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A great looking lot of rods & other gear James. Best of luck with it.
Thanks a lot Newt.
Just to say that about this time last year I bought a maver pole from James.It was immaculate and exceeded my expectation.
I suspect that these bits of kit will be the same and would be well worth bidding on.
(I am watching the DAM pole myself so go easy
)Thanks very much for your kind words Dave. Was it really that long ago you had that pole? Blimey time flies doesn't it!
How are you getting on with it by the way?
James
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Hello,
due to a baby on the way I'm having a bit of a clearout and I'm selling quite a lot of tackle.
Regards
James
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Have just stumbled upon this website/blog.
Looks like some people's prayers may have been answered...
James P
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Hi James
thanks for reply
I had wondered if the spectron was the rod to have.
I am always a little nervous of dual length rods. They seem to be balanced for the shorter length and therefore all wrong when extended. How does the extra length work with the spectron is it an add in section?.
I have googled and struggle to find long rods espescially light silver fish ones. Infact there is a normark same as mine on ebay now with buy it now price of £150.
I guess if there are no other options I need to compare the daiwa with my normark.
thanks for help
john
Hi John,
the rod was almost as good at 20ft as it was at 17ft - I only noticed a little difference in balance due to the extra length. I could certainly hold it all day and not grumble one bit.
The section above the butt is parallel and can be used for 20ft or left out for 17ft.
In my opinion Daiwa have never made a bad high end rod, and I think you'd find it perfect for what you want.
James
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Hi John,
I've tested a few 20ft rods when I was looking at getting one myself, and in my honest opinion the only one that stood out was the Daiwa Spectron 17-20ft.
At 20ft it's light, as stiff as you'll need and has a beautiful soft tip to cushion any hooklength when roach fishing. It's also very crisp on the strike for hitting fast bites.
I also looked at a Maver Reactorlite, Shimano and Daiwa Matchwinner equivalent but the Spectron was superb.
Regards
James
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Nice idea! (You do know that Steve Burke is a member, right?
)I think Chris's may well be the biggest this season, but in the interests of the game I will throw my guess into the hat - 4lb 2oz
Who's Steve Burke?
I'm sure there will be a few good fish caught this season, especially as big Perch are becoming more widespread than they were a while back.
I've not heard of many Perch around or over the 3lb mark around here, but i'm sure that's because not many people target them, if any.
I'm off out Saturday/Sunday morning for a few hours each to try and target some Perch, but seeing as we have so much water in my area it's going to be hard locating them. Might have to get the lure rods out.
James P
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I'm thinking of having a go for a good roach - I'm thinking of Bristol Avon on the Amalgamated card, or possibly Thames. I know at least one area on the Avon that has produced big roach (in fact, I've fished it before with a few ANers), but the Amalgamated card covers a lot of other water I could also try.
I'm also thinking that some bits of the Avon have some stonking perch, which are the other species on my mind at the moment. And I'd like to fit a little barbel hunting in. So little spare time, especially at this time of year with the dark evenings.
Steve,
what areas can you fish on the amalgamated card?
I live near Taunton in Somerset, and would like to start trying a few stretches of the Avon for both Perch and Roach this autumn/winter.
Can you suggest any good areas to start looking at?
James P
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Good grief man! Well done, what an amazing couple of hours! That perch looks every ounce of 3.11, I bet you're over the moon
It was really foggy here first thing, which meant that the dawn dragged out until about 8.30. I fished from 6.45 to 9am for the perch, and only had one bite. It was from this fellow, at about 8am when I was about to give up hope:
I didn't think it would make the magic 3, but it did with a whole ounce to spare
I guess this means I'll have to get out of bed earlier in future...Once the sun had burnt away the fog I gave up on the perch and wobbled some smelt back to the car. This was great fun, and resulted in 4 takes from little pike, only one of which I managed to land
All in all, a very enjoyable morning.
Another stunning fish Anderoo!
I love seeing specimen perch probably more than any other fish, save for roach and the two on this thread are crackers.
Incidentally, I have a mistral avon float exactly the same as that one. Do you know if you can still get them?
James P
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I know - it's set the bar rather high - and is only 3oz shy of my PB - will probably turn out to be my biggest of the season!
C.
Let's hope not Chris!
That second fish looks a cracker, and the black eye really stands out. Do you feed maggot whilst fishing lobworm?
James P
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Well Ive got there in the end on my local river (the Ribble) with that 6lb chub Ive been dreaming of.
6lb 2oz on the pin with a home made float and go old maggot as bait has just made it that bit more special to me.
Brilliant Lutra, absolutely brilliant! What a beautiful fish - it looks massive. Well done.
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Gloating, smugness all over his face as he lands another carp in his knotted weave landing net made from Spitfire parts.
I wonder how smug he is when has to carry all this extra weight back to his jobby brown Austin Princess.....
He's certainly not as smug as some of the guys on this forum who like sitting atop their moral highground like kings!
No wonder I hardly see any new members posting on here - it's like a private members only club sometimes, and heaven help anyone who should go against the grain.
Who cares whether the guy caught them on a £400 Carbotec rod or a piece of split cane and a bent pin, at least he seems to be enjoying himself despite his ailments. Surely that's all that matters?
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Looks to me as if it is the same as the youngs version apart from changing the holes to slots.
http://www.tackleshop.co.uk/tackleshopcouk.../si3487792/cl1/
True, but most of today’s Youngs range have both bearings and a grub screw. Never really understood why although it does mean that they spin freely in any plane.RRP £299.00 Acorn Angling, Didcot (01235 816132) will do one for £275.00 if you’re tempted. He doesn’t hold them in stock but apparently they’ve been available since April.
The TackleShop link above is selling them for under £250 Rusty, even more savings.
James P
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No problem Jomo. I'm sure when you do fish either of those, you'll have a fantastic day's fishing.
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Hi, I fish for mainly carp, they range from 6lb to around 30lb. I am after a baitrunner reel but only have £50 to spend. I bought a fox stratos around 6 months ago and the baitrunner has jammed twice and i have had two replacments. So I am after something alittle more realiable, maybe another shimarno. Is there anyone that could help me decide on the best reel in this small price catagory.
Without trying the hard sell bigginz92, i'm just about to put a mint condition Shimano 5000GTE-B baitrunner on eBay and would be looking for £50 for it. It's a very solid bit of kit and come boxed with a spare spool.
Let me know if you're interested.
Regards
James
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Hi
I'm heading down to the west country from Kent next week for a couple of days fishing with a mate. We want to fish for bream and my mate has suggested Chard or Durleigh reservoirs.
Can anyone advise on how they are fishing at the moment ?
Joe
They're fishing very well, especially as the the water level has dropped a bit Jomo. In fact i've never known Dureligh to have a bad day!
If you're thinking of fishing Durleigh, i'd check with the local tackle shop Somerset Angling first as I know they're running a 4 day festival sometime around now. You can give them a call on 01278 431777.
Regards
James
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I'd be up for purchasing this. If not for the fishing but the wonderful title. Anyone for paranoid with dope by mike paranoia... You couldn't make it up!
PM me.
That was filmed just down the road from me and where I fished on Sunday!!
I'm good friends with Mike's son and have known and fished with Mike for years - a great guy!
If you're serious about hemp fishing then you're better off cooking your own from dry - shop bought stuff either seems to be too closed or almost falling apart. It's a piece of cake and if you add a spoonful of Bicarbonate of Soda you'll get really black hemp with bright white kernel.
You'll need to soak it overnight in cold water, then bring to the boil and simmer until the grains are starting to open around 1mm in size.
Kamasan B511's are probably the best hook for hemp as has already been stated. Don't be afraid to use a bigger size 18 or 16 if you're missing bites as you can almost bury the hook in a grain anyway.
It's always worth taking some Tares with you if you fish hemp as a change to these can often bring a better stamp of fish.
Have fun, hemp fishing is in my top 3 styles of fishing and I love it - when the roach are on it, it's simply a joy to use.
James
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I do have about a dozen or more good feeder rods for different situations.
Blimey, how many situations do you encounter? Bet you're a tackle shop's delight!
I always though swing tip rods needed to be of a soft through action to help with the style of casting - it being more of a lob rather than a punch?
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Some anglers will never know what they've missed out on.
A calm early morning as the sun wakes up and the mist hangs over the lake.
With the swingtip set just touching the water, if a fish even farts in my swim i will know about it.
Well if that isn't one of the most beautiful dawn shots i've ever seen. Can just see that swingtip lifting now!
Stunning.
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Cracking Eel Den, it's the first time i've seen one that big in ages.
That fake corn eh! I never feel confident using a rubber bait for some reason but they keep producing the goods!
No matter how big they get you always know it's an eel - that unmistakable head thrashing. Get's my adrenaline pumping everytime
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If I remember correctly Masterline are the Normark distributors for the UK. If they aren't any more i'm sure they can put you on to who is.
Contact them on 01684 299000 or email sales@masterline.co.uk
Regards
James
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On the smaller rivers if you can see the canoes coming then ask them to move to the side that suits you best as most will happily oblige and the 5% of any group that are a£$%s just wont help and that's life sadly steve.
True, and I think that applies to anglers too JV44. In fact i'm sure more than 5% would fit into this category and some of them post on here!
There seems to be a general consensus within angling that because we pay our license fees we have a divine right to dictate what others who don't pay a license fee should do. Whatever happened to getting along, and actually appreciating other aspects of life in general?
I've seen all sorts of boats, canoeists and kayaks paddle through my swim on the local canal which is only just over 3 feet at the deepest point. Almost all of them have been very obliging, friendly even, and usually pass with an acknowledging nod of respect. I can't say the same for some of the anglers (ahem) who have walked past my swim with a stream of foul-mouthed language, beer can in hand and oblivious to all around them.
Making, rod and back comes to mind when anglers start talking about who should be able to do what on 'their' waters.
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Silt soup - and the tench move elsewhere. Whenever I have tried it over anything finer than fine sand it has not proved effective. The swim has been blighted for days. IMHO raking such a swim generates a turbidity that even tench wont tolerate. Also if the substrate is silt/mud/decayed vegetation(chod) then various sulphides are released which smell unpleasant to humans - and possibly to tench also. I suppose you could rake a soft-bottomed swim and come back a week or so later, and see if there are tench present, but I've never tried that.
Sand or gravel with good weed growth is the ideal substrate for raking. Tench come into such a raked swim very quickly - almost within minutes.
Otherwise, for the rakeless amongst us, good groundbaiting helps - with a bit of luck the tench come in and do the raking for you!
Points worth thinking about/discussing :
The success or otherwise of raking may come down to what the tench are normally feeding on. In the case of weed over sand/gravel, snails and other invertebrates present in the weed become dislodged and lie on the bottom after raking. Tench come to such areas like rooks following a plough.
In the case of softer substrates, there is little soft weed anyway, so fewer snails etc. The tench may feed on things like bloodworm which lie at some critical depth not far below the surface - disturb such a soft surface and you may well have made the bloodworms more difficult to find, as well as increasing the turbidity and releasing unpleasant gases.
The rake will also dig deeper into soft bottoms - deeper than may be prudent. Think of the damage done by heavy trawls at sea.
The local canal I rake when Tench fishing doesn't have any of these problems Vagabond. A very soft silty bottom with a whole abundance of silkweed, lilies and more...
I almost always have to rake the swim due to the density of the weed and i've almost always had fish within a short time of raking. I normally arrive at the swim, rake it and set up for 10-15mins allowing it to settle a bit. Bites usually arrive shortly after casting in for the first time.
Maybe it varies from venue to venue, but i'm sure if a Tench is hungry enough it won't be worrying too much about sulphide levels.
James
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When I advertise my memoirs (entitled "How I caught F---k All!")
I'm afraid i've already bagged that one Budgie!
If anyone's more qualified to write such a book i'd love to meet the poor bugger!
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I own a Young's Purist II and it's a fantastic reel. I love the traditional design rather than the more modern/industrial looks of the AN and Okuma pins.
It was twice the price of the Okuma Sheffield but i've bought it as a companion to use for the rest of my fishing life so see it more of a long term investment.
I'd recommend it to anyone.
Closest barbel and chub fishing to me?
in Coarse Fishing
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Hi all,
long time since posting here after having a couple of children.
I live in Bridgwater, Somerset and would like to know where the closest barbel and chub fishing is to me. I was thinking either the Bristol Avon or River Taff, but would love to know if anyone has an alternative choice.
Thanks,
James