How did you get on?

[sam vimes]

See if you can find a source of Fishtek Lure-Savers. I've used them in the past in conjunction with big leads when barbel fishing snaggy bits of the Trent.

 

[peter crabtree]

Fished a mini match with Son of Meldrew on the canal near Hemel today. The water was predictably clear with the remnants of weed still on the bottom. We both set up poles, he used chopped worm and worm/maggots, I plumped for punch.

I started catching small roach straight away, while he waited patiently with his worm until eventually he had a good run of small perch.
It was really hard work for both of us, at times I was more interested in the trains clattering by on the embankment

After the agreed 4 hours we had a weigh in, I had 1lb:15oz to his 2lb:5oz.. One 4” skimmer had made the difference, gutted!
My netful..

 

[mikench]

I can just hear the comment at the weigh in! " I don't believe it"

 

[O.C.F.Disorder]

Know the feeling I have lost five lures recently one reason why many of my lures are second hand off ebay.
You have to sometimes cast where the snags are and in my case a large oak tree didn't want to give me my lures back.
Have you ever tried pulling for a break on 50lb braid something as to give and the tree won.

My problem is my traces give way before my hooks bend. I was using 80lb braid when I lost my last lure.

 

[O.C.F.Disorder]

you might want to give this a go. cant vouch for it myself but anythings worth a try

YouTube

it works ok as long as you didnt set the hook into the snag. Works best in rocky snags.

 

[bracket]

Thusday found me on the banks of the Stour not long after sunrise, (It was a vertical sunrise not a horizontal one, I have tried to rectify the photo without success). Still recovering from an attack of gout and was a bit tender so three hours was going to be plenty. I was up for some stick float and maggot fishing so and roach and dace would do nicely, thanks very much. First run through brought this:

Which was welcome followed be this:

The next three hours followed a similar pattern and by 11.30 I'd had 53 fish was well satisfied so decided to wrap. I'd had enough and everything was beginning to stiffen up (well not everything only the things that don't matter). Walking back to the car I was amazed by the number of anglers on the bank. Normally in the week I'm the only lunatic on the bank but today it was solid. I had a craic with two pike anglers who had moved to Stour having been fishing the Royalty earlier. Their were using great wobbly latex things that looked like the toys little boys frighten little girls with, but my knowledge of pike fishing is sadly lacking. I got to the car park and there were seven cars there. As I stowed my gear a guy I had not seen for twenty years arrived and I said how surprised I was to see so many out. You should have been here at the weekend he said, it was heaving. Why is that then I asked. There's been an outbreak of KHV he said and all the clubs Lakes are closed. Driving home I reflected that it's an ill wind blows no one any good and maybe some of the stillwater exiles might find river fishing to their liking. You can but live in hope. Pete

 

[bracket]

Thusday found me on the banks of the Stour not long after sunrise[/QUOTE]

 

[S-Kippy]

Ah.......somebody else suffering from the "turn your picture on its side" gremlin.

Has anybody got any idea why this happens ? I dont get the option to rotate the pic after loading. Maybe I should turn it on its side before uploading ?

 

[Hugh Bailey]

First run through brought this:
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Which was welcome followed be this:
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Smashing fish those!

 

[bracket]

Ah.......somebody else suffering from the "turn your picture on its side" gremlin.

Has anybody got any idea why this happens ? I dont get the option to rotate the pic after loading. Maybe I should turn it on its side before uploading ?

Done that and it don't work. I am baffled. Pete

 

[john step]

Done that and it don't work. I am baffled. Pete

Pardon me for stating what could be obvious but is the picture the right way up on your computer to start with.

If it is then how about rotating the picture on the computer 90 or 180 whichever is wrong before posting it.
In fact I am going to try to see if it can be affected..............

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YES THAT WORKED

 

[seth49]

View attachment 5841

Before you submit your reply, click on go advanced
And then preview post.
That will show if your photo is the right way up or not.

 

[peter crabtree]

There is a more appropriate thread for discussing photo orientation, link below.

testing picture rotation

 

[S-Kippy]

View attachment 5841

Before you submit your reply, click on go advanced
And then preview post.
That will show if your photo is the right way up or not.

But if its not there is still no way to rotate it....the option just isnt there.

 

[S-Kippy]

There is a more appropriate thread for discussing photo orientation, link below.

testing picture rotation

Yes OK I'm suitably *******ed but this is really pi$$ing me off now. Somebody must be able to explain how to correct this in English not bloody Klingon.

Or have I got to stand on me head or lie down when I take a picture in future in case I want
to upload it ???

 

[mikench]

If it's any consolation it happens to me! The pic is taken in landscape mode , it appears that way on my iPad but inverts when posted!!! There is a thread put up by PC on photo alignment in bait box!

 

[S-Kippy]

If it's any consolation it happens to me! The pic is taken in landscape mode , it appears that way on my iPad but inverts when posted!!! There is a thread put up by PC on photo alignment in bait box!

I know.....thats the one in Klingon.

 

[Mark Wintle]

View attachment 5836
Thusday found me on the banks of the Stour not long after sunrise, (It was a vertical sunrise not a horizontal one, I have tried to rectify the photo without success). Still recovering from an attack of gout and was a bit tender so three hours was going to be plenty. I was up for some stick float and maggot fishing so and roach and dace would do nicely, thanks very much. First run through brought this:

The next three hours followed a similar pattern and by 11.30 I'd had 53 fish was well satisfied so decided to wrap. I'd had enough and everything was beginning to stiffen up (well not everything only the things that don't matter). Walking back to the car I was amazed by the number of anglers on the bank. Normally in the week I'm the only lunatic on the bank but today it was solid. I had a craic with two pike anglers who had moved to Stour having been fishing the Royalty earlier. Their were using great wobbly latex things that looked like the toys little boys frighten little girls with, but my knowledge of pike fishing is sadly lacking. I got to the car park and there were seven cars there. As I stowed my gear a guy I had not seen for twenty years arrived and I said how surprised I was to see so many out. You should have been here at the weekend he said, it was heaving. Why is that then I asked. There's been an outbreak of KHV he said and all the clubs Lakes are closed. Driving home I reflected that it's an ill wind blows no one any good and maybe some of the stillwater exiles might find river fishing to their liking. You can but live in hope. Pete

Now I can put a name to a face! I tried breadflake and had four cracking dace on it; after that a few tiddler dace and a couple of roach on maggots though not the stamp I'm used to on tares. The tares will have to wait until next summer now.

 

[bracket]

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Thusday found me on the banks of the Stour not long after sunrise, (It was a vertical sunrise not a horizontal one, I have tried to rectify the photo without success). Still recovering from an attack of gout and was a bit tender so three hours was going to be plenty. I was up for some stick float and maggot fishing so and roach and dace would do nicely, thanks very much. First run through brought this:
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Which was welcome followed be this:
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The next three hours followed a similar pattern and by 11.30 I'd had 53 fish was well satisfied so decided to wrap. I'd had enough and everything was beginning to stiffen up (well not everything only the things that don't matter). Walking back to the car I was amazed by the number of anglers on the bank. Normally in the week I'm the only lunatic on the bank but today it was solid. I had a craic with two pike anglers who had moved to Stour having been fishing the Royalty earlier. Their were using great wobbly latex things that looked like the toys little boys frighten little girls with, but my knowledge of pike fishing is sadly lacking. I got to the car park and there were seven cars there. As I stowed my gear a guy I had not seen for twenty years arrived and I said how surprised I was to see so many out. You should have been here at the weekend he said, it was heaving. Why is that then I asked. There's been an outbreak of KHV he said and all the clubs Lakes are closed. Driving home I reflected that it's an ill wind blows no one any good and maybe some of the stillwater exiles might find river fishing to their liking. You can but live in hope. Pete.

 

[bracket]

Sorry about the duplicate post folks. I am still pratting about trying to get the photo orientation right. Pete.