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  1. comanche
    What a lovely mullet(I don't do envy ..but if I did?),and lovely rod, and a Mitchell Match. I have a good one ready for a boot sale. It belonged to a friend's father ,a keen matchman,who had "breathed on" it ,as they say in motorcycle tuning. Very nice but not for me. I did rather think the origins of the thread had been lost in a mist of nostalgic tackle talk. An acknowledgement of the past ; when millions of squirrels roamed the plains of America and there were so many trees in this country that a buffalo could go from Land's End to John O'Groats without touching the ground. The
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    Perhaps serenipitous mention of your Monarch is more accurate than the term blame? I posted on a fishing forum asking for any information and the plethora of whippings certainly caused comment. If I remember ,you said your Marco was whipped in green. The rings ,ferrule and butt joint on my rod are whipped in green and might be original ,though it appears almost black under the varnish. So maybe the name Capella is genuine after all ; rather than ,as I first thought , a fiction of the previous owner?. All the fancy whipping is in burgundy so as you say ,probably a bit of a project for so
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    Well ,a slippery slope indeed, but this one led , in the manner of a rainbow, to a crock of gold. Ok it led to a lovely cane rod of mysterious provenance. Nominally a "Capella", a name associated with your Marco brand Catfish Rodeo Rod , it resembles none of the brand's usual models and has no logo. In fact it has so many intermediate whippings there is no room for a logo! I don't know if it is an early Marco, the result of some custom building or a classy repair job by a previous owner, or indeed something else. All I know is that thanks to your casual mentioning of your Sil
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    Ooh,hopefully there will be reports of cane-tamed catfish coming soon? One unfortunate effect of you talking about your Silver Monarch was that I googled it. There is one on the Evil Bay at £30 plus postage ,so yours was a bargain at a tenner! That's not the unfortunate bit though. As I was cruising the tempting waters of the bay I spotted a badly described (the charity shop "think" it is a sea rod)split c ane rod for a collection only, buy it now of only £5.99. Having said I need no more tackle I justified it as being ideal for piking from my canoe???. Not only that but a friend liv
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    I had a Modern Arms Company .410. Their clever use of the Marco trade name gave their fishing tackle a sophisticated continental feel. I would've gone down exactly the same route as you with the rod. Stuff an expensive restoration; epoxy the whippings and get it in use? Out of interest the Marco Silver Monarch is possibly an up-market sea rod. I only write this because I found a rod called a Marco Silver King described as such on the interweb. And we all know everything on the Devil's Playground of the internet is gospel? Reel.....Well I just looked at my G&Y Avon ; a bigg
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    Not quite 7" ,but at first glance a bit of a monster! Yet ,as you say ,the Maxima spins and spins. Interestingly my Maxima weighs the same as my G&Y Avon Supreme . Which is a smaller reel and also from the same stable as the Jecta you lusted after. My first reel was an ELO. Not ,unfortunatly ,a model witj features like yours. Mine was a black plastic drum about 2 and a half inches across. Clearly a base-model?
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    I'm trying to be sensible now. I need no more rods ...but if someone had a RW Mk4 heading for a skip ???. I've actually sorted out my favourite stuff for keeping and priced a box of old reels ready for a boot sale. I look on The Bay of Temptation at some of the gorgeous shiny things like, Adcock Stantons,Hardy Do Dahs,and stuff by Gary Mills, but it would be wasted on me. If I had a Roach Perfection reel and Barder rod I would still grab the Flick-em with missing spokes and either one of my ratty whole cane rods(hum,now do I go for the one with the tip that dresses to the right or the one wit
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    The tip is greenheart and when I got it the rod was missing several rings and a couple of inches off the end . It's old but not a collector's piece so I've no guilt about lashing some mismatched eyes on and abusing it. The only decent split cane rod I have is an Allcock's Record Breaker, given to me by Tyla on this forum. It's reserved for posh use.The couple of whole cane rods I have are far more work-a-day and have a more "organic" feel to them. I know old greenheart has a reputation for cracking but this could be due to the age and huge number of rods that were made. How many
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    I was a bit under- equipped. The rod is over 100 years old and as the fish shot-off I very quickly remembered the reel has less than 50 yards of 4.5lb line on it.
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    I had to pop down to the coast to see my brother this evening and as an afterthough took a rod in the hope of grabbing an hour's mullet fishing. Unfortunatly it was obvious that I either I was too inept to tempt one or had left it a bit late in the season and they were no longer in the river. Bread certainly had no pulling power so I tried a bunch of maggots. I had one bite that produced a suicidal 2 inch bass and one other that resulted in this!
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    Forget what others charge. Decide how much you need to charge to make it worth your while . Better a couple of jobs from good payers than a load of phone calls , lots of driving about and the stress involved in doing too many cheap jobs. I'm sure there are other things you would rather be doing during your retirement. ?
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    Yes,it does have a long rail underneath. I shall google hamsters. Thank you.
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    As someone who never felt the need for a PCP I have to admit I'm hooked. It's the only PCP that felt right the second I was handed it. I'll still have to admit I bought it on impulse because I knew it was a bargain but have only just come to realise how much of a bargain. Rifle,a few spare seals ( I've no idea what they are for mind you) ,10 shot conversion with two magazines , an unbranded Chinese scope, silencer,bag,spacers for adjusting the stock,original tools and dive bottle-£160 the lot. So far apart from a couple of Typhoo tea boxes, I've shot a pigeon,a magpie and a squirrel . Tho
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    A big yippee. I know you have been looking a bit of land for a while. Pigs ! This was choked with brambles two years ago . Pigs are quite thorough!
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    Wow. I didn't know Hancock bred Bichon Fries' or pugs. I missed out there?
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    I think there are dogs that set the benchmark for those that are to follow. The sort of dog that responds to your training and temperament and makes you realise that a lot more is possible than you thought . It may not be your "dog of a lifetime"but it is the one that teaches you what sort of dog really suits your needs (and not necessarily anyone else's),the one you always remember as the turning point, and strive to emulate and improve upon with those that follow.
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    Back in the early 80s I chose to buy a puppy from David Hancock. He sold me a dog with four legs and a brain. A wild, untouched blank canvas.As he pointed out ; the rest was up to me . She was a good dog. Others may not have been so lucky ,or understood that Hancock dogs were not magic beings that had somehow read all the lurcher manuals and knew what was expected of them . If I lived nearer to him I would've considered another from him and would've had no qualms about popping-in to see if he had anything that took my fancy . But there are always dogs nearer to home and none of them will
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    Apart from when a joint has become stuck I've found the plastic tube has to be tugged sometimes before the lance will retract properly. I usually put my foot on the tube to keep it tight and lift the lance away when this happens. The device is useful but really needs a holster for the air bottle combined with a long net type pouch for the the trailing pipe'work in my opinion. And I love the way none of the side pockets on the carry case are big enough to accommodate the air reservoir . Like a lot of pest control kit it's been cobbled together from parts meant for other applications; a cheap te
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    I'm going to offer one or both to friends and family first but ,failing any takers might sell them. Has anyone any idea what would be reasonable price to ask for a; B.S.A Supersport ,circa 1986/87,not had a lot of use ,vgc ,with a basic Nikko Sterling scope. And a Walther Terrus and Hawke scope,doubt it's fired a tin of pellets. Missing at the moment ,but presumed somewhere in house ,are the original naff open sights . Any ideas on a fair price appreciated though I might donate the B.S.A to the local scouts if no friends are interested. Hope I ha
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    Thing is,PCPs are a new thing ro me and the shop must've sensed it. Had I actually needed air on the day I might well have ended up buying a new bottle in ignorance . I wonder if other innocents have been caught by their sales-pitch. And the Air Arms pellets they recommended and sold to me look like someone had used the tin as half a pair of maracas! As I said earlier;thanks for the advice everyone has given. And thanks to the other half's youngest I think I may have to source a refill sooner rather than later. ? He's a bit cack-handed but clearly my impulse buy rifl
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    I was a little suspicious because though the shop has a massive range of air guns and accessories ,even a numpty like me has realised they are prone to the hard-sell. Even when an assistant kindly took my newly aquired rifle out back to chrono it he insisted I look round a display of scopes while I waited. That was after inferring the one that came with the gun was junk. Thank you all for the advice. Had I been persuaded to buy a new bottle on their say-so,I might be thinking of a trip to Trading Standards. ?Maybe not a bad idea anyway.....
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    I've recently gone to the dark side and bought a really lovely little .P.C.P rifle from a customer who was selling it for a friend who sadly has the beginings of dementia. It came on the same day that I had been already given an old Feinwerbau by another customer ! These two are "keepers" which means a couple of my older rifles will be going before I end up with an armoury. The P.C.P was cheap enough but the ,scope,silencer and tub of accessories with it made it an even better deal. It also came with a dive bottle. The seller said it was due for test so it
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    And removed as per "if possible" guidlines?
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    Misspent youth dismantling motorbike suspension?
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