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    You and the little one are very welcome Jimmy and Mitch you can go forth and multiply........................... Phil
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    I do believe many types of fish can tolerate salinity changes and fish such as mullet are found in the freshwater side of a sea loch locally and pike roach etc are found on the sea side of the loch and seem to survive well enough. A few years ago whilst pumping black lugworm on a Lincolnshire beach, my daughter found a baby pike in one of the pools left behing by the ebbing tide which must have come out from a drainage loch a couple of miles further over. This little fella was only 6 or 7 inches long and seemed fine, I had no option nut to leave it in the sea water as we were busy getting ba
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    Who is a lucky boy then. Phil
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    Very similar to the CARM mags which are sprung loaded and very good too. Phil
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    This guy posted 13 years later in October 23 so perhaps my eyes are okay and you need a trip to the optician Jimmy and I thought I was an old tart................. Phil
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    Have you checked with the 'Shooting Clubs Directory' as they list all the clubs giving details and contact info. Just select the region and start the search. Home WWW.SHOOTINGCLUBDIRECTORY.COM The Shooting Club Directory is produced by Future Publishing Limited to provide a useful resource for all shooters, particularly newcomers who want to start... Phil
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    Hi Martye, it seems to happen to some of the older AA guns, I had a 200 which would do it every now and then but of course never when it didn't matter. I was told there was nothing you could do with it and as I am not good at techy stuff with air guns so I moved it on to the rfd I bought it from. There is a guy on 'Airgun forum' who is a whizzo with AA guns but there are some very clever guys on here who may be able to give you the info to sort it, good luck with it. Phil
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    Phone Hull Cartridge and ask who their dealers are in your area, assuming it is out of warrenty, ask them if any of their dealers could do the work for you. There will be a dealer or two that has enough gunsmithing capability to sort out the issue although I am pretty sure it will be a seal but as I don't know your area, I cannot tell you who to contact. Phil
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    Just arrived at the lodge in Suffolk and to my surprise, a birthday cake and bottle of wine was waiting in the lodge ready for New Years day, 72......... ooooer.
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    See if your current land owner can give you any contacts for you to try. Phil
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    We found that strawberry jam gave the best results no matter where we used it. Phil
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    Just got this last night. Phil Lead ban consultation now has rifle ammo in its sights Felix Petit December 27, 2023 Shooting organisations have reacted with fury as HSE seeks to reduce the transition period and include rifle ammunition for live quarry. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has closed its 60-day public consultation on the socioeconomic effects of a ban on lead ammunition. The consultation includes questions on the banning of lead rifle ammunition and moo
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    Looks that way Mitch but only because there is no replacement product that can be used.
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    This came through on email to me this evening so I post it for you to read. Phil ------------------------------------------ Lead ban consultation now has rifle ammo in its sights Felix Petit December 27, 2023 Shooting organisations have reacted with fury as HSE seeks to reduce the transition period and include rifle ammunition for live quarry. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has closed its 60-day public consultation on the socioeconomi
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    50 years ago at the age of 13................................................well it's Xmas so I will let that one slip by.
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    SMK whilst not on my radar do offer some cheap but underated pcp guns that I know have proved good little guns for juniors, one in particular is around £200 new so not to much of a stretch. My buddy bought one of their pcp pistols which is superb, Wortth a look. Phil
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    Well it's that time of the year again chaps, all the jobs, shopping and presents are all sorted, even the cars are washed and look spic and span. We are off to Suffolk again for the New Year, clay shooting, lure fishing along with a few gins and we will be having a very good time. I will take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Xmas and a Happy New year. Festive regards Phil
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    I have a pond of Koi ranging from around 7'' to 20'' and of course they live in a filtered freshwater environment however I add salt over winter to the pond which helps the fish stay healthy at a time when they are at their weakest with no ill effect to the fish sooooooo perhaps we under estimate what tolerances fish have with fresh to brackish to salt water. We get mullet passing through lock gates into fresh water and pike going the other way. I am not saying thoses fish stay in the new conditions but it may well be the case that the fish are able to live in brackish conditions with little
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    Thanks Daniel but I have got my rods and whilst I have a couple of Wychwood rods, they are not on my hit list as I am not impressed in fact I have given several away. You think the Sonik Extractor are of a poor quality and that was my thoughts as well but there are quite a number of guys in my syndicate who bought them as 'spare rods' but now use them as their main rods and there are no carp under 20lb in our lake now so these rods have done the job they were bought for including a cat at almost 40lb. As said, these will ease me back into carping and then it will be a case of buy two Free Spi
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    Thanks Lee, I saw this video and the 12' tests the lads did and without doubt the Insurgent was at the top of my list however the 12' is available but thr retractable 10' is out of stock everywhere within an hours drive from me and for me, I wanted to get hold and actually get a feel for the rods but even then very few and far between because they have discontinued them along with the Extractor range. The new Extractor Pro is taking over from the standard rod which is why there are some cheap prices out there. As I am getting back into carp fishing and the fact that I cannot afford my al
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    I agree to a point Jimmy but found the very heavy knurled eye piece focus ring caused some issues when using NiteSite units to the point that it was possible to cause damage to the eye section of the scope, not too common but it happened. Not much of a problem nowadays with NiteSite out of business.
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    Thanks Tom. The NGT look to be decent rods having spoken to someone else who has a pair and I do like the rod sleeves, better price than Sonik.
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    Sorry..........................having a 'dose' of covid not 'does', silly old bugger.
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    Now let me say from the start that I am not an out and out carp man putting 5kg of bait in my swim and staying for days on end after one fish however I have enjoyed the odd overnighter in the summer with a bbq burger in one hand and a gin in the other so you can tell I am not a 'CARP angler' but someone who enjoys various aspects of fishing so onto the subject of the title. Some years ago I sold my Free Spirit XS rods as I had packed up carping and as per usual the pension will now not run to these expensive rods so earlier this year I bought a pair of cheap Daiwa Black Widow 10' rods, what a
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    We have a pond about 20mt in from the sea wall wher over the years kids have chucked flounder into this pure freshwater pond and now there are quite a few which have lost some of their colour and I have heard it said that some are almost white but I cannot confirm that is the case. Phil
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