles away from me, however he can't send a PM until he's reached 15 posts but I'm sure if he uses traditional e mail from peoples profiles then he can make contact that way My e mail address is in there if anyone wants to use it and I'll pass the details along

Yes there is Its the one that the controlling body, in this case the council decide to impiment, no different to clubs, they will have different rules for different waters they own

Of coarse you're missing something Dave, spend all your spare cash on the dearest alarms you can find and you'll be the tartiest angler on the bank, won't have any spare spendy money but you'll look the part, rearrange the last 4 letters any way you can

Is there not a screw opposite the handle under the black cap, if there is and you never need to fold the handle down a little drop of locktite keeps everything solid

Believe it or not, thats just what some nuggets at the local PAC have done, they've produced a little booklet of my local river giving just those sort of cast here X marks the spot details And whats worse and it really grates, is that they give it to all and sundry regardless of which club people are in and the subsequent poaching it results in Needless to say that a once prolific stretch of the river is now well and truly f*cked

Yes I saw it and have to say i've seen a lot better programmes about the same river salamander before Thought last nights was a step or too below what he normally produces

Have a look here http://www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk/forum/in...p?topic=25724.0 Some useful articles about rigging your yak for anchor, rod holders and the likes plus some safety type stuff which I'm sure you're aware of, good read and plenty of information

For a fiver a pair, be quick and snap his hand off

There will be some areas that are better than others but it would be a real fool that put that sort of info on an open forum when its likely to mean the end of good piking locally Too far South of me to give localised knowledge anyway but what I would say is get your skates on as theres only 4 weeks left till the end of the river season

Reading that link it looks like he's commited the cardinal sin of pulling up the anchor before starting his engine, loads do it but this time he got caught out

I have one of the JRC oval 60" brollies and its been one of the best buys I'ver made. I also do an awful lot of winter foul weather fishing and I've got to sat once I'm behind the oval its 6 or more degrees warmer as the wind does'nt cut through the brolly material and the side wings keep all the wind away from the brolly unlike the conventional brollies where the wind whips round the side The ground pegs are a must though to ensure stability in strong winds, in fact the brollies so good, I bought another one when they were on offer "just in case"

Cormorants

I have a pair of those 5000 size for my barbel fishing, great reels

Given the choice between fishing for big rudd or big roach, its rudd every time. Not only are they a better looking fish they're also harder to catch One of the best ways of fishing for them is to use a 6 or 7 metre whip and a fixed line with a very fine and sensitive pole float, used with a flick tip whip and light gear, 1lb bottom and fine wire 20 or 22 hooks you'll catch rudd if they're there Use olivettes just under the float and have your hook no more than 2ft from the float, use the very smallest styll weights you can on your line beneath the olivette , no more than 3 just to break the surface tension of the water with your hooklength, caster or maggot works with caster being a very good rudd bait You need a constant supply of bait going in and its bait first theen float, not the other way round Sunlight is'nt a problem but the intensity of the sun is, if its really bright and especially bright overhead then just about nothing will feed and even the rudd will go down to the bottom so if that happens you've got to follow them, you can catch good rudd tight to the bottom in sunny conditions and they do feed on or near the bottom despite what most folk tell you Another way to catch wary big fish is to feeder fish on the surface , take off the lead from your block end feeder and stuff some high density foam in the bottom tight, tape up at least half the holes and fish a shortish, 18inch or so hooklength from the feeder, the rudd compete for what falls from the feeder and you can get some nice fish doing this. Its a rod in the hand method and you need a soft tip rod as you're relying on either seeing the feeder move or feeling the fish through the tip, its good fun even when you get some strange looks when you're doing it

If it was dead before it was bitten then I'd tend to agree with you