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Newt - according to my "Textbook of Fish Culture" by Marcel Huet, the answers are as follows, using the same numbers as your questions
1/ over 18 to 20 degrees Centigrade
2/ Between 20 and 28 degrees Centigrade
3/ Don't know, but in general carp thrive from 20 to 30, will show some growth at 13 to 20, if average summer temps are below 18 they may grow, but will not reproduce. (all numbers are degrees Centigrade)
What seems to limit carp in Britain is not that the temp is too low to spawn, but in some years the first year baby carp have not grown sufficiently by autumn(fall) to survive the winter
Hope that helps
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Newt - according to my "Textbook of Fish Culture" by Marcel Huet, the answers are as follows, using the same numbers as your questions
1/ over 18 to 20 degrees Centigrade
2/ Between 20 and 28 degrees Centigrade
3/ Don't know, but in general carp thrive from 20 to 30, will show some growth at 13 to 20, if average summer temps are below 18 they may grow, but will not reproduce. (all numbers are degrees Centigrade)
What seems to limit carp in Britain is not that the temp is too low to spawn, but in some years the first year baby carp have not grown sufficiently by autumn(fall) to survive the winter
Hope that helps
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Only if you shoot a magpie by mistake
BTW I've not done this myself, but used to go shooting with a man that did - some of the bodies would go in a pie, mixed with other delicacies such crow, squirrel and moorhen, and bulked out with minced beef. Others went to feed our ferrets
These days I can't be bothered with anything smaller than a pigeon - again, mixed with minced beef it makes a good pie - or alternatively my wife mixes pigeon breasts and beef with a sort of sage, basil and onion forcemeat and bakes a mean meat loaf from the mixture.
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Only if you shoot a magpie by mistake
BTW I've not done this myself, but used to go shooting with a man that did - some of the bodies would go in a pie, mixed with other delicacies such crow, squirrel and moorhen, and bulked out with minced beef. Others went to feed our ferrets
These days I can't be bothered with anything smaller than a pigeon - again, mixed with minced beef it makes a good pie - or alternatively my wife mixes pigeon breasts and beef with a sort of sage, basil and onion forcemeat and bakes a mean meat loaf from the mixture.
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Chesters is right - approved words only - but its tricky, as even the word "trigonometry" is found offensive by some...
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[ 02 June 2002, 03:07 PM: Message edited by: Vagabond ]
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Chesters is right - approved words only - but its tricky, as even the word "trigonometry" is found offensive by some...
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[ 02 June 2002, 03:07 PM: Message edited by: Vagabond ]
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Traditionalists maintain you should BITE the heads offJim Roper:Starlings are OK but you must pull their heads off to bleed them as soon as they are killed, or they taste bitter.
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Traditionalists maintain you should BITE the heads offJim Roper:Starlings are OK but you must pull their heads off to bleed them as soon as they are killed, or they taste bitter.
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Yep, tastes like over-boiled chicken - so now y'all know what REALLY goes into so-called "Chicken Pies"Apache:have any of you tried crocodile)
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Yep, tastes like over-boiled chicken - so now y'all know what REALLY goes into so-called "Chicken Pies"Apache:have any of you tried crocodile)
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A few thoughts that might help re gravel beds
Best size of gravel is up to 3" diameter, with some smaller pieces to hold the gravel bed together, without upsetting its permeability (ie water must be able to flow THROUGH the gravel)
It is important that the gravel is in an "eroding" environment, not a "depositing" one ie, if the gravel is silting up, it is no good as a spawning ground. You can test for an "eroding" gravel bed by putting a small spadeful of silt on it - the current should remove all the silt in a few minutes.
Without a bit more information on the nature of your stream, it is difficult to make useful comment. But you could certainly chuck some gravel in and see how the stream sorts it out. If the gravel gets covered with silt, then a few half-dams to deflect and increase the current might help.
If you do try to deflect the current to give clean gravel, try to do it so the gravel beds are on the shady side of the stream at midday. That keeps the water temperature down.
What sort of rock/soil does the stream flow through ?
BTW re calcium content - consider putting a load of chalk in the lake itself, as well as in the stream - there is a very positive tie-up between water hardness and trout growth rates, but of course this is via the food chain consequent on lime-rich waters, not a direct action of calcium on trout.
Re the piccy above - the point I was trying to make is that the ultimate size of rainbows depends on what sort you stock in the first place, as well as on subsequent feeding. You can't compete size-wise with triploids however much you feed ordinary diploid rainbows.
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A few thoughts that might help re gravel beds
Best size of gravel is up to 3" diameter, with some smaller pieces to hold the gravel bed together, without upsetting its permeability (ie water must be able to flow THROUGH the gravel)
It is important that the gravel is in an "eroding" environment, not a "depositing" one ie, if the gravel is silting up, it is no good as a spawning ground. You can test for an "eroding" gravel bed by putting a small spadeful of silt on it - the current should remove all the silt in a few minutes.
Without a bit more information on the nature of your stream, it is difficult to make useful comment. But you could certainly chuck some gravel in and see how the stream sorts it out. If the gravel gets covered with silt, then a few half-dams to deflect and increase the current might help.
If you do try to deflect the current to give clean gravel, try to do it so the gravel beds are on the shady side of the stream at midday. That keeps the water temperature down.
What sort of rock/soil does the stream flow through ?
BTW re calcium content - consider putting a load of chalk in the lake itself, as well as in the stream - there is a very positive tie-up between water hardness and trout growth rates, but of course this is via the food chain consequent on lime-rich waters, not a direct action of calcium on trout.
Re the piccy above - the point I was trying to make is that the ultimate size of rainbows depends on what sort you stock in the first place, as well as on subsequent feeding. You can't compete size-wise with triploids however much you feed ordinary diploid rainbows.
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When is he arriving/departing, and which airport ? Gatwick ? Heathrow? Stansted?
Weirwood (browns & rainbows) is near Gatwick
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Is it something like this you are looking for?
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Is it something like this you are looking for?
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In my reckless youth I was a "ton-up" boy. ie I owned a motorcycle (Vincent Comet) capable of that speed. Only cissies wore helmets in those days...... That is the first time I heard the phrase. Ton rhymes with the first syllable of HUNdred. Can't stop now, going perch fishing , an my ole Volvo will only do 90.
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In my reckless youth I was a "ton-up" boy. ie I owned a motorcycle (Vincent Comet) capable of that speed. Only cissies wore helmets in those days...... That is the first time I heard the phrase. Ton rhymes with the first syllable of HUNdred. Can't stop now, going perch fishing , an my ole Volvo will only do 90.
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You are half-way there Grey.
The long sides of the two large triangles are not straight lines, although they appear so at first sight.
The overall rise (5 units) over the overall run (13 units) is 0.3846, which by trigonometry would give a value of 21 degrees (near as dammit) for the angle at the lefthand end of the figure.
However, that is not so. The two angles are different.
Applying the same reasoning to the smaller (green) triangle gives 2 over 5 (=0.4) for an angle of 21.8 degrees at the LHE of the lower figure.
And for the brown triangle 3 over 8 (0.375) for an angle of 20.5 degrees at the LHE of the upper figure.
So in the upper figure the long side is dished in (concave) whereas in the lower figure it is dished out (convex)
The difference must add up to one square unit - hence the "hole" in the lower figure.
Nice one Newt - but the old Vagaobond is up too early in the morning (going perch fishing) to get caught this time...
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You are half-way there Grey.
The long sides of the two large triangles are not straight lines, although they appear so at first sight.
The overall rise (5 units) over the overall run (13 units) is 0.3846, which by trigonometry would give a value of 21 degrees (near as dammit) for the angle at the lefthand end of the figure.
However, that is not so. The two angles are different.
Applying the same reasoning to the smaller (green) triangle gives 2 over 5 (=0.4) for an angle of 21.8 degrees at the LHE of the lower figure.
And for the brown triangle 3 over 8 (0.375) for an angle of 20.5 degrees at the LHE of the upper figure.
So in the upper figure the long side is dished in (concave) whereas in the lower figure it is dished out (convex)
The difference must add up to one square unit - hence the "hole" in the lower figure.
Nice one Newt - but the old Vagaobond is up too early in the morning (going perch fishing) to get caught this time...
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Thanks Newt and John S
Not sure I understand all the terms, but I'm sure my better half will - as soon as she returns from a trip up north to mind some grandchildren (parents taking a much-needed break) we will get onto your suggestions.
Thanks again - the problem persists, but is solvable at present via the back button.
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Thanks Newt and John S
Not sure I understand all the terms, but I'm sure my better half will - as soon as she returns from a trip up north to mind some grandchildren (parents taking a much-needed break) we will get onto your suggestions.
Thanks again - the problem persists, but is solvable at present via the back button.
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Koreans eat dogs, Americans eat racoons, why shouldn't a red-blooded Englishman eat a fox?
Chesters, you go up in my estimation 29 points!
Eating fox shows what Hell's Angels used to call "class"
Others showing "class" include Nigella Lawson (24 pickled eggs for a bet) and showed no visible symptoms afterwards.
Also a loco fireman called Phil, who was frying his breakfast in the loco lobby at the Bluebell when the loco-yard cat brought in a freshly-killed mouse. As a result of a bit of horseplay by some engine cleaners, this mouse became used as a missile, and eventually fell (by accident) into the frying pan on top of Phil's breakfast, causing great hilarity amongst the rest of the lobby.
Phil never turned a hair, instead, he turned the mouse, fried it both sides, and ate it along with his eggs, bacon, sausage, fried bread and black pudding.
Class!
[ 28 May 2002, 11:47 PM: Message edited by: Vagabond ]
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Koreans eat dogs, Americans eat racoons, why shouldn't a red-blooded Englishman eat a fox?
Chesters, you go up in my estimation 29 points!
Eating fox shows what Hell's Angels used to call "class"
Others showing "class" include Nigella Lawson (24 pickled eggs for a bet) and showed no visible symptoms afterwards.
Also a loco fireman called Phil, who was frying his breakfast in the loco lobby at the Bluebell when the loco-yard cat brought in a freshly-killed mouse. As a result of a bit of horseplay by some engine cleaners, this mouse became used as a missile, and eventually fell (by accident) into the frying pan on top of Phil's breakfast, causing great hilarity amongst the rest of the lobby.
Phil never turned a hair, instead, he turned the mouse, fried it both sides, and ate it along with his eggs, bacon, sausage, fried bread and black pudding.
Class!
[ 28 May 2002, 11:47 PM: Message edited by: Vagabond ]
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Nice puzzle Newt, it took me about fifteen minutes to work through.
I think Einstein was being a bit elitist in claiming it solvable by only 2% - I would have thought anyone with an IQ of 115 or more could manage it - I used to use something similar (but with a matrix of only 16 items as opposed to Einsteins 25) to kick off first year university science students, just to get them introduced to logical deduction. Over 80% usually managed it.
I would expect a reasonably good chess, bridge or mah johngg player to have little trouble with it either.
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Gray - this is the avatar image I wish to use - but when I try to access the "change avatar" option, all I can get is a "java script error" if you can reduce this pic and paste in, would be grateful