A sick question for you Midnight, how the hell do you get rid of bream slime
from your landing net. I blasted mine with the hose after rinsing it in hot
water and it is still there. I am now trying to dry it off before I got
tomorrow.

Don't knock the 50 years experience either, I started fishing 40 years ago.
There was a 20 year gap in the middle of it though.VBG I so think my catch
upset the locals as well, they were pulling a load of small silver fish and
I could hear the chatter every time the rod bent over.

Off out to give it a go tomorrow and I have to take the wife next week, like
an idiot I offered to take her out for our anniversary and joked that it was
a fishing picnic. She said yes.(;-) Mind you the new swim is only 200 yards
from a pub so I can leave her with the rods and go for a pint.

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Gandalf

"The Midnight Rider" wrote in message
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Great news, glad the young'un was chuffed.
Went this evening for my last hour at the local pool. met a nice gent who
has been fishing for around 50 years, poor chap was suffering a blanking
day since 2.30 this afternoon, so i made his day by using the same bait in
the next peg (5 feet away) to land a 7lb carp on my pole in the first 15
minutes. I feel so guilty, but what can you do? hehe.
Good luck with the carping, but the 'never fails' swims can be changeable,
take meat and paste (preferable trout type) as backup, trust me, the old
'trout paste' is a killer for carping. i find the light brown standard
fishy paste mixed with an egg then pinched on a 14 hook works for me every
time when the meat goes slow. (or if you feel inclined the normal fishy
'ready mixed' paste in a pot .)

"Gandalf" wrote in message
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Two more tail walking bream yesterday, talked to a couple of locals and
it seems it is quiet common. Had about 15 fish, all over 1lb and the best
was close to 5lbs so a nice days pleasure fishing. Best of all was I
managed to catch one for my 4 y.o. grandson to play and land. He was well
chuffed.

I did use a longer flying hook length and it did seem better on the day.
I did get smashed up twice and I think it was most probably carp.

Next target species will be tench or crucian carp as I am told of a
"never fails" swim and we all know how good they are usually.

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Gandalf


"The Midnight Rider" wrote in message
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Sorry to hear about the illness, hope things get better with time. But
fishing is like riding a bike, you dont forget, you just get more wobbly
:{)