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I too use harnesses as years ago I once had to dig to a lost collar right in the bottom of an old hedge and it was a long tedious episode I didn't want to repeat. However, I do like the ideas of the silicone blobs and the putting the collars behind the front legs (thinking outside the box). With the harnesses I have never had a snag underground (and all my ferreting is deep down under very old hedgerows) and the ferrets don't appear do disturb the nets much more than when wearing a single collar. Also one thing I like about the harness is that if a ferret is boxed up for a long period or you h
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Hi, Bit of a dilemma, I've got to fish our clubs annual xmas match in a couple of weekends time and A) I've never fished a match and I only fish rivers and this is on a stocked pond. Now all the other guys will be fishing poles, delicate rigs, and fine baits like casters whereas I will only have access to my specimen river stuff for roach such as my avon rod. So in order not to look like a complete numpty what would you recommend, the pond is stocked mainly with small carp and loads of rudd. I know its just a fun match where everyone wins a prize regardless and money is raised for
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Hi All my purse nets are from Bridport and I can't fault them. I use the 10oz yellow with red drawstrings and they are perfect for me working thick hedgerows, you can pull them out through all the brambles and they don't tangle and they purse brilliantly. Only made the mistake once of buying their blue versions that came with blue drawstrings so you had to double check that they were laid correctly over the hole with drawstrings either side. I have only had one drawstring break on one of these nets and that was just me being over aggressive pulling it through blackthorn. Also I don't need
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Hey, thats great Luke you'll be up for a BAFTA next. Love the slow mo bits. Regards Chris
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Cheers, I've owned this camera (Olympus Stylus 1050SW, shockproof and waterproof) for four years and only ever bothered with point and shoot only just learning some of the functions.
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Nice frost this morning and the weather was set for a great days ferreting. Joined by Rik and Luke with his dog Tess, also a mate from the fishing club joined us for an hour to clear his hangover. Started up in a little copse and purse netted a bury of about 18 holes, took a little while to find the holes as the overnight frost had dropped a lot of leaves and covered many of the holes. Old faithful ferret in and we soon had two bunnies in the nets. Decided to move down to a more overgrown section that turned out to be a pretty big warren. With the look of all the cover and expectin
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Those numbers you are getting with all this cover is amazing you must be working pretty hard all day. Well done.
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Hi Saharashadow, Yes we were fishing at Parrett Works, Martock near the Southfork caravan park. However, the better chub come from slightly further downstream where the river is faster and more pacier. The crayfish did come from the Parrett Works area as we live just a few fields away. There are a few good chub in there (topping 5lb) and some real quality roach and dace (best baits being corn and flake over a bed of hemp helps avoid the crayfish and fishing well into darkness). There are also some great brown trout in that section to over 4lb. I've fished the river for over 20 years and it
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Guy who set up Screwfix sold it to B&Q? and then he set up Toolstation who do a similar shovel (plus others) a bit cheaper and they do free next day delivery on orders over £10. And whilst you're at it get a pair of their rubber fronted gloves that have the flouresecent backs which I find perfect for ferreting (clearing away brambles and then putting them down to set nets you won't lose them), and you might as well get a load of their ty-raps as I find these great for legging rabbits without ruining the flesh by hocking with a knife. Hope this helps, Chris.
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My ferrets hunt for the thrill of it. They have a good feed the night before and then have some dry feed and water (maybe a bit of goats milk) in the morning. They will hunt all day like this and rarely kill and lie-up although they will stick with the live rabbits in stop-ends until they push them out or we have dug to them. One ferret in particular will get into hunt mode and blast through warrens all day pushing out everything she finds and she eats more than her fair share of feed at home. Last year towards the end of the season we had difficulty keeping up with her as she rushed up and do
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As well as the advice recommending good strong traditional sea stuff I would also recommend a lighter kit like a carp rod and reel and fish lighter with float rigs with quality bait close in. As long as you have a drop net this will ensure you can pull up the fish and as a bonus the drop net can be fished midwater after dark baited for prawns (as long as you have small mesh) to be used as livebait on the float. Remember fishing the pleasure pier at Weymouth when I was at college and we would fish after dark close in by the piles using long thin strips of squid on flowing paternoster traces
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Hi Folks Just a few images from a couple of trips out with my five year old to get him away from the telly and into the fresh air. Set him up with a whip to catch these tiddlers from the river: We also got a load of these: So went back with some traps to get a few more and next day they became this (yum yum in a Thai curry): Now time to try for something bigger and more difficult so a trip roving the little river freelining black slugs for these beauties (a couple of threes and one four pounder, plus numerous others caught):
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Great bag there mate, I dream of bags of that size. Hope I'm still ferreting at that age. All the best for the season. Chris
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Only our second trip of the season due to the vast amount of undergrowth still around these parts and the fact that all our ferreting takes place in big old ancient hedgerows that can often seem an impenetrable jungle of thorns and stingers. Well the weather last Sunday was fantastic if a little hot so based on the forecast midweek we thought we were in for a soaking, however, the gods were on our side and a perfect day was in prospect. Unfortunately, Rik couldn’t make it today due to work commitments so the team consisted of myself, Liam and his pup Floe (bedlington x whippet), Luke w
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Great clips luke, always wanted to see that last one of the rabbit blasting out of that open hole. Hopefully try and get some more clips this Sunday. Chris
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Nice one Liam, that albino jill is getting the experience she needs. I think last Sunday she didn't realise just how deep those buries go and my jill has done those ones several times over the past few years. This Sunday we'll try them together to see how they get on. Just keeping an eye on the forecast at the moment and praying that its not going to be as wet as they predict at the moment (this time last week they thought last Sunday could of been a washout down here but in the end it turned out tropical) so fingers crossed at the moment. Regards Chris
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Hi Leveller, being from this neck of the woods there is so much choice to do in terms of hunting and fishing that I find myself dabbling with a lot of things and becoming a 'jack of all trades' and 'master of none'. Thankfully my main passions are river fishing and ferreting and as these are within walking distance of the house I can use my time efficiently when conditions are right. Those pike on my website for the club were caught on the lower part of the Parrett. However, that was a few years back when there were good numbers and we had many a fine winters day roving up and down the Parrett
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Decent roach on our river. Come and join us www.stoke-sub-hamdonaa.co.uk. I fish the river for roach the last hour or two of light through to about one in the morning. After using the avon quiver for a long time I took a leaf out of John Bailey's book and now use avon rods set-up with bobbins (beta lights attached) and sometimes a simple fox alarm and now my hit rate has greatly increased and its less frustrating than concentrating on a quiver tip all night as you can really watch the bite develop and hit it only on a good lift (or drop) of the bobbin. Generally find fishing corn (all year rou
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Cheers for the write-up Liam, saves me a job, you know what its like with us teachers and all the work we have to do . Looking forward to our next trip out this Sunday, lets hope the weather is on our side again. Sounds like a tasty dish you made of the rabbits, puts my rabbit in cider casserole to shame. Went and had a look out with the lamp last night and there's plenty of bunnies waiting for us on Sunday, might even try the new longnets at night if conditions are good. See you on Sunday, all the best Chris.
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Definitely recommend Nelson on the number already quoted. Did me a great deal on nets that perfectly suited what I intended to use them for and quality is excellent, you won't be disappointed. Chris
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As a teacher myself I have organised plenty of things to get the kids interested in the great outdoors. Activities weeks I would take upto 20 kids fishing for three days on local lakes (would of preferred the rivers but H&S would of been a nightmare. Also I helped organise for our students to take part in the Ten Tors event on Dartmoor each year. I can say that both these activities really were a huge benefit to the students and made them see the world a lot more positively. Currently I am promoting ferreting with students to see it as a positive pastime that benefits everyone (apart from
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Great to see them enjoying themselves and not being strayed onto wrong things. This reminded me of a documentary I saw years ago on telly where a guy in Liverpool (?) was helping keep young lads on the straight and narrow by getting them to own and care for terriers and then at the weekends they would all go out to the surrounding farms with smokers to sought out the rat problems for the farmers. Anyone remember this? or perhaps someone on here was one of the lads? Chris
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Hi Liam, I ordered mine from Nelson on ebay. Spoke to him on the phone and he comes across as very knowledgeable and he has excellent feedback, he helped me decide exactly what would be needed for my use (ferreting copses and thick hedgerows as well as using them at night on those areas that cannot be ferreted . When you pop down for some ferreting we'll give them a try and hopefully we'll have some success even with all this undergrowth (thats the main reason for getting them for this season). Speak soon as we should soon have a date set up. Regards Chris
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One of the best bags I've used is the Korum Ruckbag. This suits my style of fishing perfectly being able to travel light and try out spots far away from the madding crowd. It opens out lengthways so all your gear is easily accessible (it has a purpose built hard waterproof base), It also has two clips to attach your chair leaving your hands free when walking. I find this bag particularly useful when keeping on the move when deadbaiting for pike on the rivers in the winter. Chris
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Having used a Leeds for carp fishing I've just recently purchased an Okuma Sheffield and the quality is amazing and a fantastic looking reel. It spins well but that is not the most important thing it does need a good amount of inertia in the spool once your float is trotting. I shopped around and tried price matching with my local tackle shops but they were unable to match the penny under a £120 from the bay. Using mine at present freelining crust down some boily runs for chub when standing in the river, very exciting stuff. And with a pin you really do feel connected to the fish. Just need to
