Steve Walker

Yep, as John says.

Quills are quills, but the other floats sound interesting.

Phone - post us a photo!

Bulk shot - putting most of the shot round the float makes it cast better with fewer tangles. Heavier rigs are easier to cast at the expense of delicacy. Float adapter - an eye with a bit of silicone on it or other adapter to let you change floats without tackling up again - I never use em Lighter hooklength - just so if you get smashed up you wont lose everything. If you do it with the same line it will probably still break at the knot to the same effect. Multicolours - yeah, we do that, but its less obvious than a tiny bit of tip just vanishing - hows your eyesight? What you can do, which I prefer, is to have a long, thin tip in multicolours. Pull to sink it depends on cross sectional area of tip, so a toothpick, cocktail stick, length of wire, thin end of a quill etc will sink (or rise) a long way with a tiny bit of shot. Detergent on line - makes it easier to sink to get it out of the wind so it doesnt drag your float around. Thats all. Its a wrinkle. I seldom bother, couple of hard turns of the reel with the tip underwater and youre good. Bulb - bulb at top - river float. Bulb at bottom - pond float. Roughly. Slow rivers, etc, but enough for a rule of thumb.

Really? I just assumed they had gone out of fashion. You can buy them on Amazon in the uk; American Porcupine Bag of Quills (approx. 30 quills) (Natural Bone) by Skulls Unlimited International https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01HDXZKEW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Np8VBb28NWW4K

Porcupine quills you can just paint the top and attach them with a bit of silicone tubing top and bottom. Or whip an eye on the bottom. Same for bird feather quills. The other floats you describe sound like bodied wagglers, but could be some enormous USonian bobber

Dunno about goths, I think the front door should look like this;

The same thing happened with Sajid Javid. It's interesting to see newspaper bias with this. The story is in the Wail, Express, Breitbart, etc. Nothing in the Grauniad. Nothing in the Mirror.

We have a range of lead sizes we aren't allowed to use - number 6 shot up to 1oz. Anything larger or smaller is legal, but that covers most of what we use.

Phone - it was banned here for anglers 31 years ago. Shooters are still fending it off, which seems bizarre given that I only used to go through as much shot as a cartridge or two a year, but coarse fishing is a predominately working class hobby, so...

Phone, do you guys still use lead?

I have some rugby ball shaped shot which I rather like.

Maybe hemp & tares - or a big fat lobworm?

If her account of the event is true, it was nothing like that. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/oct/01/cristiano-ronaldo-accuser-spells-out-claims-in-magazine

Isn't this a really old story? Anyway, NUS. Par for the course.

Yeah, didn't actually notice the date on it, thought it was a post from that day.

Bugger, was going to try it later.

Cheers Ken

Prefer mackerel, but nothing wrong with a nice bit of cod!

I'm saying nothing, except that I have noticed that cod are coming out of my local beach...

Excellent, I'm delighted that the trip was a success! I must admit, the first time I tried it, I didn't really get the attraction, but it's actually much more subtle than it first appears. First time neither of us in the boat really knew what we were doing and we caught some fish that pretty much hung themselves. Second time was with Anderoo and again after that with Rich. Hitting those really subtle bites is very satisfying!

I had one like this 30 odd years ago. Every time you stood up, it fell over. Suspect that it still does.

I'd love to see a legal opinion on how much of what Labour promised at conference would be possible if they cancel Brexit...

Good luck with the move!

Excellent news!