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Happy this thread has been revived 👍
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In reply to Post #469
Love that first photo, Dave. 
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In reply to Post #467
Love the reflections and the way that far swims trees have been cropped rather than chopped 
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Nice 👍,
Sunrise from a few weeks ago:
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Not been a post here for a while...so I thought I'd oblige..great thread
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I’d forgotten how good it is nightfishing, my first night of the year (outside a weeks holiday)
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Last weeks TV out in France
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In reply to Post #462
81,682 wraps. Great photo
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In reply to Post #461
Well the rods were pointing towards the pot of gold, how could I not 
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In reply to Post #460
Impressive photo - hope you caught! 👍🎣
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In reply to Post #459
Thanks , glad you like it. My favourite place by some considerable margin.
Leicestershire/Northamptonshire border
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In reply to Post #458
Amazing, where is that?? 🌞
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New England reservoir during fall in a swim i cut out in the summer.
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In reply to Post #455
It says in post, boll@cks 
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In reply to Post #453
Cracking shot.......who can guess the rig? 🤔😛
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In reply to Post #453
That's a great shot 👌
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About to tickle the ******** out into the pond
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In reply to Post #451
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In reply to Post #449
A disorder often caused when eating too much white bread, when young.
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In reply to Post #449
Ahh, poor thing Godfreys obv spread 'the word' about soft touch in swim X 
Menaces and sympathy, what next 
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The old broken wing routine -
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Cold in that wind yesterday but what a way to spend a day, productive too! No. my ocd was o.k with those alarms
EDIT, love those shots Jamie
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Toronto Harbour - Never caught here but it's a great rod shot :D
St Lawrence River - Island in the middle of the river near Brockville owned by a family friend. Emptied a bucket of bait in the water off the rod tips & watched it get washed away within seconds - spent 2 days fishing singles.
Rouge River - Local river where the carp group up before spawning in the spring. Red sky color was due to wildfires in the north of the province. The fish are in here for a period of 6-8 weeks before migrating off elsewhere.
Lake Ontario - Toronto Park. Created the swim myself & had some of the best fishing I have ever experienced during the first year whilst using TCarpers garlic hemp method. Spot blew after 4 months & only did small fish since.
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Early year after the Baby Jesus had topped up the lake
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In reply to Post #427
Apologies for the boring question, but can I ask what size bank sticks you have at the front and how high they are extended, what size on the rear and the distance between front and back sticks?
Looking to get a pod made up that can fish tips high when needed, I know yours it is a Frankenpod but the geometry looks just about right.
TIA
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In reply to Post #440
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My weekends TV just gone, a small corner plot
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In reply to Post #439
Only 2 pegs were free on Wednesday when I arrived. Bit surprised midweek.
Target both, typically set up a couple of carp rods and another on pellet for the cats.
Beautiful lake.
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@ Braders & jeffire
Lakemore looking very intimate there, was it busy, you after Carp or Cats?
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Lakemore Crewe, Bridgeview, 5.30am this morning
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In reply to Post #434
My mates had worse looking birds than that ! Thats a beaut .
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In reply to Post #434
Long neck,webbed feet,beady eyes and looks a bit inbred,you should of named it Scozza
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In reply to Post #434
love him
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My. View for about 4 hours on Sundays day session was Godfrey the gangsta Goose trying to obtain baits by menaces…
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My view from a very blank weekend
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If I'd of remembered my flies this would have been my swim today..doh
The river Tiddy, complete with Tiddlers, if you can spot them!
I'll edit the pics smaller when I can
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In reply to Post #430
I had to look that up, no ref to you mate, more society as a whole, but there's some sad people about
It said that reason is why sales slumped and why we don't see it much anymore, such a pretty plant, what a shame because people care what others think, bonkers!
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In reply to Post #429
You know what they say about pampas grass..
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Gawsworth, that Pampas Grass is very pretty
Sandiway small lake
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The fish started spawning again at my local today as I arrived, so quick re-think, midst of Cheshire day ticket and it was HOT!
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In reply to Post #414
Didn't have them very long the bail arms used to pop out of the plastic housing all the time on mine or the little plastic square washer on the reel handle screws would give up after no time and the handles would wobble.
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Roach Pit
Englefield Lagoon
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In reply to Post #420
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In reply to Post #419
It can be any kind you want it to be with your eyes shut big boy 
Pssst, better keep it to ourselves though, if that Karlos gets wind, it won't just be the 1 shelf in his Caddy he'll be packing
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In reply to Post #417
What kind of dungeon is it 
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In reply to Post #402
Sway? Lovely shot
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In reply to Post #416
I wish, fancy a trip to the dungeon
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In reply to Post #415
Is that Vossy Towers on the left
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In reply to Post #413
Blame the picture Vossy failed miserably
I'm beyond redemption..lol
EDIT
Wrt the reels, I had an advantage
This is a pretty little place, due to size restrictions this pic won't do it justice but anyway
EDIT, Chalet lake 2014
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In reply to Post #413
The brass locking nuts makes it a black shadow pod so I claim my half a point extra.
Wrt the reels, I had an advantage
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In reply to Post #410
Blame the picture Vossy failed miserably
But Dave got the reels spot on (1 point) and Darren got the alarms (1 point), they can have half a point each for the pod, it was Gardner but I cant remember if it was the Shadow or Panther I liked the buzz bar brass locking nuts to extend them, from memory Bitech made a limited amount of the clear cased Vipers it was either 100 sets or 500 sets cant remember now.
You can go for venue and bobbins and maybe redeem yourself
11 acre lake below most of it the width of a canal.
free dnd dice
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Joncherry 2000
Meillant 2001
Val Dore 2002
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Biomasters. Bitech viper MK2 micros. Gardner Panther pod.
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In reply to Post #407
Throwing it back a bit so sorry for the scanned image, Circa 95/96 season here you go Vossy you can have a point if you can name the alarms another for the reels and a third for the pod.
Like it going to fail so badly  I'll blame the picture quality
Reels, maybe biomaster, pod no idea, Sundridge maybe, alarms...really hard to see, look quite square, maybe a optonic or early Neville, but that dome looks like a early micron.
Going to fail soo badly!
@406 I like those twinkle lights Gooner
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In reply to Post #407
Knuckleheads?
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In reply to Post #407
Shimano ultegra xt, those little German heads, Gardner pod, maybe black shadow?
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Throwing it back a bit so sorry for the scanned image, Circa 95/96 season here you go Vossy you can have a point if you can name the alarms another for the reels and a third for the pod.
4oz leads on 2.5lbtc Harrisons tightened right up to the leads fishing the edge of the pads off the dam wall.
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wright locke farm
My view from the swim back to the lodge in France earlier this year.. dont judge us as we didnt put the fairy lights up and you could turn all the lights off
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One shot from a few months back other last year
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In reply to Post #399
That looks lovely
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Sunset in the New Forrest 2005. I loved fishing that place, always said if I won the lotto I'd buy it, maybe one day...
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St Johns winter 2008
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In reply to Post #399
Thanks Cam, I tried a couple of times before giving up 🙂
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In reply to Post #390
I've resized your image David.
height="450" width="650"
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Some cracking pics being shared
Might need to check some of the sizes, think Karlos put a limit on it somewhere as it messes the display up.
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All 10 years ago +++
Sandhurst, CEMEX Social
Yateley Pads around 2010
Essex Park Lake
Not many swims where there's a London bus nearby....
Pads, Swans, Ice, Blanking....
Irish Loch
Lee Valley
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Snaggy quarry.
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Fen
Thames
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In reply to Post #393
Like this one, no editing just a newer phone
You can tell I do a lot of Blanking.
check duplicate online
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In reply to Post #386
Love these shots, have a really old feel to them. The kind that really makes you want to get out on the bank. I find the modern style of photography, bright, over saturated, looks lovely, but just doesn't evoke that fire within like the older shots used to.
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Couple of years ago now - iPhone no editing but sometimes a photo captures what you see
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In reply to Post #389
I can't believe how long it's been dormant, with you on the tarty tackle thread, I wonder if any Keith @ Defiant MPS new Totti range will take my fancy
@carpstar40, great shots, no fishing scenes etched on your kettle, loses a point for that only joking
Undecided on your handles, at least they're not folded..that would have been a point off, but they are all in the same position, 1/2 point off maybe...hmm
Edit, imagine the contradiction between old skool marking of pictures and new gen
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Message Suppressed by Forum Moderator.
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Thanks for reviving the thread Vossy. Would be great if the tarty tackle thread made a comeback too.
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In reply to Post #387
https://imgbb.com/
Simple to use upload photo press drop down on embedded codes then click HTMP full linked in the right hand corner hit copy come back to CF and paste and submit.
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In reply to Post #386
Oooh, nice. I need to get the ability to upload pics. Took one the other day I thought looked OK
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Bringing this old thread back to life, can't believe it's been that long since it's been posted on!
Edit, still some great pics in this thread, should be a sticky.
This will always brighten my day up when out fishing
Shortly after this 1 kept pecking the bobbin, alarm would bleep, startle it, it'd run off a bit then return repeat.
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In reply to Post #379
Lovely shots but not getting me in the mood for winter nights .
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In reply to Post #380
Thats summer here in scotland !!
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In reply to Post #379
Proper chilly scene that, makes me cold just looking at it
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In reply to Post #379
Kin stroll on Martin - that looks cold!
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In reply to Post #378
been a while since nights could be done so mere are some from 2018
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In reply to Post #377
Love kingfisher a flash of Azure and orange low over the lake is the normal view. If you get a close up it's special. I've seen one catchng fish up close a few times. I'm a fisherman who goes fishing for more than just catching fish. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
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I was recommended to put this here.
This little fellow visited me every day for four days and perched on the rods.
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In reply to Post #373
My lips are sealed, been there, done it, albeit not for the carp 
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Winter sunshine
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Some great shots lads . I need to get out after looking at these .
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In reply to Post #372
I thought I'd get away with that in the mist
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In reply to Post #369
great venue
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More winter shots from a few years ago at the Château Lake (Boathouse swim).
Happy daze...
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Keeping the chilly theme going
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In reply to Post #365
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In reply to Post #365
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In reply to Post #364
Do you still miss him ?
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In reply to Post #360
lovely picture
frosty and cold.... reminds me of my ex
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In reply to Post #362
Some lovely shots on here. Perfect time of year for those crisp sunrises and pastel skies.
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I'm off work sick as a dog and really enjoyed looking through all these awesome pics,thanks guys 
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Some cracking pictures lads
I like looking in these types of threads, just makes me want to go fishing
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In reply to Post #359
Last weeks view frosty and cold @ etang la saussaie
 
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In reply to Post #358
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In reply to Post #356
Nice.
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In reply to Post #352
Superb.
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In reply to Post #352
Nice
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Thats fantastic , would make a great book cover.
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In reply to Post #348
Love that. Crawling with atmosphere
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In reply to Post #348
Nice one
Looks like a chilly one
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In reply to Post #348
Very nice .
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In reply to Post #347
Quite pleased with this image; in France on a misty morning.
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In reply to Post #342
Not a Fleurette in sight
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In reply to Post #344
Nope.
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In reply to Post #342
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In reply to Post #336
Looks like it’s perfect for all these low shelters 
Proper tramping that, sleeping on a bench
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In reply to Post #334
What's the rod limit on that water?
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In reply to Post #335
Its the new Urban Nash Park Bench for the mobile angler
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In reply to Post #334
Wtf - is that a park bench in your swim?
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Blanking again
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In reply to Post #1
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Very nice 😎 Have u got a filter on that essex?
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Still blanking, nice sunset though
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In reply to Post #329
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Very nice everyone
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Loving the dusk/dawn shots
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A few from the past few months.
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In reply to Post #318
very nice .
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In reply to Post #318
So much so I posted it twice
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In reply to Post #318
Lovely that mate
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In reply to Post #311
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In reply to Post #318
Nice
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In reply to Post #313
Very nice .
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In reply to Post #315
How do you put pics on here
pics need to be on a hosting site and then a link to this forum.
an easy way is make yourself a secret group etc on facebook, post pic there, and then copy image location
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How do you put pics on here
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In reply to Post #313
Nice pictures
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In reply to Post #255
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In reply to Post #307
Bet Jim would like to be on there
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In reply to Post #306
I can see you take your inspiration from Mr Shelley when it comes to rod support Martin. Although he does normally squeeze a 5th in.
couldn't be bothered to take the rear grips off the 3 rod bars
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In reply to Post #303
I can see you take your inspiration from Mr Shelley when it comes to rod support Martin. Although he does normally squeeze a 5th in.
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In reply to Post #300
Nice pic
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First session on my new water
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In reply to Post #302
one quickly from this morning
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In reply to Post #300
Wow very nice indeed...
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In reply to Post #300
Stunning
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First time out this year Glorious
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In reply to Post #296
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In reply to Post #295
Australia?
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In reply to Post #293
Morocco by any chance? Wouldn't fancy it in heavy rain and all that orange mud, but would rather be there
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In reply to Post #286
even if it would make me very sick
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In reply to Post #286
Josh, have a great time out there, and don't leave a 'wake of broken tackle'
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In reply to Post #286
I’m not jealous
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In reply to Post #282
Nice
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In reply to Post #282
Jesus you are keen !!
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In reply to Post #282
Good god How was the condensation, and does it have a front...if not
Really need a hats of emoji on the forum.
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In reply to Post #280
Friday just gone, then it all went Pete Tong
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In reply to Post #1
Great Photo's
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Lovely shots on here
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In reply to Post #277
Hmmm not sure why they're so pixelated
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In reply to Post #275
It wasn't quite crowded house '4 seasons in one day' but definitely 3. Sunburn swiftly turned to frostbite.
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In reply to Post #275
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In reply to Post #274
couple from today
this was shorts and tee shirt weather about 2pm
this was a couple of hrs later after the wind turned about 160 degrees
Gave it up as a bad job although from 3 am we could have had some more snow shots
coupled with a bad back and reversing over a cadac safari chef to keep the roadway clear for the abundance of other anglers !!!!!!
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In reply to Post #273
The holy grail for some, a trophy shot in the snow
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In reply to Post #271
How are people still out on this 
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In reply to Post #271
Great pics, would only look better with a trophy shot
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In reply to Post #270
we did have a little snow overnight
Admittedly i did have the wrap on the tempest but as a testament to the morpheus 7 sleeping bag it was sooo warm
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In reply to Post #269
Nutter
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In reply to Post #266
Lovely mate, as usual
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In reply to Post #266
Cracking picture ,
Your mad lol
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Beautiful sunsets Saturday and Sunday evening this weekend , bit chilly though 
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In reply to Post #263
once setting up, once packing down ?
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In reply to Post #262
I only had to walk on it twice.....
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In reply to Post #261
Great picture but that slim jetty in Icey conditions recipe for disaster
Michael
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It was beautiful but baltic
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In reply to Post #255
Nice
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In reply to Post #255
Cracking shot
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In reply to Post #255
Nice shot
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In reply to Post #255
Beautiful mate
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In reply to Post #254
Some corkers in here guys/gals... keeping the fire burning when everything is screaming to stay at home in the warm!
Here’s one from me a couple of weeks ago... half the lake had frozen overnight.
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In reply to Post #247
Respect to you mate,I couldn't brave that anymore.
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Absolutely stunning!! It really is beautiful to look at. One of many reasons why I'm getting back in fishing
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In reply to Post #251
Some great shots guys .
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One from last week
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In reply to Post #249
If I didn’t do carp fishing then some of these pictures would make me take it up.
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In reply to Post #247
Winter wonderland, superb mate. The brolley and sides is nostalgia
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Anyone else out this weekend?
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In reply to Post #245
Cracking shot that bud
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In reply to Post #242
That’s real nice
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In reply to Post #242
That's wicked, like that
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From a couple of weeks ago.
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In reply to Post #240
Nice Tom .
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Not been carp fishing since getting back from France end of October and am sat here glugging all my left over bait for the year before it goes in the freezer & watching a bit of YouTube like a proper nuffy, so here's another...
Not amazing but was sat there with a beer, some nice pate and smoked duck - perfect! Always brings a smile - what it's all about.
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Some real great photos there guys.
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In reply to Post #232
Superb!
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In reply to Post #235
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just the one bleep from a robin..
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In reply to Post #232
That's a cracking shot
Here's another one, keen eyed among you may recognise it from Shaun Harrison's collection - same scene, same time but this one from my camera with no filtering;
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In reply to Post #232
Cracker
Makes me want to stay inside in the warm
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In reply to Post #232
V. nice!
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In reply to Post #230
Yes, no filters . Didn't fancy going all BEO on it, but that tree would look lovely in Orange 
(That's just a little joke in ref to the other thread, not trying to offend - I'd love to fish there, looks stunning)
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In reply to Post #220
Cracking pic tom, just out of curiosity what settings did you have your camera on.
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In reply to Post #220
Nice shots Tom .
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In reply to Post #225
Good to hear mate
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In reply to Post #223
Don't many of the grayling/trout beats run through keepered ground ?
If so, theres your answer lol
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In reply to Post #222
No idea mate to be honest. I was always under the impression that the flat bottom and the lack of depth in chalk streams put them off a bit? Might be talking crap though.
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In reply to Post #220
Lovely mate, i hate to mention it but, has any of the furry things been spotted anywhere near?
Hope not
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In reply to Post #220
Very nice
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In reply to Post #219
One of mine from today, pretty similar to Josh's
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In reply to Post #218
Sounds great , never did get round to fishing for Grayling back in my speci days ,
Well done guys
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In reply to Post #216
Haha
Great day out, last fish being a 1lb 4oz Grayling. Can't believe there was only one other guy on the whole stretch!
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In reply to Post #211
Very nice Josh , you two could have dressed for the part though , some nice plus 4s and jacket rather than urban carp
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In reply to Post #214
Well i hope you both have a few more mate, be nice if one of you latched into that pike.
Tight lines chaps
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In reply to Post #211
Wow mate! How beautiful is that?
A trout and a beautiful grayling to boot, awesome!
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In reply to Post #210
Lovely mate, looks a bit manic!
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From last week
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In reply to Post #206
Ooh yeah! Lovely!
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In reply to Post #207
Cheers fella 👍
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In reply to Post #206
Stunning pic
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In reply to Post #198
Very nice picture mate
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Very nice
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Superb .
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Not been to redesmere for years, would love to go back sometime. Never really made the most of it when I had a full ticket.
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Sorry mate i thought it was is it redesmere
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In reply to Post #196
It's not mate, no! PA water in Mac
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In reply to Post #195
Boundary?
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In reply to Post #1
Don't mind blanking some days when nature puts on a show for you. Absolutely my favorite time of the year...everything looks amazing and lakes quieting down.
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In reply to Post #193
There were huge beds of it on the wandle, but it seems to have calmed down in the last couple of years.
I think because of the flood risk to a very built up area the ea have to keep it in check, plus lots of anglers clearing swims regularly has stopped it getting as dense as it was.
Trouble is, any cuttings left to flow down the river will get stuck somewhere and take hold until the whole river is infested.
On the plus side, it seemed to create a bumper year or two for the roach population, and the cormorant population looks lower in the last couple of years
I tried to do a time lapse video a couple of years back to show how fast it grew but someone nicked the camera 
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Just seen how bad it’s got on the Colne, after reading up on it more, after reading this thread. It really is bloody awful stuff isn’t it?
I don’t ever remember it being that bad before?
So, obviously the authorities are trying to deal with it?
The rivers and waterways, used to be ticking along nicely, a good stock of mostly healthy fish, and other bird and wildlife.
Now the otters have, or are, decimating all the fish, and much of the birdlife, and protected voles and other protected species. Then there’s the ongoing problem, with certain nationalities, stealing or hunting our coarse fish for the table, despite for a long time now, being aware that it’s illegal to do so?
Then if there are any decent stretches left, that hold enough stock, to make it viable for an angler to fish, he or she, could well find that it’s covered in Pennywort?
It’s a nightmare for anglers, especially boat anglers, and also a concern for boat traffic. I would also imagine, this stuff has a detrimental effect on various types of wildlife, as it leaves nesting animals with no security?
All these problems are real, and they’re going on as we speak, yet whenever the EA or other authorities are alerted to these and other issuses, they usually reply that they have neither the funds or manpower to deal with such things. Obviously this makes it hard for anglers to accept, especially when we’re paying in licence, and other fees, to try and safeguard our fishing??
So, as usual, it’s all about the money, or lack of it, and so to rub a lot of salt into a big wound, they decide to smack a railway right through the country, ruining lots of lakes, rivers, canals and beautiful countryside, which is costing billions, and was already well over budget by time it had started???
It will absolutely slaughter parts of the Colne Valley, including the most beautiful spots, that were otherwise ubspoilt for years, and also many, many other pretty, and up until now, protected parts of our little country. And for what? Just so people can get too, and from London and Birmingham fifteen minutes quicker???
Or, is it because we’re way over crowded, and they believe people will ditch their cars and take the train?
It’s no good to me, or my job, there are no stops, it’s just London to Birmingham and vice versa. Where does the money come from China?
Surely, these kind of things should be voted on?
Anyway, it’s all getting ruined and quite quickly round here 
Dean, Nick and Roman, I’ve been to Cambridge, Peterborough, and The Fens etc, quite a bit years ago, as i had some family there at one time, and done a bit of fishing, including the Fens.
It’s been a while but, i always remember it being a really beautiful and unique place. Is it still like that, or have they ruined it too?
I remember when i first saw the Fens, it freaked me out a bit, all the vast amount of (flat) land and surroundings. I found it a bit spooky but, was drawn to it, if that makes sense?
I caught my first ever Zander there, and often, some nice pike.
I hope it’s as unspoilt as i remember it, apart from the ****ty Pennywort?
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In reply to Post #191
It's ruined so many stretches of the Colne  . There's miles of river where you can barely see any water.
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In reply to Post #190
Not this stuff unfortunately. It'll keep growing (up to 20cm a day) unimpeded. Removing it does help but it can regrow from a tiny fragment.
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In reply to Post #188
Suppose it goes in cycles, i think i read somewhere, 7 years, then it goes for a while?
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In reply to Post #187
What a bloody nightmare, looks like an overgrown lawn!
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In reply to Post #186
Been bad last couple of years
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In reply to Post #186
Been bad this year mate, got to be careful if out and about in the boat as it doesn't get on very well with props and shear pins
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In reply to Post #182
Do the Fens suffer with it?
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In reply to Post #181
Very nice all the same
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In reply to Post #183
That’s Bottisham lower
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In reply to Post #182
They took loads out last year, was meant to solve the problem.
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In reply to Post #178
Ely has been full of it
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In reply to Post #180
Not this time, Canon 550d. Nothing special. Right place, right time
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In reply to Post #176
#175 and #176 superb Nick
What camera mate, please don’t say a smart phone?
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In reply to Post #170
Lovely Martin, is that a snide, or were there two you, or does the rules allow?
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In reply to Post #177
Hate the stuff, ruined many a session on the river for me this year. Having all 3 rids wiped out at 3am by a floating raft of pennywort the size of Wales is never fun!
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Invasive species
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In reply to Post #170
Just doing a quick rod count there Martin... I've heard one of the bailiffs is a right stickler for the rules
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This was always a good thread. Glad it's back
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In reply to Post #170
That’s a good picture for a phone,nice.
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In reply to Post #165
Very nice Josh
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In reply to Post #168
dont forget 500 width guys
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In reply to Post #161
Nice
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In reply to Post #165
Lovely mate, quite moody
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In reply to Post #161
Some great shots lads.
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In reply to Post #159
Nice one captain
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In reply to Post #157
I like that
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In reply to Post #155
No that's where fox test their bivvys
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In reply to Post #151
Your brave fishing in injan country ,Sioux ?
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In reply to Post #128
And our lass wonders why I go :-
Sunrise on Vaumigny September 2017
BOF
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Could be an English estate lake but it's actually in France. A truly magical place.
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A bit different (top right), bloody cold yesterday morn!
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In reply to Post #148
Yep. Has he warned you that there's no fish in there?
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In reply to Post #146
Really?
Amazing Nick
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In reply to Post #145
Thanks, quite pleased seeing as it was just a snap with my phone.
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In reply to Post #142
Spectacular pic mate, should be on the cover of a magazine well done.
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In reply to Post #142
Yes, absolutely superb!, and another photo that makes you yearn to go and fish!
Lovely mate
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In reply to Post #142
Superb .
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In reply to Post #139
Nice pic Scott stunning mate.
Brent
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In reply to Post #138
Cheers Skear.
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In reply to Post #137
Beautiful mate
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In reply to Post #132
Agree, very nice
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In reply to Post #128
Blimey mate, that is beautiful!
I would never tire of looking across there
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In reply to Post #128
That's something els mate
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In reply to Post #128
That looks stunning mate
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In reply to Post #130
Very nice mate
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In reply to Post #129
Yes mate
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In reply to Post #128
Is that your Cambs place Scott?
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In reply to Post #126
Last wknd
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In reply to Post #125
Very nice mate👍🏻 Is that tonight?
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105 acres of pure bliss......if you don't count the swans, boats, skiing and joe public......
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In reply to Post #120
Gigny-sur-Saône
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In reply to Post #118
Where was this picture taken?
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In reply to Post #118
that's odd 
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Managed to keep this critter away from the floating brioche. But banked another mallard..:(
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First time in 9 years I've fished and used this alarm, still worked too!
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In reply to Post #112
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In reply to Post #112
Someone's on form today
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In reply to Post #110
It's not a long boat it's a barge, can you see a Viking on it ?
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In reply to Post #110
On the Seine
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In reply to Post #109
Where was the picture with the long boat taken?
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In reply to Post #108
She said ,cheeky begger
Not as atmospheric as some the great pictures below , but to get an idea of the size of these barges , this one was 70/80 yards long , and I reckon the load was the equivalent to 25+ lorry loads .
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In reply to Post #103
Still sending the missus out to bait up I see Paul
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In reply to Post #105
Oooh! I like that, a lot! 
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In reply to Post #104
Lovely Paul
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In reply to Post #1
First time I've looked at this thread.
Got to say these pics are amazing.
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In reply to Post #100
Looks like it's going to piss down. Makes me glad I'm indoors, only just got up and having my first cup of tea
Nice pic though
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In reply to Post #98
I like that, it's made me want to go and get my gear out, and get over a lake somewhere
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In reply to Post #97
Photobucket is so last season.
Get on imgBB.
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 Photobucket
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In reply to Post #93
Lovely, filter, or natural?
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In reply to Post #87
I'm sure i know this place? Anyway, nice atmophere
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In reply to Post #93
Nice
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In reply to Post #90
Chasing ghosts
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In reply to Post #88
one from friday night
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In reply to Post #84
Think yourself lucky mate, i'm ripping my bathroom out!
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In reply to Post #83
yeah Steve, I'm doing an overnighter tomorrow but the weather will not be so kind, hope I blank again I can stay in the bivvy and finish reading " A Romp with carp"
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In reply to Post #82
Lovely pics chaps, David, the top one is, one of those photos that makes you want to go fishing
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bottom lake, Woodbury, Devon
and for those who like sunsets....
view from my front door.
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Last week in France.
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A while ago, old Fox remote system, think it was from my son's bivvy?
A spooky lake, well it is to me, is home to a few turtles amongst other things.
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In reply to Post #77
Keep the old YAVAS pictures coming please fellas. I just read the chronicles again and can't get enough... love the place!
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In reply to Post #76
North Bay Pads, Tony...
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In reply to Post #73
Looks like the view from the rose bush ken
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In reply to Post #74
No swan, SA.......???????
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In reply to Post #73
No name.
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In reply to Post #71
Neither are Savay, all my Savay pictures are 30 odd years old!
As is the one below (30 y.o)...Can you name it...or perhaps Yavas or Skear? That's Speedy Bill in the pic by the way.
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In reply to Post #71
Thought it might be the North Bay by the marginal rushes:
BTW, that brolly looks to be at least 30 years old...
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In reply to Post #70
Neither are Savay, all my Savay pictures are 30 odd years old!
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In reply to Post #68
Is the top one 'Regans' in the North Bay?
Don't know the lower one. Don't think it's Savs.
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In reply to Post #68
Both pics look familiar, especially the bottom one
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In reply to Post #66
Brilliant
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In reply to Post #65
Haha! Yeah i had my first proper carp landing net made, one of the blokes i worked with, who themselves were very hardcore. I could definitely write a book about my time with those two, anyway, one of them got my net made. He brought it into work, and i started laughing when i saw it. I wasn't laughing when he told me how much i owed the bloke though!
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Hardcore, you know the score
First ever carp angler I came across was fishing a very large expanse of water at the time. Thought he was a tramp at first, his bivvy was a sheet of tarpaulin tied to a fence, we **** ourselves when he crawled out
Nothing but respect from a fishing perspective for those who were in at the start, pioneers of this fantastic pastime
Remember seeing my first large landing net WTF - shark
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In reply to Post #63
Crazy eh?
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In reply to Post #62
When my mate was a kid he used to get paid to swim out and drop rigs by hand on peoples spots. He only did it in the summer though.
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In the 80's i was doing a bit on a 50 acre pit, and there was a guy on there that was very hardcore, without even realising it.
He was very unorthodox to say the least, a real fascinating bloke, very secretive but, never interfered in anybody's fishing. One October afternoon i was having a look round, and saw something in almost the middle of the lake? I eventually got the bins out, and saw it was somebody swimming? As i walked along the bank, this bloke was swimming back towards the bank. As he got closer, i could see he had water wings on!
I walked a bit further, and got to a swim, and nobody around but a couple of rods in the reeds, and bit of kit.
Next thing this guy appears on the bank, with trunks and water wings, a catapult and a net. It was the hardcore bloke, i won't say his name, as he won't thank me for it, if he's reading this. Anyway, he wasn't by admission much of a caster.
So, he used to swim out with his rigs, drop them, then get the net bag which held his bait, and with the help of the wings to keep bouyant, would bait up. If he was near weed, he would get clear, and use the catapult.
So really, he was acting like a human bait boat, or it was the poor mans equivelant, or rowing out your baits
Braver man than me, swimming into the middle of a big pit, just before dark, in October!
I got to know him well, he did some crazy things, he had a few out of that water though. Not many did
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In reply to Post #59
Exacltey, that's when carp fishing was purely carpfishing not the overhyped commercial bollox that it is today
Brilliant pics by the way
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In reply to Post #59
Very true .. I disticly remember him diving down and coming up with a big pebble in his hand saying he found the spot and shouting something about John Holt who found the spot and caught from it. .. fantastic times .
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In reply to Post #54
No fish finders or gadgets in those days!
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In reply to Post #55
That's the one
![The-Carp-Strikes-Back-[1]-8931-p](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4378/36581594431_a21cbbc068.jpg)
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In reply to Post #47
Hutchy's swim on the road bank (photo on the back of the Carp Strikes Back).
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This pic was taken while i was fishing the "bar swim" on Longfield (fox pool ) i was minding my own buiseness , when two anglers" Ian Booker" and" Nod"(never did know his real name ) came swimming through my swim after a afternoon session in the Feathers in wraysbury , Ian can be seen in the water about 30yds out he was diving down to try to find a spot where fish had been caught on in the past and thats Nod casting to it with my rod , who was i to stop two drunk legends helping me out ...photo must have been taken around 1988/9 ..
Note the cardinal 55 reel
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'Liking' posts 39 onwards.
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In reply to Post #51
Looks like the logs to me, to be fair though, at that time of year the logs and the reeds look similar.
One year, our rota had the first week, there were a good few down, i got a bad draw, second from last. Earlier when walking around, i saw a few fish in front of the Gravelly, the Logs and the Reeds. Also a few in front of the Roach.
Didn't see much in the North bay though, they were along the canal, and round into the channel.
So, the canal is sewn up apart from the Logs, and Reagans is left in the North bay. Bit of a dilema, as when fish showed in the North bay, often they weren't having it, and when you didn't see them, some said that was the time to fish it. Certainly was always like that for me.
So, Logs where i'd seen some but, a lot of lines out, or a nice quiet one in the North bay? I took the Logs, and i think it was Nigel Bryant who was last, and went in Reagans. Oh well, the social looked promising.
I was actually first off the mark with a 15lb stocky, a Savay carp is a Savay carp right?
Hour later, i'm away again, 9lb common, well at least the bait was good Bruce Ashby iin the Roach, he's off the mark with a 28lb mirror. Then i think Magoo Roger Hawkins has an upper twenty, somebody, might have been Mark Lawson has a 30 out of the Sluices.
I have another, 15lb mirror, i'm secretly getting a bit worried now. Over the next few days, Bruce is canning the Roach, think he'd had severn now? I'm having a cup of tea, left rod close in is away, this feels better, it was, an 18lb common 
To make matters worse, in the morning, i walk back to the car park, Nigel in Reagans has had a 31 and a 27, you should of gone in here he says
That same afternoon, i had another chance, this was definitley more like it, not wishful thinking, this was a more "usual" Savay carp. I saw it roll a couple of rod lengths out, lovely i'm thinking to myself, when the lead flew over my shoulder. 
I was properly pissed off now, and as there were a few swims vacant, i was going to move for my last three nights but, there were still fish showing in front of me. So i decided one more night.
Four in the morning, and i'm away again, 11lb common. I rarely get the hump when fishing, especially at Savay but, i was so fed up. Maybe if i'd never fished it before, or i'd never caught from there before, it wouldn't have been so bad? But, i'd had enough, a couple of hours later i packed up. I think it was Pete, or John Harry, said i don't think anybody's ever done that before here, five carp out, all under 20? Thing is, later in the season i repeated it, i was in Maylins, and i think i had 8 fish in two days, all under 20?
What was weird was in between these two sessions, i'd had bigger fish, and i wasn't the only one using this particular bait? It, luckily never happened again, well i never caught another under 20.
So, although, i liked the Logs, it was unkind to me that week.
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In reply to Post #50
Go ahead, I think you're allowed off topic in this thread, just don't mention parking in disabled bays, speeding or rule breakers
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In reply to Post #42
I have a frustrating story about it mate but, didn't want to go off topic again.
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In reply to Post #47
The gap on the road bank
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In reply to Post #47
Road bay ?
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In reply to Post #46
My personal best moment in fishing is catching a 26lb mirror from The Gravelly in 89 aged 16 on a day ticket
No prizes for guessing this swim!
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Think your right secret. The bush to the right is the old little bonfire swim I reckon,which became swallowed up by the reeds swim.To your left would be the gravelly.
I was fishing the gravelly one winter and noticed literally two bubbles appear in the logs next door.
I caught a few from that spot over the following winter thanks to that single clue.😎
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Logs I think, 1 to the right of Gravelly (from memory so may be wrong!)
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In reply to Post #43
Gravelly - Reeds ?
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In reply to Post #41
Not got a story about that swim Steve? I was expecting one of your tales of days gone by
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In reply to Post #40
Nice bit of old school, used to love monkey climbers
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In reply to Post #35
Same as that! If it wasn't for scenics my camera would be pretty much unused..
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In reply to Post #37
I think they're aliens from outer space, I'm out every night with a torch cut em in half and throw them over the hedge in the field, horrible things
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KING SLUG !!!
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In reply to Post #35
Lol same as that .
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In reply to Post #32
Gotta love a scenic shot it usually means I'm blanking like a good un, I have an album full. 
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In reply to Post #33
I went last night, bugger all but a good nights sleep, now sat in my office!
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In reply to Post #32
Nice, makes you want to get out and go, eh mate?
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Morning!
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In reply to Post #29
Nice mate
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In reply to Post #29
Lovely mate
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In reply to Post #25
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In reply to Post #25
Ooh mate, lovely pics, the place looks familiar
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In reply to Post #25
Very nice
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In reply to Post #22
nice
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In reply to Post #22
That looks gorgeous
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In reply to Post #18
Fair play mate, very good.
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In reply to Post #18
For a phone that's a cracking shot
After you have put the link in enter
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it will reduce the width
These pictures just make me wanna go fishing 
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In reply to Post #16
Lovely mate, Gopro?
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In reply to Post #14
Lovely mate, i will get some sorted, many will have to be scanned though
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In reply to Post #11
Nice Steve, interested to see your scenics, especially CV ones.
A couple more:
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In reply to Post #12
Very hit and miss with the bass mate, if they're about, you can usually nick one or two on spinners etc.
Around about this time of year, they're often fairly close in. We normally do ok, amongst the rocks etc, a couple of years ago, we were weaving spinners and lures through rocky areas, and did well.
I found evenings good, or very early morning, a bit like carp fishing. Often if i'm away, i might take a couple of light carp rods etc, and use one for bass spinning. You can have them further out with a beach caster etc.
One thing i would say, use a proper salt water reel, or a cheapy freshwater reel, as i've buggered a few using them in the brine
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In reply to Post #11
Stunning photos! Sorry lads off topic, but did you manage to catch any bass Steve? I'm off bass fishing next weekend can't bloody wait Haven't been in just under a year.
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In reply to Post #10
When i get a chance, i'll dig some out, i like this one, it was a water i fished for two seasons, without seeing another angler! Lovely!
Not carp fishing and not great quality but it was my swim, spinning for bass in Cornwall
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Anyone else have any nice pictures to share? 
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In reply to Post #6
Hope he not been trying to have throttle w@nk from the tree?
Sorry, I will get my coat
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In reply to Post #6
strange, can't say I even noticed it until you mentioned it! not a rig in the tree though.
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In reply to Post #1
Pic 2, hope that's not your rig hanging from the tree? It looks like a chain!
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Like a good sunset, just nice to be there
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In reply to Post #2
1/3
middle point
not the big lake
causeway 2nd gate
I'm not fishing there anymore
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These threads used to be popular but seem to have disappeared so I've started a new one
Post your scenics here
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