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  1. neil r
    Is that the italian fella whos been getting some massive ones from the po in italy
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    OK, next question.. These known mug fish, are they piling on the weight? are they mug fish due to their appetite? Treecreepers double catch of the same fish putting on a 1/5th of its weight in a year !!! They were stocked at about half lb to a lb a few years earlier so it was feeding well , probably due to the competition for food with all the other carp in a small lodge . They ended up going well into doubles with a few 20s so they were took out and it was restocked with small ones again but they havent done aswell this time round
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    I had the same 5lb carp twice in 2 casts on a small club water when i used to pole fish . It had a bit of a kink in its back above its tail and was easily identified .It was known as a mug fish , nearly everyone who fished there had caught the fish . Ive also had the same 20lb+ pike twice in 3 days . Got it the first time at 24lb and 3 days later i had 2 20s at the same time when 2 of my margin rods went and 1 of them was the same fish at 23.12 , you could tell it was the same one because of a scar near its tail and also the spot pattern near the tail from comparing the photos
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    midge hall lane its on the outskirts of leyland if you have sat nav neil pr2 6tn and there open 8 till half 5 or bell them 01772 456300 Just had a look on google maps and its not far from the place i fish over there
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    Whereabouts in leyland are they based , i might have a look over during the week if i get time
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    Maize is a staple, id use tigers more if I could get them reasonable local as ive done well in the past on it. For baiting up used pigeon conditioner, but the chub and bream probably eat most of it. Ive got a load of tree chippings slowly composting, full of rose chaffers, gonna give them a whirl I think. Theirs enough of them to add to pre-baiting too. Hook full of maggots for cruising fish, anyone use maggots hooks? I used to use redband pigeon conditioner , it had a whiff off aniseed about it and it did alright with tigers over the top . Also used groats alot aswell in the spod mix
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    Maize is a staple, id use tigers more if I could get them reasonable local as ive done well in the past on it. For baiting up used pigeon conditioner, but the chub and bream probably eat most of it. Ive got a load of tree chippings slowly composting, full of rose chaffers, gonna give them a whirl I think. Theirs enough of them to add to pre-baiting too. Hook full of maggots for cruising fish, anyone use maggots hooks? I used to use redband pigeon conditioner , it had a whiff off aniseed about it and it did alright with tigers over the top . Also used groats alot aswell in the spod mix
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    Corn , maize , tigers or brazils over hemp will catch plenty of carp . Dynamite are doing hemp and snails in tins aswell and if you get the specimen one you can use the snail as an hookbait
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    Got a bonus coming in June that the Mrs doesn't know about so going to get either an 11ft or 12ft 2lb Harrison torrix if I can get one from a shop without having it custom made and a shimano 6000 x aero baitrunner to go with it for the new season . Thinking of a 15ft stick rod aswell , either the tricast John allerton or drennan match pro ultralight
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    Trout seasons only started in March when the coarse season ends
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    Thanks , ill have a look on their site . Was the fishing gurus bit on the wye filmed on their stretches
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    Dont let the waiting list put you off , they say 3 years but my mates and me only had to wait 18 months . Its a pain having to go to the induction meeting but once your in your laughing and for £120 there cant be many better value tickets about . How does that wye and usk thing work
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    Prince Albert run them . They are a massive club with about 280 waters from the Wye to the lidle in the Scottish borders and loads of stretches on the rivers I mentioned a few posts back
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    Was watching charlyfarly on YouTube a couple of days back doing a walk round on on cundal lodge and hall , only £5 a day
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    Thanks , I've always fancied giving it a go but never got round to it . We have one stretch at somewhere called the forge and another at huntsham bridge and I think there might be another one aswell but I'll have to look at the map book
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    Just been searching on one of my clubs forums about the teme and they are saying the same as you about it not being as good as it used to be so I think I'll swerve it and try a couple of stretches of the Wye at Ross on Wye we have instead
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    Not fished it myself but the stretch behind the A1 pits is dt , think the tickets are from the A1 pits themselves . Going to try the odd session on the trent myself this season along with the severn , dove and teme just as a change of scenery from the ribble
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    If your ever up north the ribble's a cracking river for barbel , chub and silverfish . Most of it is club stretches but there's a few dt stretches , the most well known being the tickled trout where the m6 crosses it at Preston , there's also a good free stretch further downstream . It's a big powerful river that can be double snaggy but the fishing can be awesome .
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    To be honest ive always found memory after storage on 444 to be minimal . I do use LA reels though which probably do help but i always leave them on the reel when not in use and they always lie dead straight after a cast or two . My current (but soon to be replaced by a cortland sylk) river line is the snowbee thistledown and as you say , that does like most lines retain memory after being kept on the reel .
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    Over the years ive used a fair few lines by scientific anglers , rio , snowbee and cortland plus a few others and the snowbees are not bad but the cortland 444 is the best memory free line out of them . Dont know about problems roll casting with them because ive never bothered doing it but i cant see why there will be a problem doing it . You see a few negative reviews of the 444 because its been around forever and is seen as old technology by some and that makes it fashionable to knock them , but theres a reason its still around and mentioned as being up there with the best .
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    I was unhooking a mid double pike that was only hooked on the bottom treble when it shook it's head and the top treble went right into my thumb . Had to cut the trace and let my mate deal with the fish while I pulled the hook out my thumb , luckily I'd nipped the barb down a bit so it wasn't as bad as it could of been
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    Just flicking through the TV guide on sky and on channel 191 at 10.30 tonight the national coursing meeting 2016 from powerstown park , clonmel is on . Don't know if it will be any good but it will be worth a watch
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    I use a cortland 444 peach floater in a #7 and its not bad . It's very supple , casts alright and floats straight . I've also got a couple of snowbee lines in different weights that are decent , one is the thistledown so too light for you but the #8 one is just the cheaper classic and its not bad . I tried some Rio golds after reading how good they were and thought they were bobbins and not worth the high price they sell for.
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    All my big pits and bait runners for carp , pike and barbel with mono are done with no backing no matter how big the spools, but my spinning reels and multipliers with braid are done with backing which doesnt matter because im never going to cast far enough with a lure to make a difference
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    Quigg by ko for me . Anyone know who's on the undercard
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