phil hackett
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No they don't Lee!trent.barbeler:
Dear Nat,
The only true fact concerning experts is that they can always be relied upon to disagree with each other.
Go for "Me". He's much more reliable.
Regards,
Lee.
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If the answer to the above is yes, and you’re having problems, you may want to contact the below organisation for some help .
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Are you trying to lease a water of a Council?
If so remember Parks dept. always come at the bottom of the list for funding. Councils don’t have a statutory duty to provide parks, unlike education, social services, refuge collection, street lighting etc. Its one of their discretionary powers, hence why they’re always strapped for cash and at the bottom of the pile.
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Most if not all of Manchester MBC park lakes are now under club or franchisee control. Stockport MBC is the same, more or less.
Tameside parks control but the fishing is free or was last time I fished the two lakes they have.
Oldham MBC Club controlled.
Trafford I think are a mixture of club, MBC and franchisee.
Rochdale are a combination of the above.
All bar Stockport have a clause in their lease that they must allow daytickets on the waters.
You should be able to find contact details on each MBC web site under either Leisure or Countryside Services.
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Bream & tench during the Summer
Barbel & Chub in the winter
I had 2 blanks during the summer out of 20 odd trips and so far 2 blank this winter out of about the same amount of trips. All the same to me.
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The Mersey starts up in the pennines in 3 place and enters the sea in the Pool.It goes through about 30 different Councils areas could you be a bit more precise about where and what information you require.
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roach/bream Hybrid
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Arrrrr! Youth and enthusiasm, is no match for old age and treachery when it comes to fishing and the wife!
With age come wisdom and absolute treachery!
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DG
You say you worked for ICI polymers at one time?
Shouldn’t there be a more fundamental question asked here; Are we being conned by line manufactures in regards to who (middlemen) they are selling their product on to?
How many companies actually produce line? Globally I would think there’s no more than 7-10.
Back in the 70s, someone who like you, who then worked in the polymers industry stated in the Chevin Magazine (I think it was), there was only 3 companies involved in line production globally - Dupont, ICI and Bayer. All other branded names were made by one or other of these Cos and just labelled up with their client’s name on it.
I suspect, but don’t know, that this practice is still the norm.
Granted that Bloggs line goes to the line manufacturer with a spec and says produce me this quantity of line and I’ll pay you this price.
Surly what the line manufacturers can’t do is produce a line that is not yet in existence, whether that line is tested by wet, dry, weight of spool, diameter, or whatever. The claims made on the spool sold on by the middle vendor, probably don’t equate to what the line manufacturers state to them at the point of sale in the technical data.
That said, it would not be in the best interests of the line manufacturer to publicly contradict such claims, unless they were so outrageous that they were farcical.
Therefore don’t we need to know who all the line manufacturers are first?
Then out of them, who makes the best line?
And finally, which line manufacturer Bloggs line is buying his/her line off as the middleman?
Only then can we as the gullible, make an informed choice about what line we require.
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Polluters gold!
Dig um' deep and fill em' in with waste, the residue of which then seeps into rivers.
Add a liberal helping of "greenwash" and well published PR campaign and an environmental charity prepared to take the Polluters Gold and hey presto, We’re a right on Environmental Co. Emmmmmmmm!
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Another livebait ban on the way perhaps?
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Back on topic, Steve one that got away sadly forever is Alan Wilson, a true great in the all-round specialist world. Alan’s catches of bream, tench & roach were in the 80s/90s groundbreaking.
The stories Alan could tell about the capture of his fish were captivating, even to the most battle hardened specialist angler.
Alan sadly past away a couple of years ago, even more sadly taking his stories and a large slice of angling history to the grave with him, without ever committing it to print.
But that was Alan mild mannered, never wanting to make a fuss, lovely guy and his angling journey through his life would have been an even better book.
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What you have described is a fish leach (Piscicola geometra) very common on all fish this time of year, which lay up in remnant weedbeds and the lake bottom.
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And they blamed it on pike anglers only 12 months ago! Shame on you EN EA LNP!!!!!!
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One of the more interesting shots I ever took was of a big tench in my landing net.
At the time I was fishing a mere that had stages around it, the water at the end of the stage was 3 ft. The drop from the stage to the water was about 18 inches. By positioning my net handle under the bedchair, I could and did get just enough water to cover the tench and as the water in this mere was like gin, I got two very good shots of the tench upright in the net and water. These shot really showed off how wide that fish was across it back.
Unfortunately I can’t post them as they are on slides rather than prints.
That said, those who have seen them at slide shows have made comment on them about it being refreshing to see a big fish in its natural environment.
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PeteThe Tangler:
Hi all
I hope you all had a great Christmas and will have an even better new year.
I’ve not been online much as you may of guessed for some time now ( I know why go and spoil it now) this is due to a number of things. I’m now doing a course in computer technology/programming.
One of the subjects I have to do in this as well is Academic Skills and for an assignment I was given a statement that I have to discuss on paper, the statement being.
Fishing is cruel as fish feel pain ( I got this as my tutor knows I go fishing).
Now I know there are two main reports out about angling and on fish pain:-
1 being the Medway Report by S.C. kestin of the Bristol University and another that I’m not sure about who or where from.
I’ve spent some time on the internet trying to find copies of these reports but with no luck.
My assignment has to be backed up with facts from both sides of the fence and all I’ve really been able to find is one sided blinkered views that are not fact based but just personal views.
So I really need to find a copy of these two or any other fact based reports for my assignment.
So does anyone here have a copy of these two reports of any other reports that I could have a copy of please?
I’ll be more than willing to pay postal costs or they can be e-mailed to me if you have copies on your computer.
Any help in this will be very grateful
Pete
I suggest that you e-mail Bruno Broughton for information regarding the two hands of fish and pain.
Bruno has many peer-reviewed papers from around the world on this subject.
If time is of the essence, like next week for hand in, the Rose report has appeared on this site and can be found in the archives somewhere.
[ 02. January 2004, 01:19 AM: Message edited by: phil hackett ]
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Pete anything that upsets the natural order of a system will have some impact on it, the fundamental question is to what extent?Peter Waller:Just a thought, I wonder if cray fish are part of the problem? At one time, during the summer months, if you left a deadbait on the bottom, it was fair bet that eels would shread it. Now its more likely to be the Cray Twins and their relatives doing the dirty work. Are cray fish taking up the food that eels would otherwise eat?
This we don’t know because nobody is looking at it.
Not even the research programme that has been set up will.
On looking at what they will be studying, they are only going to look at 1 category of endocrine disrupters (PCBs) not the known 250 that have so far been identified.
Admittedly this is a start and PCBs are allegedly some of the worst contaminant due to their longevity to remain in the body tissue, but science as yet, doesn’t know whether they or other types are the worst for making fish infertile.
Given the above, I have concerns about whether this will give a total picture or any picture at all
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Got 2 IBF 40 had them 6 months no problems whatsoever. Great value!
I might just buy 2 Epix 40 at the price NWAC are offering them at.
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Kev do a search of the net for earthworms. Wiggly Wigglies sell the full range of all good fishing worms. You might want to think about setting up your own wormery as they are so hard to get where you live. Plenty of info on this site about wormeries if you do a search of the data base. Also have a look on the worm comosting sites you find when net searching worms.kev7dags:Hi has anyone heard of a supplier of worms called Doctor Fish? I was pike fishing up here in north scotland and found an empty tub of worms from this source.The reason behind the question is that where I live up here it is very hard getting good worms and virtually impossible to get maggots.
Thanks for any help on this
Kev
[ 21. December 2003, 05:03 PM: Message edited by: phil hackett ]
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Nice Christmas present.........luck sod!tony jolley:I`ve got to get rid of some of my old but still good gear to make room for my VFR 800 motorbike,I thought I read somewere about a charity which would be intreasted in using the gear,
Can anyone help with a contact???.
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Wernfishwernfish:Hi All
I have recently moved to north shropshire. I cannot find the contact details for the angling clubs of Wem and Elsemere. can any one help?mailto:wemfish@tiscali.co.ukwemfish@tiscali.co.uk
Elsemere Anglers did and I think they still do have a 10 mile limit radius of the town for membership. If you live within that radius you shouldn’t have a problem getting in the Club. Outside that you just might.
If you can’t track down a contact for the club, it might be worth going into the town and asking in the Post Office.
You could also try N. Shropshire CC Countryside Services and ask for the Warden’s number for the Mere, which Elsemere Anglers have. They will be able to give you the Secretary’s name & address I’m sure.
If you're still having problems after this, post again and I'll make some inquiries from someone I know who is a member.
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Err….. well no not really Lee! As a onetime Employee of Unilever, they own the Captain BTW! It’s the cod fillets (Well it was until the cod ran out, it probably Coley now or something similar.) that came down the Conveyor. The fingers were all the scrapping ups that never made it to the Conveyor mate!trent.barbeler:Dear Phil,
"Atlantic Conveyor" I know about that one.
Thats what Birds Eye fish fingers come flying down. Not so clever after all are ya!
Regards,
Lee.
So who’s the clever one now?
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quote:Originally posted by trent.barbeler:Personally Phil, I thought and think, that £1000 per annum is way way over the top for data based information. Almost everything these people provide is available for free elsewhere anyway.Regards,Lee. [/QB]
Lee whilst not wanting to defend the price BIDS charges as its outrageous, the service it provides when researching is second to none. By putting in key words regarding the topic you are researching, it will list every peer reviewed scientific paper ever written anywhere in the world, over the last 25 years on that subject matter. You also get the abstract of the paper and the journal it appeared.
This is important when you’re up against time constraints, as the abstract tells you what the papers about, what the author(s) found or didn’t, as the case may be and their conclusions in brief.
If what you find in the abstract is of use to you in your research, you can then quite easily go and find that paper in the journal(s) stated, in the British Library, and/or request it of them, at a price. The time BTW for BL getting a paper to you is about 3-6 weeks. You can also use the better City libraries but the journals they keep tend to be limited for cost reasons. University libraries are not generally open to the public, but are very useful if you can gain access to them. I’m fortunate that I can at times get access to the three in my area. However, that access is limited now, to friends pulling a few strings for me. To access BIDS you need a current student library card, which I haven’t had for some years. The growth of the internet has opened up newer avenues for researchers but there are two major problems with it. 1) There’s lots of rubbish and quasi-scientific papers kicking about on it.
2) Good scientific journals still don’t allow you access to them unless you pay an access fee per year. This can range from £50-200, and there’s no point in this if you just want access to read one paper. A very costly way of doing thing, when you consider there’s about 100-150 journals published worldwide in the biological and environmental field alone.
For the pedantic amongst you, by good scientific journals, I mean ones that will not publish papers that have not been scrutinised at ever stage of the process - conception, experimental design, research, methodology, results, discussion and conclusion(s) by review for flaws anywhere in it.
Yes Lee you are right that the information is out there somewhere, but how long would it take you to find it all without a service like BIDS? That I’m convinced is why they can charge the prices they do for their services. They have a unique fast tool for researchers, and they bloody know it. And boy will they make you pay for it, handsomely!
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Me thinks the Chief has been Flushed from his tepee and the wood into the ShiresChief Trottinfloats:Mr Hacketts words;;
"P.s. and if you really live where you indicate in another thread, you'll know about the Greenland Cod."
Which Greenland area Mr Hackett?
A short story which may interest one as you so highly qualified in? Oceanic Studies?
Whilst a large fishing vessel was cutting through the ice around Greenland, the skipper noticed a mysterious object in the sea off towards the Northern horizon. Curious as to what the object could be, the skipper headed off in its direction for a closer look.
When the fishing boat got closer, the object appeared to pull up a net loaded with cod and quickly ascended up into the sky and over the horizon. Later that same week, another fishing vessel reported seeing something very similar. Upon steaming closer to the object in the water, the entire crew observed that the object appeared to be Santa Claus. Fishing!
After a hearty "ho ho ho", he pulled up his net, teeming with codfish and yelled, "Off to the North Pole".
Seems like with the cod shortage, Santa is trying to get on some of the action, although it seems like there is no record of Santa buying quota. Perhaps he is rolling the dice, fishing illegally, before preparing for his holiday duties!
I suppose we will find out if some receive cod under the tree.
We will talk some more I'm sure Mr Hackett. Must go as I have to brief a committee up on the hill about something,.. Fishy
Merry Christmas.
LINES: Memory / Limpness / Wet-castability
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I’m surprised to see Daiwa Sensor in there, I’ve always found it to curl like a pigs tail after a month or two and stopped using it for that reason. Maxima doesn’t surprise me, It’s always been known to be about as supple as a brick since it was first launched.