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I got a pair as part of a two for one deal from specsavers. Get your normal prescription glasses and the sunglasses come free, you just need to pay the extra few quid for the polarising lenses. I wouldn't be without them, great for driving too, all the glare off other vehicles windows etc is negated, something normal sunglasses don't do.

Might be, you're driving

I'm looking for a Fox pikemaster fs 10' 9", 2.5lbtc boat rod. Must be good condition. Cash waiting!

Would that be selective sterilisation? It's been said that there's 22 miles of water between the mainland and Orkney. So if Orkney was "sterilised" (perhaps with those Tupp implements ) and there's no rivers to traverse from the sea how is there any fish population at all? I reckon Corys ferry crossings are looking ever more viable Going nowhere fast but I do enjoy a pointless "debate" for want of a better word

Well before I opened my gob without doing any research, I'd assumed they got there the same way as they got anywhere else. As they're in The UK I just figured, wrongly as it seems that they were spread out all over. Historically, all the UK was joined to mainland Europe and I'd reckon all the Scottish Islands were joined to mainland Scotland. How long have Perch been around? since before the continents split? When I lost my conkers I was thinking more along the lines of comparing Orkney to Scandinavian countries which do contain Perch and Grayling. I'll keep my gob shut in future. But if anyone else wants to keep digging at me after I've admitted engaging gob before brain, feel free, Broad shoulders and all that. Just keep those Tupp cutters away from me

Nice, better than stamps

I've a 3601 that isn't listed on that site, there's two models of 3601 that I'm aware of, the sport and the pro if memory serves, I've got the sport (cheaper version) and it's for sale (not cheap)

OK!! so I know nowt about Orkney my suggestions were mainly about the tackle. I suggested power pro in 20-30lb not because of the strength of it but because of the dia' of it. In my opinion, and that of people who know a lot about fishing braid, which did sway my opinion when I first started fishing lures, braid should be chosen by equivalent mono dia' and not b/s, and funnily enough 4lb sensor is just between 20 and 30lb PP as dia's go. I reckon the 14lb braid mentioned (if it's as relatively thin as PP) would cause a bit of grief with wind knots on a multi/baitcaster, too thin! Checked my jewels, still there, sweating away!! I reckon/hope someone should be along to back me up on this soon

Pearl necklace mate, It wouldn't suit you

I'd bet my jewels it has perch. Also Grayling, debatable coarse fish due to the adipose fin but I stand to be corrected on both counts. And I'm not looking for a fight, I was trying to give advice on the set up more than the venue

OOPS!! my mistake just fish for the Perch then and any Trout that fall to the lures can be called accidental

I've looked at this rod in my local tackle shop. It has a CWT of 10-30g I think, if it's the same rod as there's a few in the range. So any lure, be it micro jerk, spinnerbait, spoon, spinner or plug will be ok to just over an ounce in weight. I'd go for power pro braid in 20 - 30 lbs and fish the smaller lures for chub and perch but seeing as you're up Orkney, Trout and Perch The set up will handle accidental Pike captures.

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Delkims are great for giving early indications that don't show on (normal)* drop offs. a mate and myself were fishing a stretch of river two or three seasons ago and both getting the odd take. Bites were seen on the rod tip before any indication was given on the drop offs on my rods. I was using fox sx digitals as front alarms with rear drop offs. My mate was using Delks' with rear drop offs and the Delks picked up his bites as they were shown as knocks on the rod tips. I always thought Delks' were over hyped as alarms but this incident changed my mind. And still, I haven't got them myself I'd also up my hook size to at least a 6. *There's a bloke that posts on the P&P forums that makes some drop offs that are supposed to be great at showing the slightest movement of the bait. http://www.42inch.net/tackle/bite_alarms/bite1.htm Edited and link added!

The trend is for 3 identical rods but these are normally used for 3 different situations, ie, dropping a bait in the margins, casting a bag to the horizon or casting a single bait to a fish that's just shown itself no matter where in the water, to suggest just a few scenarios. So that makes three identical rods pretty pointless or stupid, even though I've fell into the trap/trend myself . TC's are all about casting, mostly, so for bag work at medium/long range I'd go for at least 2 3/4lb but personally use 3lb. I use greys prodigys in 3lb, life time guarantee, relatively cheap and good under the tip close in so no hook pulls. They also look nice which is the most important aspect of carp fishing Or be diferent and get one each of 3, 2.75 and 2.5

Epson DX8400 I've recently bought one and it's a cracker. You can buy copied inks from most of the usual places but the genuine inks aren't too expensive.

Hemp oil that we pay a small fortune for from tackle shops can be bought from Tescos at half the price. Good oil is the name to look for on the shelves.

Colin if you're using an old internal hard drive you have to set the jump switch to slave otherwise your pc will be trying to boot from 2 drives. Take it out and you'll see the switch crossing the pins. A couple of pics, it will probably be set to master, change to slave using the key shown on the label. If it's not this type of drive, sorry for wasting your time.

It doesn't look deep enough in the pic' maybe a bad angle but is it a siver bream?

Soaking just reduces the cooking time, soak for a day and boil in the water it's been soaking in. It can take an age to split if i hasn't been soaked.

I do mine in bulk, a mate in the catering supplies trade got me a "stewpot" that covers all the rings on the cooker. I put about 5k of dry hemp in , cover with plenty of water and soak for 1 to 2 days, more if I forget about it. I add a full tub (supermarket size) of bicarb, the same tub size scoop of sugar and about half a scoop of that tub of salt then boil it til it splits. If it doesn't catch fish it preserves the hemp very well for just about all season if stored in a bait fridge set to quite cold. If it starts to ferment in the bucket, all the better, the juice goes syruppy (such a word??) and works better IMHO

Hi all, my second posting after being a bit flippant with a mate on my first. Sorry Colin I've actually been registered for a couple of years but never got round to posting. A mate of mine who shall not remain nameless, Brian Carragher, got me interested in a fish in you were getting organised and I've been looking in ever since, it all seems pretty nice and amiable

It's a bit common now that photo isn't it Colin?