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Gentlemen, don't confuse 'cheap' reels, with 'inexpensive' ones, there can be a difference in meaning.
I can only repeat that the 'Crivit' reels I've used regularly for the last couple of years, have been, and still are, decent reels that feel smooth, with a good drag, and have been exceptional value for money. More so since I bought them both second hand.
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26 minutes ago, Huge_Vitae said:
Any short term shortages in my local shops is only caused by me and people like me visiting and buying far too much beer!
Same here HV, but I've found that it has a side effect, 'Lockdown Lard'!
I've put the two stone I lost, plus some more on over the last year. Still the extra spending on trousers, with expandable waistbands, will have helped the local retail trade.
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I've always liked using hemp, with or without tares, but I've used hemp more often over the last couple of years, mainly because of the explosion in the bleak population on my local rivers. It doesn't stop the odd bleak, or even minnow, 'having a go' but it reduces the chances dramatically. I've had some good catches of roach, dace, with a smattering of chub on hemp, and tare, but usually a bit later in the season. Usually I catch 'on the drop', with regular loose feeding, but in the deeper slower stretches, I've found that after the fish have been 'on' for a while, I can up the feed slightly, and go deeper, and hold back, or lay on, and pick up a better stamp of fish, especially if I put a tare on.
It's one of those baits that can take time for the fish to respond, and when they do, it can be a very busy method, feed, cast, strike, feed, land fish, feed, cast, and so on, just a dozen or so grains max' each time. I often plumb the swim, and then drip feed while I have a coffee, and sarnie, before actually fishing.
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Hi everyone, it's nice to see some 'old' names back on the angling section
I've a couple of the 'Crivit' reels, One bought from a charity shop for a couple of quid, and the other from a guy who has a second hand stall in a local shop, for a fiver. One is a bait runner, and I've used it for feeder fishing regularly for the last 3 seasons, and never had a problem, biggest fish I've had on it was a 12 lb pike, that took a lob while reeling in. The other is a smaller reel used for light legering, and some float fishing, again I've never had a problem with it in the 2 seasons I've used it. Both have spare spools, and are smooth running, with aluminium, (not plastic) bodies.
I've said before, that I don't look for tackle that will last me 15-20 years anymore, mainly because I'm at that age where I'm not sure that I'm going to last that long.
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I see little has changed in my absence,
QuoteThe 'statement' was "Last updated 23 November 2020"
The whole thing,
MHRA Chief Executive Dr June Raine said:
The results reported by Pfizer today are very encouraging and add to their announcement from last week.
We look forward to receiving the full results of the trials as soon as possible, after which we will rigorously assess the evidence of safety and effectiveness of the vaccine.
Approval process for a potential COVID-19 vaccine
Until the end of December, and as part of the transition period, COVID-19 vaccine candidates can be licensed (authorised) via the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and that authorisation will automatically be valid in the UK.
However, if a suitable COVID-19 vaccine candidate, with strong supporting evidence of safety, quality and effectiveness from clinical trials becomes available before the end of the transition period, EU legislation allows for temporary authorisation of supply in the UK, based on the public health need.
The MHRA will evaluate the data rigorously for quality, safety and effectiveness to reach an independent, scientifically robust opinion. The data must include results from lab and clinical trials in humans; manufacturing and quality controls, product sampling, and testing of the final product.
Any COVID-19 vaccine candidate submitted after the transition period ends in January 2021 will not need to go through a European marketing authorisation for use in Great Britain and will instead be assessed directly by the MHRA. The MHRA is globally recognised for requiring the highest standards of safety, quality and effectiveness for any vaccine.
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I haven't posted on this for some time, but I thought this might be of interest,
Barnier and Farage on the same page, 'who'd a thunk it'?
https://www.politico.eu/article/michel-barnier-french-borders-shut-pledge/
He even says he's learned from brexit!
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Bloody hell Ant, they've really put you through the wringer, I can barely imagine what you and your family have been through. The good thing is that they have got all that crap out of you, and you're on the mend.
I sometimes think that doctors only find what they've already decide will be there, and it takes another doctor with a more open mind to see the wider picture.
Take care mate, and take it easy, slow and steady.
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On 4/13/2021 at 3:43 PM, Ken L said:
Been hearing occasional whispers of cats in several rivers for a while.
The Severn, Avon, Trent and Thames all seem to have a few fish, most likely from people who have driven to France or Spain and come back with a few kittens. If they are successfully breeding, things could get very interesting - especially if they grow large enough to eat otters and cormorants!
Don't know if you remember a guy coming on here some years ago, complaining that he had lost 1000s of cats from his 'fishery' in East Yorkshire during heavy flooding. He was asking for donations to compensate his loss. I remember saying he should be fined not compensated for polluting the surrounding waters. His fishery was surrounded by drains which fed into the River Hull, which in turn fed the Humber, and it's only a short trip up to the Trent and Yorkshire Ouse systems. Catfish have been caught, from parts of the Yorks Ouse for the last 6 or 7 years, and reports of them being caught from the Trent, as well as 'unstoppable' fish being hooked by barbel anglers. I believe it's illegal to return them to rivers, but some anglers do anyway. It's just a by-product of the obsession with overstocked commercial waters containing 'exotic' species, that leach into surrounding rivers.
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Ant, you've got a PM
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1 hour ago, Tigger said:
For what it's worth, a friend works in the nhs, he works in two different hospitals.
Anyhow, one of them is supposed to be covid free and the other has covid patients. He told me there is no rush on at all, there are loads of empty beds and nurses sitting about doing eff all. He said they were looking at Ann Summers stuff on the internet the other day ignoring an old woman who was buzzing them for assistance!
He and the rest of the staff are all very confused as to WTF is going on?
One of the hospitals does hips, joint replacements etc and keeps stopping all operations...why?
As I say, even the staff are all very confused.
Regarding the vaccine, apparently a lot of them don't want it?
Regarding dicks fishing and having an accident, well, lets be realistic, your more likely to slip and fall on the frickin pavements which are thick with ice round these parts. I don't feel safe walking on pavments at the best of times with traffic speeding and often skidding across the pavements, and right now walking down the pavements is like playing russian rulet!
As far as I can see, the reason for the ban on fishing is because people who do other activities who be upset because they can't practice their pastime.
Hi Ian,
My daughter works in a large hospital in Leeds, and has a different view of things than your friends. She usually phones us when she finishes work, last night it was 7-15, she started at 8 in the morning. She rings us for a few reasons, one to check up on me and her mum, and as a bit of stress relief. She can have a bit of a rant to let off a bit of steam to us. She knows we will listen, and can sometimes see things from a different, more distant angle. She doesn't work on the covid front line, or in ICU, but has friends who do, and daily sees the state they are in. She treats cancer patients, and despite what some of the media say, treatments are still going on, she has a patient who has a 5 hour session on the Gamma Knife today. Apart from treating, she is also in charge of the students, and band 4s, the future of the NHS. She has to hold regular assessment sessions with them, and has said that her usual opening line is asking how they are doing, many just burst into tears at the question, they are under so much pressure. The normal staff shortages are made worse because of those having to isolate, not just because they've tested positive, but if they have even been near someone who has, their patients already have a weakened immune system, so they can't risk any infection. They can't browse the internet, they don't have time, in fact my daughter rarely has time for her full meal break. The student care side of her work, means she has to keep in contact with other hospitals, and she also has old Uni' friends that work around the country, they are all under the same amount of pressure/stress. While I do realise that the levels of covid vary around the country, it would be interesting to know where your friend works, because they must have it very easy compared to the experiences my daughter and her colleagues are having.
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11 hours ago, chesters1 said:
They can do things ,the ncmd (one of the two metal detecting lobbies and far far smaller than AT) got the government to overturn the exact same silly law in november they have imposed this time .
As i speak they are lobbying to government to overturn it again ,as i mentioned the idiot who dreampt up the law says it was ok to detect in public but not in private ,the fool has still obviously not realised its arse about tit
I for one will ignore obviously rediculous laws and take the consequences i am a damn site safer sitting in a field a hundred yards away from a footpath than walking on one which is perfectly legal!
Yes, as I said chesters, they can lobby the Government, just as any organisation can, but they can't legislate. They've changed their web site to read 'governing body' from the original 'representative body', so they are working towards some kind of power, but I don't think it will be in your or my lifetime.
You can ignore what you regard as ridiculous laws if you want, after all their are thousands that already ignore laws that they think are ridiculous. At least you say you are prepared to accept the consequences, be they financial, or medical for you personally, or to others, many cry foul when they have to 'pay the piper'.
I'll leave it at that, chesters. I hope you stay safe, this forum would be even duller without your input.
Take care
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2 hours ago, chesters1 said:
Join the dicks
The Angling mistrust have decreed your a criminal ,see you in nick!
I thought the lockdown started yesterday now i will have to be a criminal tomorrow !
As much as I dislike the Angling Trust chesters, you're wrong on this one. They haven't decreed anything, they haven't got the power, the Government have and did. All the ATr have done is ask the Government how this lockdown affected angling, and then reported back to the anglers, just like they did during the first lockdown. They did lobby the Government and eventually put forward a plan whereby angling could continue, as long as they followed the same criteria with regard to distance, sanitizing, etc as the rest of us. They will probably do the same this time.
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1 hour ago, Peter Waller said:
It's not that you are fishing, it's that you are out of your home. Whilst on the bank you might have a heart attack which might entail the fire brigade, the ambulance, a paramedic, even an air ambulance and probably the Police. Stay at home, varnish all your rods and service all your reels. Only six months until the start of the season, if we are lucky!
Well said Peter.
If I broke the rules and went fishing, then I would be a Dick, even if I went on my own to an isolated place, all it would take was another Dick to see me, and think, 'if he can do it, then so can I', and then you've got two Dicks fishing. I'm not sure what the collective nouns for Dicks is, but if a few more saw me then we would have a multitude of Dicks on the waterside fishing. What are Dicks usually good for? F**king things up, and P***ing on things. If you want to P*** on things, and f*** things up, then go fishing. If you want to keep your loved ones safe, and protect the general public, then stay at home when ever possible, and help us get over this (hopefully) last hurdle, and help us get back to some semblance of normality, and a much safer, and secure life. It will hopefully only take a few of months of hardship.
Stay safe all
John
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Hi everyone, just logged on to see who's still about and to wish everybody..... well I would say the usual 'Happy' and 'Merry', but they sound a bit hollow this year, so I'll just wish for you all the same as I hope for, and that's a safe, healthy and as near normal as we can get, Christmas, and New year.
Take care all.
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On 11/1/2020 at 10:44 AM, chesters1 said:
Well ,did they catch? Are you all still alive ,lockdown v2 approaches lol
Did who catch, chesters?
I can only speak for myself, but yes I'm still alive. I haven't been on here much, because I've not had much to post about, but see that the same old **** is still hitting the same old fans on here. I must admit that I admire your patience, stamina, and endurance, most people would have a concussion after hitting their head on a brickwall that often.
Take care all, and stay safe.
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2 hours ago, Phone said:
MARTIN,
Not eating fish you catch was a real experience for me on my first visit to the UK. I'm fine with it now but I was puzzled - OK to eat someone else's catch but not your own. 40 yrs later I have it sorted (I think)
Phone
Were you posting on here when the big 'take a fish for the pot' debate was going on Phone?
The result was that around 7/8 thousand 'anglers' out of an estimated 1.5 million, voted to ban the taking of fish from our rivers. Except that is for, 1 pike up to 65cms, 2 grayling between 30 and 38 cms, and 15 other fish under 20cms, per day. When I contacted the EA about my concerns, such as keeping the option to take fish, with suitable catch and size limits, would take some of the arguments from the antis, with regard to the situation in Germany and the green Party, he said that I could still take most fish for the pot, as long as they were 20cms or less. I questioned his logic in the fact that I was denied very occasionally taking one or two perch of around 1lb, but could legally take 15 perch of 20cms every day I went fishing, and that anyone could legally take a couple grayling from a specific slot size that could in theory decimate a year class on some rivers. His answer was that it was what the majority of anglers wanted, as well as the Angling trust. That day, I lost much of my faith in a large section of my fellow anglers, and all of the little faith I had in the Angling trust, and the EA.
John.
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I don't know what's happened to the site. I can't post pictures, I get timed out in a short time, and even logged out automatically!
Is it just me?
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12 hours ago, Phone said:
Huge,
Yes, but you should remember I have a reputation to uphold. The colonies were blessed with the likes of me.
I giggle every time you point out the obvious
Phone
I've stayed off this thread, indeed the whole site, because some of the the inane comments did my head in. Fortunately I can't see all of the posts, but I can imagine them from the replies I can see. But, if those I respect can keep returning to comment, then I can't see why I should be any different, but still with restrictions on what I can read.
Here's an article from a young lady that I see as having a fairly balanced view on things, even if she does report for the unbalanced BBC! She sums up the present situation on both sides pretty fairly I feel,
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54633757
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On 10/14/2020 at 2:20 AM, *Ant* said:
Well this year is just getting more and more tedious. What with all this shitty virus........and now as of 2hrs ago i've gone and hit 50.......FIFTY!!!! What the hell happened to my 40's??? Surely I only turned 40 a couple of years ago........I demand a recount!!! pffft.
Belated birthday wishes Ant.
You're just a young'un. I remember thinking the same at your age, now I think, 'Bloody hell, it only seems a few years ago that I was 50, where have those last 20 years gone?'
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Hi phone,
You're looking well, a little battle scarred like the rest of us, but on the whole not too bad
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I've never knowingly inflicted an image of myself on anyone, especially on line, I've an aversion to having my picture taken anyway, and get annoyed with my family when they do, so your one up on me in that.
As to the onions, I've had similar at TGI Fridays, and other 'Texmex' eateries, and enjoyed them.
Take care mate
John.
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On 10/1/2020 at 1:22 PM, pablox40 said:
iv only recently got back into fishing and live in southampton... just wondering does anyone have any good spots where we can get some free fishing in? im not overly fussed about species just want somewhere to take my 5 year old son and finally catch something because the local pond isnt very good
I'm miles away from you so can't help with location, but I recently took my 5 year old grandson for his first fishing trip, and I think he's taken to it.
Like you I couldn't find any safe, free places to take him, so I went to a stretch of canal that's on the books of a club I'm in. He doesn't need a licence, so I don't think he should need a day ticket, but just in case anyone said anything, I just rigged up a whip, (less hassle than a rod), and could say I was fishing, and just showing my grandson the ropes. His attention span is usually very short, in this case a little over an hour, so I wasn't going to pay for a day ticket for me, and possibly another for him. I knew the the water pretty well, and was confident we would catch, a dozen or so roach and perch up to 4/5oz, kept him interested for that hour. He talked about it all the way home, and couldn't wait to tell his Grandma, mum, dad, sister, and anyone else he met, all about his 'day', especially the bit where a roach 'pooed' on grandads hand.
You say you've only just got back into fishing, please don't make the mistake I made with my son years ago after I'd had some time off. Make the day about your son, you will have to sacrifice your own fishing for the day, and concentrate, on him, it's hard especially if the fish are obliging, but it will save your sanity, and strengthen the bond between you and your son.
I hope you find a place, and your son enjoys it as much as we did, it's a special feeling that I won't forget.
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On 10/16/2020 at 8:41 PM, The Flying Tench said:
I'd have thought the slack behind bridge piers would be a number one residence for lots of fish, but for some reason I've never caught a fish in these locations. Perhaps I should give it another try? What is others' experience?
Hi John,
I remember a thread about this some time ago, I think Newt was involved in it. As Vagabond says, I've found the fish tend to be more to the front/side of the obstruction, than in the slack behind it. If you picture the flow hitting the bridge pier, it will hit the front of it, and obviously flow round it. Where this happens, it creates an area of slower water, close to the sides of the structure, causing something similar to the bow wave effect from a boat. Like the water directly behind a moving boat, the area behind the pier will be turbulent to some extent, and less comfortable for the fish to hold there. I've spent many an hour watching, chub in particular, lining up in this slower water, and peeling off to intercept anything resembling food, then re-joining the queue of fish in the slower water. The size of this 'holding zone', varies according to the size, and shape of the structure, and the speed of the current. It also determines the number, and size of fish it can hold, I've counted anything from a single fish, to a dozen or so holding in such places.
I've found that trotting a float, free lining, or using a rolling leger, cast upstream, and allowed to run to the side of the structure, usually produces, but watch out for 'boils' showing snags that have settled there.
Hope that helps
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Good to see you back posting and fishing Dave, and catching of course. You know only too well my thoughts on the 'stuffed with carp' waters, but seeing as it's you, I'll let you off.
I saw a post on another forum that reminded me of you. It's from 2018, you might have seen it, but it's here just in case you haven't, and it might be of interest to others.
I hope the link works, if not it's about the 100th anniversary of Dick Walker. There are interviews and articles about him and his exploits over the years. It brought back many memories from my youth, and plenty of stuff I didn't know.
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Not sure what's happening, but it took 3 attempts to post the above, I had to copy it, sign back in and then paste it back in to reply. Is there a new 'timed out' limit on the new layout?
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I seem to be hearing the same from places all round the country Ian. Barbel seem scarcer this year, even on the usual 'hot spots' like the Trent, Severn, and Avon. Like you, I think that the heavy flooding over the winter has played a part, not the otters as a guy I met on the bank the other week kept insisting, we had a slightly heated, (more like luke warm), debate on the subject. I've not tried for them yet this year, I've reached the time of life when my approach is more sedate than it used to be. Walking a few miles of bank, to locate them is out now. I don't mind a longish walk to a spot, but then settle down and fish. I thought I'd hooked a barbel last week when I put out a couple of dedras on the leger, after the float line died on me. I was hoping for a perch, and was getting a few knocks from smaller fish, when the tip swung round a few inches. I thought I'd missed the bite and started to reel in, only for the rod to bend over as something powerful took off across the river. After about 5mins, and several runs under a willow, it suddenly turned and dived under the willow above me, and the line went solid. I tried pulling, then leaving slack for a while, but nothing. I decided to pull for a break, and tested the 5lb sensas hook length to it's limit. The 'thing' then started to move, and a decent pike surfaced under my rod tip. I was worried that it wouldn't fit into my 22ins pan net, but at the third attempt it just made it. The hook was set on the outside of the scissors, so easy to unhook. I tried to weight it in the net, but my scales batteries were dead, but at a little over 36 ins, I guessed 12lb +. It rested at my feet for more than 5 minutes before it took off it was so knackerd. I went back to catching roach, gudgeon, perch, chublets, and of course 'dice'.
An hour or so later my keepnet tried to take off, and and I'm sure it was the same bloody pike that had come back for another go!
It's getting to the time of year I always thought of as prime barbel time, so if the weather, and new threatened lock down permit, I might get a session or two after them.
I really must try to sort out posting pictures on here, when I get the time.
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An hour or so later my keepnet tried to take off, and and I'm sure it was the same bloody pike that had come back for another go!
Don't waste Floating Casters!!
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I posted this a few years ago John, you might find it useful, I will stress that white maggots make the best casters,
John