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TTim Marks reacted to Dave Bartell's post in the thread A Fool and His Eel by Mark Walsingham with
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No, not a book about eel fishing but a journey through the author's fishing life written with shades of Yates about it, influenced not... -
TTim Marks replied to the thread Spliced tipped float rods..I’ve never fished with an Allerton, so can’t comment either way. All my other float rods are hollow tipped eg Daiwa and Maver.
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TJust returned from 30 biteless hours, as did a few others. To my knowledge only one fish landed over that period. Mind you, It was 12.01.
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TTim Marks replied to the thread Spliced tipped float rods..I use a Tricast Triaxial - a power float rod that has a spliced tip. An interesting way of softening the tip of a powerful blank. Old...
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TA cold start this morning, car showed 4 degrees C on my way to the lake . The northerly breeze swung during the morning to NW and...
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TTim Marks replied to the thread River Thames Sewage......This story has just been on the BBC1 breakfast programme. The sewage works concerned is Little Marlow. I’ve fished that stretch a...
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TTim Marks replied to the thread Tench 2024.Once you have watched that, also watch ‘Gurubox’. It’s a hilarious take on ‘gogglebox’; famous (?) Guru sponsored anglers react to the...
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TI found pop up foam (cut into the small shape of a maggot) could sink after a while as it absorbed water, which meant that the maggots I...
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TAlways happy to hear of peoples ideas and experiences Dave 👍 Never too old to learn 😁
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TTim Marks replied to the thread River Thames Sewage......Indeed; we have to cling to the impact of this sort of publicity. There is a very impressive LibDem MP (Layla Moran) who represents the...
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TGot to christen my new Acolyte today with this beauty....... 1lb 3oz so not a monster but the biggest roach I have ever caught.
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TTim Marks replied to the thread Tench 2024.I use fairly fine orange cotton and a small dab of nail varnish as a fixed reference (in case the marker moves).
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TFirst Tench trip in almost 2 years for me yesterday, with a 12 hour session on a local day ticket water that I’ve managed a few from in...
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TTim Marks replied to the thread Crimping nylon booms.Double crimps work fine on mono that is thick enough to fit (just) the double crimp. If you dont fancy it just buy the Gemini links...
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TTim Marks replied to the thread Making your own bait..Ive made my own bait on/off since the late 70's and would put Solar S &O in the top 5 flavours I have ever come across. Whether the...