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    I have an AYA coral o/u which is fairly light, short and quick to mount. I imagine it would be ideal.
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    Aye, I would have thought a novice would find a WF line much easier to learn to cast with than a DT though.
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    Depends on the kind of pressure and how many new fish get stocked.
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    Sounds like a dog cockle, spiny cockle or a queenie to me.....are there any pics anywhere. I think both are edible.
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    'Stocked trout do not breed' to clarify - Stocked brown trout will breed, and if you are not producing trips, growing mixed sex browns causes no real problems, so most fish farms do (or did) it. Rainbows tend to be all-female because male rainbows are kype-y and unsaleable, but its a lot of effort to produce sex-reversed broodstock. Nowadays (at least in England) the EAs adoption of the 'Trout and Grayling' Strategy means you are unlikely to get consent to stock diploid browns anyway, so most farms produce trips. We had consents to stock mixed-sex browns in rivers up until last year
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    NIce fish - best to put it back even if you do eat em. That one would have been all spawny and horrible anyway. Has its tartans on, doesn't look spent enough to be a kelt, kelts often have scars around the head/jaws and look more 'pinched' than that. It could, however have spawned, salmonids don't all spawn at the same time in any given water. You will get early and late spawning fish in any given run. If you thought you could get away with it without killing the fish, light pressure just in front of the vent will produce milt in an unspawned male fish.
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    To be fair, they are pretty much all stocked. There are very few freshwater sites that are not or have not been stocked or had some hatching/stock enhancement program. I guess if you do catch a 'wild' brown trout you really ought to put it back anyway, and whats the point in that?
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    Thanks for all the advice! The 'keeper knows that although I'm fairly certain the dogs will go to ground, neither has ever been worked to a fox, he said we'd just take 'em up there and see what they do, so there's no pressure. He's also as positive as you can be that the bury is occupied and that it is fairly shallow. I dunno what you'd call em in foxes, but its what you would call a 'stop' if it were a rabbit. Only one way in and out, so nowhere for charlie to go. I'll let you know how it pans out, He's thinking of a sunday (cos thats the only day we both aren't at work).
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    Hi all. Back in May 2005, I got a Patterdale pup with the intention of entering him to fox with a farmer mate of mine. However, things change in life and I ended up moving (for work) before he was old enough, and never found any permission. Between then and now he has made a great ratter and I have a russel of a similar age who, likewise is a ratting dog. Both have always been keen to go to ground and are game little dogs. This afternoon, the local 'keeper swung by and asked if either of the dogs had ever been to ground. I explained that they have both been into rabbit warrens a
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    Hi all. I'm thinking about getting a shotgun for shooting pigeons and possibly rabbits. I don't think I'll have any problems getting permission over a good hundred or so acres, in fact a conversation with the tennant farmer next-door about the extent of his pigeon strife is what started to form this idea. I have had a hunt on th'internet for 'getting started' guides, but I cant seem to find any. I intend to get a 12-bore, I think, and dont have vast quantities of cash to spend, and intend to reserve some cash to be taught to shoot the thing properly (unless I can somehow co
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    Its about knowing your dog, surely? I have one dog who I know I could break to ferrets, cats etc, and I know the other wont. He had two cockerels last week.
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    When I worked in a tackle/gun shop, the ratcatcher was our most popular line. If you have a bit more cash and want a PCP, then the Air Arms S200 is fairly light and short, if I remember correctly. They've been around long enough that there should be second-handers kicking about.
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    |I thought a Pat was a black fell, and that was all the difference.
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    That happens from time to time with terriers, I think its because his ears are a bit smaller than usual. If you're that concerned, the vet can usually 'drop' them for you (it stops loads of soil getting in them).
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    That one is like a negative of my pat. Nice dog.
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    Really? My Missus used to live in Trehafod. You anywhere abouts there? We live nr Bridgend now....
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    Its the same slime that is the jelly in jellied eels if its any consolation (I know they are different eels).
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    You need to boil it for 10 mins or so so the slime coagulates. Press the cooked flesh out of the stakes and stick em in fish pie. Gurt lush!
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    'Kinell, your Pat has the 'whitte grizzle' on his face too, I thought that that was just mine. I was thinking thet he had a lot of JRT in him...am I right?
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    I Lived in Swansea until about a month ago - I always used St James (on Mayals Rd) and they seemed fine.
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    I've just moved to Brynmenyn from Swansea. If I had somewhere to go, I'd be very keen to get some ferrets. If not, I can bring two terriers along. One of who seems to mark well. I'd be up for testing this theory with some ferrets.
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    Ootdoors with the (block built) shed door open and their beds on the floor in the day, indoors at night. Until today - I have just finished building them a kennel. I'll bung some straw in there and they can use that and I'll get me shed back. It'd be no good having mine indoors in the day, they'd eat my shoes and piss everywhere (they are housetrained - but only when we are in, it seems!).
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    Thanks for the welcome. I've read those articles - they're very helpful. They don't seem to make much mention of fence wires though. I guess the 'hoop' snares are Woodga's version of the tealer snares, are they? I haven't done any snareing since I was a student (!) and quite fancy getting back into it. Back then I used to just set a few fence wires and every so often I'd get a rabbit for tea. I'll have a think about the 'VD, I'm not sure how much money I want to spend, I've always seen snaring as a cheap tea. I'm quite interested in buying some new wires once Ive mo
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    I've never seen one of those 'hoop' snares before. Do they need pegging down at one side? What wire do you use to make the hoops? Would a coathanger be ok or are they a bit thick? I've only ever set shop-bought snares on fences before - I think I have a lot to learn. I've also tended to bury my snares (not in shit, mind) and also rub earth on my hands before I start setting them (from molehills usually). My theory is, they smell less of people like that. Is doing that a bit pointless then? (I know that that's a lot of questions!)
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    Mine ate some (big) pieces of bathroom tile once.....
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