Leon Roskilly

There was an article in AT a few weeks ago about Martin Salter. I've passed on my copy, and now I need a copy of the article. Can anyone help please? Tight Lines - leon

Steve, same happened to me, a small piece of weed and three long clumps of snail eggs! Tight Lines - leon

Steve, same happened to me, a small piece of weed and three long clumps of snail eggs! Tight Lines - leon

Details of the announcement are at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/fisheries/news_c...inf02_07_en.htm Tight Lines - Leon Sea Anglers' Conservation Network (SACN) http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/sacn/

Ah! Liam's still alive then! Not quite as windy as the Grayling Fish-in, but it sure did rain at times!! I don't care what Steve says, Wingham IME has always been wet and windy I found a sheltered swim and was happy just sitting under my brolly as the swallows skimmed the water in front of me, diving in so low over the brolly, I could have touched them. Swallows, amd martins and swifts, all skimming past my ears and mixing their different cries in ths sky. Wonderful Tight Lines - leon

Ah! Liam's still alive then! Not quite as windy as the Grayling Fish-in, but it sure did rain at times!! I don't care what Steve says, Wingham IME has always been wet and windy I found a sheltered swim and was happy just sitting under my brolly as the swallows skimmed the water in front of me, diving in so low over the brolly, I could have touched them. Swallows, amd martins and swifts, all skimming past my ears and mixing their different cries in ths sky. Wonderful Tight Lines - leon

Latest Press Releases: http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/news/articles/93.html http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/news/articles/94.html Tight Lines - leon

Latest Press Releases: http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/news/articles/93.html http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/news/articles/94.html Tight Lines - leon

Er apparently in the Lake District, and North Wales, I'd be especially wary of the ones wearing rucksacks! From New Scientist: Where sheep may radioactively graze 11 Dec 93 Yes, this sheep is wearing rucksacks. But no, it is not a technological aid for Little Bo Peep. Every 60 seconds the equipment inside the rucksacks records to within 5 metres where they are grazing. The Institute of Terrestrial Ecology is using them to find out why some sheep grazing in the Lake District become more radioactive than others and so pinpoint the contaminated land. The radioactivity is a legacy of the explo-sion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in April 1986. Dust and gases were carried west from Ukraine by the prevailing winds, and heavy rainfall deposited them in some upland areas of England and North Wales. The Lake District's peaty soil readily releases radioactive caesium compounds into the roots of plants grazed by sheep, and meat sold from the area is still subject to screening. Some is unsaleable.................. Tight Lines - leon ps I've got a couple of screensavers involving sheep if any sheep fanciers want me to email them!

Er apparently in the Lake District, and North Wales, I'd be especially wary of the ones wearing rucksacks! From New Scientist: Where sheep may radioactively graze 11 Dec 93 Yes, this sheep is wearing rucksacks. But no, it is not a technological aid for Little Bo Peep. Every 60 seconds the equipment inside the rucksacks records to within 5 metres where they are grazing. The Institute of Terrestrial Ecology is using them to find out why some sheep grazing in the Lake District become more radioactive than others and so pinpoint the contaminated land. The radioactivity is a legacy of the explo-sion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in April 1986. Dust and gases were carried west from Ukraine by the prevailing winds, and heavy rainfall deposited them in some upland areas of England and North Wales. The Lake District's peaty soil readily releases radioactive caesium compounds into the roots of plants grazed by sheep, and meat sold from the area is still subject to screening. Some is unsaleable.................. Tight Lines - leon ps I've got a couple of screensavers involving sheep if any sheep fanciers want me to email them!

During the Cold War, I seem to remember lots of advice to citizens on how to avoid, or at least lessen the effects of radiation exposure. In the weeks following Chernobyl (a bit too late really)papers were giving advice like 'stay indoors, particularly when it's raining; drink plenty of iodene?' (Even now there are radioactive hotspots from that event in the UK, where the sheep should not be touched!) Perhaps the plan is to wait and see what happens so that there isn't panic buying of bottles of iodene from Tesco's pharmacies, and meanwhile the government is quietly getting on with the work of distributing and stocking leaflets and supplies in case of need. Meanwhile, I'm left wondering whether or not I should be digging up my lawn and installing a radiation bunker! Or should I dig out my old copy of 'Protect and Survive'? I seem to remember that advised using two or three doors leaned against an internal wall, and covered with sandbags full of garden soil!! (Oh! and don't forget the toilet and drinking arrangements for the next 3 weeks or so!) http://www.cybertrn.demon.co.uk/atomic/ Maybe now's the time to make a speculative purchase of ex government geiger-counters. If the worst does happen, I could make a killing selling them at a huge premium, once the dustclouds begin circulating. (I also understand that USA nuclear plants have been put on full alert to guard against a possible imminent terroist attack involving radioactivy) Oh! I think I'll just go fishing TL - leon [ 25 May 2002, 10:56 AM: Message edited by: Leon Roskilly ]

During the Cold War, I seem to remember lots of advice to citizens on how to avoid, or at least lessen the effects of radiation exposure. In the weeks following Chernobyl (a bit too late really)papers were giving advice like 'stay indoors, particularly when it's raining; drink plenty of iodene?' (Even now there are radioactive hotspots from that event in the UK, where the sheep should not be touched!) Perhaps the plan is to wait and see what happens so that there isn't panic buying of bottles of iodene from Tesco's pharmacies, and meanwhile the government is quietly getting on with the work of distributing and stocking leaflets and supplies in case of need. Meanwhile, I'm left wondering whether or not I should be digging up my lawn and installing a radiation bunker! Or should I dig out my old copy of 'Protect and Survive'? I seem to remember that advised using two or three doors leaned against an internal wall, and covered with sandbags full of garden soil!! (Oh! and don't forget the toilet and drinking arrangements for the next 3 weeks or so!) http://www.cybertrn.demon.co.uk/atomic/ Maybe now's the time to make a speculative purchase of ex government geiger-counters. If the worst does happen, I could make a killing selling them at a huge premium, once the dustclouds begin circulating. (I also understand that USA nuclear plants have been put on full alert to guard against a possible imminent terroist attack involving radioactivy) Oh! I think I'll just go fishing TL - leon [ 25 May 2002, 10:56 AM: Message edited by: Leon Roskilly ]

Looney Killers No Skill Roley Tight Lines - Oily Slonker

Looney Killers No Skill Roley Tight Lines - Oily Slonker

If Pakistan & India do start chucking nukes at each other, how will the resultant radioactive dust cloud affect the rest of us? Chernobyl was bad enough I'd imagine a radiocative cloud would swirl around the Southern hemisphere for a while, before drifting across the equator and bringing increased incidence of cancer and leukemia to the Northern hemispheres. Strangely, with the prospect fairly imminent, there doesn't seem to be much discussion about how the rest of the world will be affected in our media. Perhaps they don't want to start a worldwide panic. OOOOops! Sorry if this post does that. TL - leon

If Pakistan & India do start chucking nukes at each other, how will the resultant radioactive dust cloud affect the rest of us? Chernobyl was bad enough I'd imagine a radiocative cloud would swirl around the Southern hemisphere for a while, before drifting across the equator and bringing increased incidence of cancer and leukemia to the Northern hemispheres. Strangely, with the prospect fairly imminent, there doesn't seem to be much discussion about how the rest of the world will be affected in our media. Perhaps they don't want to start a worldwide panic. OOOOops! Sorry if this post does that. TL - leon

Newt, Worldwide, amphibians are in deep trouble. It don't help that fish keep eating tadpoles. Removal of all fish is the only solution (keeping a few of each species in aquaria for posterity of course). Tight Lines - leon 'ere 'ang on! I thought that colonials from the Americas weren't supposed to understand irony ??? [ 25 May 2002, 12:47 AM: Message edited by: Leon Roskilly ]

Newt, Worldwide, amphibians are in deep trouble. It don't help that fish keep eating tadpoles. Removal of all fish is the only solution (keeping a few of each species in aquaria for posterity of course). Tight Lines - leon 'ere 'ang on! I thought that colonials from the Americas weren't supposed to understand irony ??? [ 25 May 2002, 12:47 AM: Message edited by: Leon Roskilly ]

This is the place to do your moaning! http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep5/owa/p_mep...g=EN&iorig=home The EU reckons that the EU fishing fleet needs to be cut back by between 40% to 60% if fishing effort is to become sustainable. The current review of the Common Fisheries Policy is trying to address that fact, but some nations don't like the idea of losing their subsidies (They call themselves 'The Friends of the Fisheries Group'!!!!). If enough people write to their MEPs, perhaps they will have the backbone to stand up to them. It's up to you! Tight Lines - leon Sea Anglers' Conservation Network (SACN) http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/sacn/

Jerkbait 'traces' are basically a length of stiff wire, more like that used to make wire coat hangers than ordinary multi-strand lure trace wire. The stiffness is needed to work the heavy jerk bait properly, without it tangling with the trace. Tight Lines - leon

Jerkbait 'traces' are basically a length of stiff wire, more like that used to make wire coat hangers than ordinary multi-strand lure trace wire. The stiffness is needed to work the heavy jerk bait properly, without it tangling with the trace. Tight Lines - leon

The fish tend to shoal down at the shallow end, toward where the Len enters the lake (furthest from the Cafe), early in the season. As the season progresses, the fish spread up toward the deeper water with the 'willow' swims, below the cafe, favourite during the winter. During the Summer, the water lily swims (just over halfway round when walking from the cafe to where the Len enters) are favourite for tench. Mote Park is a huge shallow estate lake, with very few features. The fish tend to shoal. There are some very large specimen fish of all species present. Fish a swim with a shoal in front of you, and you can really bag up. Two swims down and you'll blank. My advice is to travel light, and be prepared to move swims if nothing is happening. I've had follows from Carp, when I've been lure fishing, usually well away from where the carpers are bivvied up! A pair of polaroids and a stalking rod would be my approach (if I ever wanted to catch carp!). Tight Lines - leon

The fish tend to shoal down at the shallow end, toward where the Len enters the lake (furthest from the Cafe), early in the season. As the season progresses, the fish spread up toward the deeper water with the 'willow' swims, below the cafe, favourite during the winter. During the Summer, the water lily swims (just over halfway round when walking from the cafe to where the Len enters) are favourite for tench. Mote Park is a huge shallow estate lake, with very few features. The fish tend to shoal. There are some very large specimen fish of all species present. Fish a swim with a shoal in front of you, and you can really bag up. Two swims down and you'll blank. My advice is to travel light, and be prepared to move swims if nothing is happening. I've had follows from Carp, when I've been lure fishing, usually well away from where the carpers are bivvied up! A pair of polaroids and a stalking rod would be my approach (if I ever wanted to catch carp!). Tight Lines - leon

Seen anything interesting when fishing? Someone wants to know. See: http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/news/articles/89.html An article in this week's New Scientist states 'Global warming is bringing new arrivals to British Shores. Since 1980, 18 new fish species have been caught off the Cornwall coast, as species from farther south move in as the water warms up. "There is such a clear signal, quite mind-boggling to see," says Tony Stebbing of Plymouth Marine Laboratory. Tight Lines - leon Sea Anglers' Conservation Network (SACN) http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/sacn/

Er, You've got one kidney more than you need! TL - leon