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Now, now I've used chicken pellets to good effect. They break down really quickly and mixing them with halibut micro pellets makes for an easy way to always have some groundbait handy. Just scald it for a minute and drain to be able to make balls or a method mix, or catapult it in dry. My usual groundbait additive is a mixture of crushed maize grains, hemp seeds and wheat. I soak it for 24 hours, drain it, then boil it for about an hour. For normal use I'll then rinse it and bag it up for the freezer once cooled. It can be added to some breadcrumb groundbait, maize flour and milled he
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I know that people love to hate the John Wilson Avon, but I've had the travel version for about four or five years and love it. OK the top 2" of the 2oz quiver broke when it shouldn't have. Otherwise the rod is a pleasure to use and so versatile. I'm with jonnie bravo on fly rods; I have three bloke XL50 rods #5, #6 & #8 and they are faultless. An dream to cast with, great action when playing fish. I also have a #4 Orvis for smaller waters and again it is a cracking rod for the money. But my number one favourite rod has got to be the Fox 12' Stalker in 2.25lb tc. That combined wit
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You'll get piles! Sitting in all that cold water.
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No. You carry on. If you can supply them at that price then everybody's a winner. Socks, I can get them at that sort of price - in bulk. But by the time you add delivery (approx 10 traps per kilo) and the local taxes if I sold them at £1.25 I'd be making a loss. I love you all, but not that much
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If he can obtain the same traps to sell at that price then I'll leave him to it. I can't. Be nice if he did his own video though
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Thing is how do you compare something like a mole trap? Price isn't reliable. And making claims like a trap will last twenty years is a nonsense. That depends on how its used, how much it is used and other factors such as soil type; acidity, humidity, etc. Even if you can demonstrate that a trap will last you 20 years how can someone say the same about a different version? Would Chinese made Duffus traps last as long as a Flatpack Stainless? I don't think so. Over the last six months to a year the cheaper Far Eastern made Putanges have replaced the traditional French made ones in virtually
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You only have to bury them to take the shine off if the traps are the cheaper ones made in the Far East. Most of the Putanges used by the French pros are ready to go straight from the box. The only time you really need to tweak them is if the trigger ends don't quite meet up, and if that doesn't sort it, then a bit of soil rubbed onto the touching parts or a quick rub with emery cloth is enough to do the job. Also, the working life of a Putange depends on how well made they are, i.e. wire diameter and tensile strength. I've bought some Putanges that wouldn't last a season let alone twenty year
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Tacklebargains are closing down. There are some Shimano bait runners and Oceanic reels on offer as well as a range of John Wilson rods for those who like them. http://www.tacklebargains.co.uk/
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Aren't you supposed to take the wrapping off before using it?
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I've got one of their rods that would just suit Mackem. Double built split cane with a steel spine. God knows what test curve it is as I can't bend the bugger.
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I think that the Ugly Stik Uptide 5-10oz is worth a look. It is 9' 6" and breaks just above the but to give a travelling length of around 7'. It will dead lift the same weight as my Fox 5.5lb tc spod rod but is far more forgiving and through actioned.
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I use an Ugly Stick Uptider for that sort of thing. It's about 9', around 5lb t.c. and bends all the way down to the reel fitting. They are reputed to be unbreakable and won't break the bank either. http://www.northernangling.co.uk/saltwater-fishing-tackle/rods/ugly-stik-uptide.html
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Apologies if this has been mentioned before, but there is a web site for anglers where everything is £1 http://www.onepoundfishingtackle.co.uk/ Postage isn't steep either. Just be wary of the EFT stuff the quality of which can be variable, but plenty of bargains and they add new lines regularly.
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Depends on what you are fishing for, where and when in the season. You'll need to tell us a bit more. At this time of year groundbait can kill a swim if you don't know what you are doing.
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Now, I can help you there Mr. Darcy. In England the moles always put their molehills to the left of the tunnels. Therefore you will see them on the left going up, and on the right coming back. In France they drive on the other side so it is the reverse.
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It's funny how things turn round Phil, i now get paid to go on places i used to get chased off I ended up doing rabbiting and pigeon shooting helping a mate who ran a shoot that included areas where I had been chased off in my teens. What goes round comes round as they say.
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There are plenty of people willing to pay for pigeon shooting. In the north of England there is some sort of club, syndicate or similar whereby shooters pay the guy who runs it to be able to shoot pigeons on the land he has obtained permission for. And one of my relatives who had shot rabbits on land in Scotland for years was asked not to come any more as the farmer had been offered payment by somebody who was selling rabbits to butchers. It isn't always black and white.
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But you could equally argue that applies to pigeon shooting and rabbit clearance. Even ratting. There will always be middle ground. I used to help a mate who ran a shoot and that involved shooting pigeons on the land. The farmer kept telling me how he could charge fifty quid a day for pigeon shooting and I got it for nothing. So one day I packed my gear up and told him to get someone else in. If he could get somebody to pay fifty quid to sit out in the cold all day usually with the chance of five or six shots and come running ASAP whenever the field got hammered he was welcome. Later that
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Good questions. Moles can and do travel overland and that is how they get into walled gardens where the foundations are too deep to tunnel under. They can also swim and I have found them on small (100m x 20m) islands. I'm pretty sure that they don't navigate by sat-nav, but there are both random and logical patterns to mole tunnels. For example; a field that is ploughed, harrowed and drilled will invariably have mole hills all in straight lines, some going for over 100 metres. The reason is that where the tractor has driven the soil at around a foot deep in the tracks of the wheels is
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But you work at something else full time and do Pest control for beer money as you have said on other threads. You are exactly the type that is the problem. You are an idiot. He's certainly no idiot. But I can understand your point IF he is in competition with a full time pesty. And from the sound of it he isn't. If you are working full time at moling and you are good at it, you'll get repeat business and recommendations. Your customers won't book a part timer in summer and then come back to you in winter. They will stick with you. Your problem comes from those who start up, under
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That applies to me too. I'm not doing more than three days a week for nobody! Talking of such people I've just had a look at my Youtube page and there are two messages from someone who fits that description: one thanking me for the traps I didn't sell him, and a second one two days later (after receiving no response) to say he'd changed his mind and they were a pile of schite. No prizes for guessing who that is
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Phil, I don't know who is referring people to my video but rest assured there isn't enough content in it to equip someone with the knowledge for mole trapping. I deliberately did not include things like locating the active tunnels, etc. and just made it an introduction to using Putanges. The man purpose was that doing a video is easier than writing instructions that would have had to be included in every package. A picture is worth a thousand words, as they say.
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What he is saying is the pure knowledge is only part of the equation. It is the skill in applying it that makes a difference. For example; everyone knows that you put a trap in a mole tunnel. But how big is the hole? How do you tune a trap to get it to perform efficiently? How do you set it? How long do you leave it? What happens if the trap becomes clogged with soil? All that comes with experience. Not knowledge.
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Whilst I can agree with the philosophy of keeping the paying public ignorant Smithie has a point. I am as guilty as the next man of Googling a solution to problems to save paying a tradesman and I'll bet most of not all others on here are too. There will always be those who follow you around, picking up tips and then doing it themselves next time. Thankfully there will always be those who cannot bring themselves to kill a mole or who can't grasp the essential skills of the task. Or who would rather pay than spend time crawling about the garden. There will always be some work for mole
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Happy Christmas And A Merry New Year
Nicepix replied to Nicepix's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
"Two moles in my own garden",......?,....not sure about that one ? lol lol,....cause, according to an old 'moleman' i once knew, it would bring "bad luck", killing moles in your OWN garden ?,...ha ha,...(thats if you believe in superstition, of course !) It might have been more unlucky for the moles when you think about it. We are surrounded by fields and woods and yet they dare to come and set up home in my garden?
