Tony U
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Yes, they are playing well and I hope they do the Grand Slam next Saturday its been a long time coming.
[ 14. March 2005, 11:51 AM: Message edited by: Tony U ]
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But does it work for Gout
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But does it work for Gout
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I used to fly fish for Perch on Killingworth lake using polystckles, they worked then (over 30 years ago), canot see why they would not work now.
I also caught one of my biggest Perch 3lb 40oz on a Black dDog Nobler form Whalton Hall Lake in Wakefield
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Newt
No we just get plain ordinary Blackbirds, Turdus merula, a Thrush, (Turdidae)
Your Redwing Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus, is a different genus.
[ 14. March 2005, 10:30 AM: Message edited by: Tony U ]
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Ken
It really is a spectacular campsite and really secluded.
It has featured a couple of times on the front cover of the Camping and Caravanning Clubs Site guides.
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Don't think they are banned but they should be, if you can not unhook a pike do not fish for it intentionally.
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Rockling
I believe they were catching Herring from Amble (Northumberland) Harbour a couple of years back. Perhaps one of our northern members could shed light on this.
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Snatcher
They look superb, I am going to get the vice out and copy them, they look ideal patterns for Cuba, they imitate the small half beaks that swim around the Flats.
What hook did you use for the lower fly?
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Obviously not!
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Get a 4x4 we did.
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My mate used to fish the lake near or adjoining the caravan site in Castle Douglas.
It is stuffed with pike and should respond to deceivers and most standard saltwater, fish imitating patterns including your ear defender poppers
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Simon
Re Fixed Spools (Spinning reels)
Ever heard of Shimano? the original Bait Runner was bomb proof; and I believe is still available
[ 12. March 2005, 01:02 AM: Message edited by: Tony U ]
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So its an AN fish in for the Spring Bank Holiday weekend down at the warren in Folkestone.
Should be interesting to see who's coming
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Lead; they use depleted uranium in the 120mm APFSDS rounds!
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From Todays Guardian:
Farting fish fingered
Donald MacLeod
Friday March 11, 2005
Guardian Unlimited
If it seems bizarre that serious scientists in Scotland should publish a study of farting in herrings, how improbable is it that they were almost beaten into print by a team of Swedish researchers who had discovered the same phenomenon? But that's great minds for you.
Bob Batty, of the Scottish Association for Marine Science, was certainly surprised when he made the discovery with two Canadian fellow researchers, Ben Wilson, of the University of British Columbia, and Larry Dill, of Simon Fraser University. It won them an Ig Nobel award for improbable biology (they are antidotes to Nobel prizes) and Dr Batty and Dr Wilson are taking part in the Ig Nobel tour of the UK, which starts today.
Dr Batty, who works at the Dunstaffnage marine centre near Oban, and his colleagues were looking at whether herrings could detect sounds made by predators like whales and dolphins. Using infrared lighting with video cameras and underwater microphones, they monitored the herrings behaviour round the clock. "We heard these rasping noises, which sound like high pitched raspberries, only ever at night, whenever we saw tiny gas bubbles coming from the herrings' bottoms," said Dr Batty.
"We also noticed that individual fish release more bubbles the more fish are in the tank with them. In other words, it seems that herring like to fart in company," commented Dr Wilson.
But, as Dr Batty explained, they analysed the bubbles released by herrings through the anus, using gas chromatography, and established that they were air gulped down by the herrings on the surface - there was no hint of flatulence.
He believes that fish like anchovies and sprats, which have similar swim bladders, show this farting behaviour as a means of communicating at night and keeping the shoal together. During the day these fish use visual information, such as the pattern of light reflected off specialised mirror-like scales, to communicate.
Herrings and their fishy relatives release air bubbles in large quantities when attacked, but the low level farting found by Dr Batty and his colleagues appears to serve a different purpose.
To the layperson this may seem a small addition to the sum of scientific knowledge, but it is useful. As Dr Batty points out, it is the air in the herrings' swim bladder that shows up in sonar surveys by marine biologists trying to determine the numbers and size of the fish, so information on how much air is released and when is relevant.
But why were Swedish scientists interested in farting herrings too? The Swedish navy had been picking up strange unidentified sounds and worried they might be from Russian submarines, so they asked scientists to investigate. The upshot was that as the Scots Canadian paper, Pacific and Atlantic herring produce burst pulse sounds, was published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, a second paper established that herrings behave just as badly in Baltic waters too.
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I agree Ken and young Matt has posted a thread to that effect.
I reckon we should look to be there the weekend of the Spring Bank Holiday on 30 May, the Bass Gars and Mackerel should be making an appearance by then.
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Peter I dont agree, as Rudd states The pole is a tool just like all our other fishing equipment.
I like to think of myself as an all round specimen type angler; but I own and like to occasionally use a pole.
They are good fun to fish with and a very efficient means of catching fish, one of the best ways of catching large Crucians I know of.
I was lucky in that I was taught to use the pole by a very experienced match angler(Kevin Pack), but the basics are easy to master, though becoming an expert is another question.
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Allright I've read the threads and I want one, all I have to do know is persuade my partner that I really need to spend at least £600 notes on more fishing related stuff, when she wants me to get an extension on the house!
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Look at www.chapmansangling.co.uk/acatalog/Christmas_Super_Sale_2004.html
The Chapmans 1 and 2 Man Complete Bivvy System
looks very familiar doesnt it. Ive just bought one; very prompt next day delivery and well worth the money.
I cannot wait to get out and use it but its still too cold for me to go carping.
[ 11. March 2005, 10:09 AM: Message edited by: Tony U ]
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The tent we are disposing of Chesters, looks very much like yours but with a frame type porch in front of the dome.
At most of the Folk Festivals we go to, I have been casting envious glances at those with caravans and this year we plan to bite the bullet and purchase one.
The problem of course is that you cannot use a caravan at the Warren that is why we plan to use the bivvy.
Besides it is a fish in we will look like we might know what we are doing.
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Have you ever tasted Fair Trade Instant?
The ground Coffee is pretty good though
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We are in the process of changing from a tent to a caravan, so we intend to camp at the Warren site in my brand new, arrived today, Chapmans Angling thinly disguised JRC STI two man bivvy.
It looks enormous, as big as Chesters tent.
[ 10. March 2005, 08:26 PM: Message edited by: Tony U ]
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Matt
I am thinking of going down the Warren in May so count me in, but does it have to be a match? why don't we just have a fish in, could be the South's answer to Scrabster.
Ken
Look for East Wear Bay, east of Copt Point on the OS Map the apron is below the area marked "The Warren" to the east of the campsite symbol sorry I cant give you the grids I am looking at multimap.
[ 10. March 2005, 12:51 PM: Message edited by: Tony U ]
Your Birthdate?
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Mine's 31 August its the big 50 this year