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Unless somebody has changed things recently, then historically it has always been 9 inches. I think that was under the salmon & freshwater fisheries act. Then again someone could have had a bright idea and its now something like 225.6789 mm, 9 inches works for me, (as the actress said to the bishop)

Depends whereabouts they are coming Elton and what they want to fish for, hundreds of venues, wild to stockie, river to loch, salmon, trout, sea trout, char??????????? If they give a hint if they are touring or whatever we can give them loads of info. That time of year the grilse runs are starting on a lot of rivers.

Ken, as Guy mentioned, the heavier dacrons are good for wind on leaders. www.kiteworks.co.uk/Lines.shtml

I`m running a 4 x 4 just now and will continue to do so with glee. My only regret is that I aint got the cash to by a Humby or similar or the biggest gas guzzler I could find. Being self employed it aint any problem to claw back the extra road tax from the government but ten fold for their audacity and discrimination. I`m all in favour of being environmentally friendly (to a degree) but I dig my heels in hard when I`m dictated to by some carrot munching, lettuce nibbling hippies who are more worried about what happens 50 or 100 years from now than they are about the present day. I`d love to see some figures on how much atmospheric pollution it takes 4 x 4 users and other gas guzzlers and of course planes etc all lumped together for a year in comparison to what old mother nature can do in 5 minutes with, for example Mt St Helens. The worlds been getting warmer and colder for millions of years and will continue to do so as long as it exists. I`m quite sure I`ll have enough problems to worry about in the next few days with run of the mill life without getting overly up tight about what my great great grand kids may have to deal with. Trust I`ll also now see all the politicians running around in Puntos and Fiestas instead of jags and mercs, stuff the lot of them. Only a few years back it was cows farting that was damaging the ozone layer with their methane gas, (or was that Norrie :rolleyes:) pleeeeeeease.

Nice one Davy :thumbs: Amazing job in the photo, you`ve got it looking exactly like the Karen

Got the 11# last September, rated as 300 x 30lb backing. I used a 300yd spool but had a fair bit left over on the spool, reckon I got around 230-250 max on with a 9# line. Having said that could probably have got 400-500 yds of 30-40lb braid. Good enough reel with a smooth clutch (at the moment) see what happens in a few months.

--> QUOTE(Norm B @ Feb 24 2007, 02:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Where, how much, anything elseI need to know, like, can I come please. Mibbes, PM me 1 place left.

--> QUOTE(Norm B @ Feb 24 2007, 01:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Must be even closer to Hampshire then, when are we going to do a tackle test? Dont know about you Norm, but I`m doing a tackle test 10th - 16th Sept inclusive :thumbs:

I`ve never fished Mauritius Norm but my buddy goes (or did go) twice a year for the past 10-12 years normally 5 days on the boat. His catches have gone from 5 or 6 good marlin boated for the week to his last trip, one hooked and lost and not another seen. He`s even paid the crew to return fish before now. Doubt if he is going back, Bob & Tony have more blues than Mauritius nowadays and whites like mackeral shoals attacking lures and they are all catch and release. That`ll do me fine and only 3hr flight away from sconnie botland. :thumbs:

Norm, know fine well that happens, possibly why Mauritius is going down the tubes. Simple from my point of view I just avoid areas like that and fish T & R boats / areas. :thumbs:

Ian, know all that fine well mate, doubt if anyone will put pen to paper. I had never met this angler before, I had heard it was going on but what can you do??? The angler was perfectly innocent about it and worked on the basis that he spent several hundred pounds on the trip overall so it was a way to recover costs. I did actually try to explain to him that it was also a perfect way to f=== his future sport up as well but £`ssss speak louder apparently. Not quite sure how many fish I`d need to sell to cover 2 or 3 overseas trips a year. I, in my naive way, just assumed that the overall cost of my trip was the price I paid for enjoying my sport, now and in the future. :angry: <_<

Norrie, built a rod recently for someone who fishes there a few times each year. He tells me that certain "skipper" up there sells them and splits the "booty" with the "anglers" to keep the costs down. Every one caught is certain to be killed. Good way to protect your business eh??? decimate the product. Sooner Davy (sandtiger) gets his new boat going the better. You would think the "skipper" concerned would know what a record porbeagle looked like <_<

Can confirm Chesters that Norries regulations are indeed flexible (cost you a pint `though)

.44 magnum :rolleyes:

Signed, what next, cut back on pedestrian crossings because they use too much electricity?? Little grey men, in little grey suits in little grey offices doing pathetic little grey jobs with no purpose and no contribution to the country, the civil servants that is, not the RAF