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  1. lifelong cumbrian
    Personally with the rapala i think the fish hit them really hard and i have my drag set very soft so the fish can draw a bit of line off the drag as i hit it, otherwise i think the tear the hook hold out.
  2. lifelong cumbrian
    You can buy the parts for the condoms in smaller versions, you can buy them about that size as well. I make my own spoons as well and rig them on a weak link.
  3. lifelong cumbrian
    I find the rapala ok for hooking, some rivers i fish you can only use 1 treble, i would leave the rear one on in that situation. I think any baits you use you have to have confidence in them, i personally have never touched a fish on a tazmanian devil, i know lots of people like them.
  4. lifelong cumbrian
    I big one is a lure i designed myself,i like playing about making things and trying them out, i made jigs to make them in 6 different sizes, i also make them in a toby style body, alters the action a little as there is more weight in the middle of the lure. I fish the toby across and slightly down steam, i like enough weight so it goes round on its own rather like fishing a fly, i fish the small lures on the fly rod the same. I have bought toby lures but i like to make my own, i put different amounts of bend in, use ones with more bend in on slower bits of water. You can loose a fair few fish
  5. lifelong cumbrian
    I had a 15ft one, performed well above its price tag, nothing wrong with them at all. Was every bit as good as a £300/400 rod amazing when they cost £
  6. lifelong cumbrian
    The toby lures are next to the small bull head devon minnows, the other ones are the same profile as the large on on the bottom pic. I call the small ones wigglers are they spin round and wiggle in the current, i make them out of this stainless and copper. They fish well on the fly rod. I also make the toby lures that size as well. The tiny rapalas are great for trout, i think the rapala is the best lure for trout in clear water, just my personal opinion.
  7. lifelong cumbrian
    I will put pic on later. I have a greys ultralite 5' 6", great rod, took grilse and salmon on it when out for trout. That grilse was about 5lb.
  8. lifelong cumbrian
    If fly fishing a small rod maybe number 2, i make tiny toby lures i can use on the fly rod. very effective with a tint of colour in.
  9. lifelong cumbrian
    A few small mepps, gold silver and copper, i like a small rapala in clear water, 20 and 30 mm rainbow and brown trout pattern, floating and countdown, you can float the floaters down stream into bad bits to cast, bits like the usually hold fish, ultralite rod and reel 2lb mono.
  10. lifelong cumbrian
    Very nice them pups.
  11. lifelong cumbrian
    I have bolted a few stoats but as you say if one decided to make a fight of it they are very fast and could do serious damage.
  12. lifelong cumbrian
    Think Nelson has 4 and 6z. I have had netting off him, best stuff i have had, i like 4z best.
  13. lifelong cumbrian
    A rabbit can break a ferrets neck kicking it, i know of it happening more than once. Obviously not what you are talking about. A mink possibly.
  14. lifelong cumbrian
    Nothing wrong with making your own gear, i like to make all my own stuff, you get a lot more satisfaction using and catching on stuff you made yourself. I got my mate a whippet pup off trev, as said they are off good stuff, hopefully she will do the business.
  15. lifelong cumbrian
    Thats nice, my pal says the one i brought up here is coming on a treat.
  16. lifelong cumbrian
    You haven't said what your end game is ? Obviously,..a specialist bred, Non-Ped will be the master on the track....in fact, nothing can touch these superlative speedsters over their prefered distance. I've had plenty,.they are fabulous , unique critters and if a hare rises in front of them,...they will usualy spin it over in double quick time.. But,.for roustabout lurcher work,....I would now go for the Pedigree, KC style, 'working whippet'.. They don't have, the pleasing Greyhound look of the old style Rag Dogs,..or the muscular development of the early Staffordshire Bull terrier inclusi
  17. lifelong cumbrian
    Very nice bit of work.
  18. lifelong cumbrian
    Really pleased for you NL, you go canny away with the training and it works for you, he's a big smart looking dog that is making nice steady progress. ATB.
  19. lifelong cumbrian
    Its nice when you see progress ATB.
  20. lifelong cumbrian
    I get your meaning mate, i like a smaller dog as well, its down to the land you hunt as well. I have a collie grey now as well as beddy whip , collie grey 25 1/2, see how she goes, i just ferret and a bit of lamping.
  21. lifelong cumbrian
    Don't think he worked him, maybe a bit of a mooch. He could train a dog Henry, one at a time was his way, he had some crackers.
  22. lifelong cumbrian
    I would go with a straight whippet, beddy whippets and the like usually have great drive and are not skittish but they can be a bit deaf when on a drag and a bit headstrong, if you can handle that great, they do settle in time, well mine have anyway, i have a collie x now totally different temperament, not for the inexperienced i think, i would just go with a pure whippet off decent stuff for a first dog, fast enough, should have decent nose and drive if off right stuff and a lot more biddable on the whole than beddy x, well just my opinion anyway.
  23. lifelong cumbrian
    https://www.(!64.56:886/photo.php?fbid=10154844586900956&set=pcb.1387079487989924&type=3&theater
  24. lifelong cumbrian
    How big are you wanting stud roughly.
  25. lifelong cumbrian
    Hope he is back doing his job for you soon, ATB.
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