How did you get on?

[tigger]

Clear off....I'm having that one !

mg:I think i've just bought it lol.

 

[Graham Elliott 1]

If the seller guy you two are looking at is Trev. I bid for the bundle of bits that included the 3 hardy rods.
Never understood why my winning bid of £155 never made the reserve...

 

[tigger]

If the seller guy you two are looking at is Trev. I bid for the bundle of bits that included the 3 hardy rods.
Never understood why my winning bid of £155 never made the reserve...

He has some nice gear for sale besides the hardy rods.

 

[S-Kippy]

I fish a hair that finishes just below the bend.

Reason is that if they mouth the bait they have the hook inside also.

Whats most important is to use a hook size that just extends the point beyond the bait used.

I can honestly say I probably get 1 hook pull per 80-100 barbel.

Can you explain that hook size bit Graham. ? I'm not getting that.

I can't remember the last time I had a hook pull on a barbel. In fact prior to the Wey I am struggling to think of a single instance. In my experience normally once the hook is in it stays in.

 

[Graham Elliott 1]

S-kippy.

When you hold up the end rig the point of the hook should ideally be just outside the line of the bait and just below it. Just IMO.

I reckon though you had just bad luck probably.

 

[binka]

If you think all is plain sailing in Binka’s world of super organised, OCD tackle and meticulous planning then try this one for size…

I was in the garage at around seven o’clock this morning and, whilst getting my gear together, I decided to top up my shot dispenser with SSG’s.

All was going well until I dropped the damned dispenser on the floor which kind of had an exploding effect which sent seven different sizes of shot all over the floor, most of which ended up under my bait freezer!

Not to worry, just sweep the whole lot up and pour into a tub to sort out after the session and I was back on track… At least until I arrived at the river around an hour later.

Nice swim, chair set up, bait laid out, unzip the rod tubes and…

No bloody rods!

I’d put the tubes on the quiver and not put the rods in ‘em!

Disbelief eventually gave way to reluctant reality and I was back on the river some time later with some sixty miles covered without wetting a line.

I’m not really sure if I settled down after that, especially as I went to grab a sandwich around mid-afternoon and realised they were still in the fridge at home which meant I had technically forgotten them twice but I did manage to bag a few small chub and perch on the float-feeder which I haven’t fished in years but which seemed to offer a solution to the swim I had chosen.

This was on the back of yesterday where nothing really special was to note other than two pike of around six and seven pounds were landed, the smallest on trotted double red maggot to a size eighteen and the slightly bigger one to trotted worm on a 14 and both of which were hooked right on the end of the snout.

I did note eight species from minnow to pike which felt kind of peculiar on trotting gear but the marvel of the whole weekend was this little fella who demonstrated perfectly the contrast in colours which nature provides to blend into their own specific habitat and such a contrast from his stillwater brothers…





Here’s to the heatwave, make sure you keep well hydrated… :w :w :w

 

[peter crabtree]

s!

I’d put the tubes on the quiver and not put the rods in ‘em!

Disbelief eventually gave way to reluctant reality and I was back on the river some time later with some sixty miles covered without wetting a line.


You know what's coming next Steve innit...

 

[binka]

You know what's coming next Steve .......

Oh yes... mg:

 

[robtherake]

... but the marvel of the whole weekend was this little fella who demonstrated perfectly the contrast in colours which nature provides to blend into their own specific habitat and such a contrast from his stillwater brothers…





Here’s to the heatwave, make sure you keep well hydrated… :w :w :w

Natural Selection in action, Steve; all the pale ones get eaten, so the darker ones predominate, and vice-versa. I remember learning (A-level Biology)about a species of moth with both dark and light forms. During the industrial revolution, the smoke-blackened tree trunks the moths settled on favoured the dark form, which was better camouflaged and so fit its environment better than the pale ones. As industry cleaned its act up the pale form rose to ascendance once again.

Nice fish, those Tommy Ruffe.

 

[tigger]

Thing is Rob, if you put that fish in a bucket it'll most likely go pale, fish can change colour pretty quick.

 

[Graham Elliott 1]

Well I fished a beautiful part of the Warks Avon today.

I waited over 5 hrs for a single bite. That was my sandwich.

A nice tan and a couple of hours of driving there and back completed my day.

 

[Pete Shears]

After a very dull,cold & wet week in Devon chasing carp that had switched off nearly completely it was a nice change to back on the reservoir this morning in warm sunshine. Managed to get a bream of over 5lb & one chunky roach of around 12oz whilst watching 3 herons scrapping,a kingfisher zooming across the water & buzzards circling.

 

[binka]

I waited over 5 hrs for a single bite. That was my sandwich.

That's got my attention Graham, what was on it... Anything nice?

 

[tigger]

Just got back from a trotting session, had quite a few small chub of about 8 ounces, some monster dace, a single gudgeon and a barbel of about a pound. I had the hardy avon rod with me also so set it up with a small bomb and had a dabble at leger/rolling a halibut pellet which produced a barbel which weighed 9 1/2 lb, I weighed it because I thought it was a double as it looked quite big and was more than a little surprised when I saw it's weight, it must have been hollow! I hooked another shortly after that one that bent the rod round until it flattend out but after a minuite or so of really pulling to stop it reaching a half sunken tree I think I tore the hook out, I was only using a smallish hook. I 've no idea what size that fish was but it pulled back seriously hard.!

I'm now sat here with a face like a beatroot and the back of my neck looks like i've been zapped with a flame thrower. I can't belive I was so stupid to get burned like that!

 

[Graham Elliott 1]

Binka.
Corned beef with tomato and mustard..

Graham

 

[dorsetandchub]

You'll have to explain the tomato bit to him, Graham, it's fruit / veg........mg:

 

[binka]

You'll have to explain the tomato bit to him, Graham, it's fruit / veg........mg:

I like the sound of it Phil but I'm still trying to figure it out, I think it was the mustard that threw me.

Just doing a Wiki for "tomato" as we speak...

 

[itsfishingnotcatching]

Just doing a Wiki for "tomato" as we speak...

It's the "T" in a BLT Steve

I'm not going into the "L" mg:

 

[S-Kippy]

You'll have to explain the tomato bit to him, Graham, it's fruit / veg........mg:

One of his 5 a day. Four pies and a tomato.

 

[sam vimes]

Why exactly did I bother? The fish weren't really interested, after a while I wasn't either. A few minnows and a decent brownie of around 2lb was all I had to show for my half hearted efforts.