In reply to Post #23
It weighed a tonne compared to the Argos camp beds - built like a brick ****house.

Much better than the Argos ones though - you were higher off the ground and the adjustable legs dealt with sloping banks.

Pity I didn't have the next great fishing innovation 10 years early to help me carry it - a bloody barrow !

In reply to Post #50
... I especially liked his answer to the customer who said they could beat the discount Ricci offered him - summed up the value of a Tackle Shop to a tee ...

In reply to Post #8
For one thing, SHB's are designed to be able to be stored for a while, and for another, I'd be surprised if there on the shelf for more than a week in any of the shops ...

In reply to Post #9
Yes - it does.

Same functions, half the price.

Pay 60 quid to get it in green ???

In reply to Post #9
Used to be deadly when my mate used it back in the day (80's).

It cost 11 quid a kilo for the base mix in 1987 !

Forgot who produces it now ...

In reply to Post #18
Which was why I used a 50m tape and ran that out every time first 'cos of sneaky *******s like you

In reply to Post #15
Carpageddon is a phrase that Australians use to describe to final eradication of Carp from Australia altogether. Not sure it was the name of the event held in Canberra.

There have been plans to release the KHV virus on the cards for about 10 years, but it has yet to happen.

There is no doubt that overall, the species causes damage throughout Australia. The environment is conducive to rapid spread, in much the same way that other species have also spread (Cane Toads, Rabbits, Foxes, Ferrel Cats, Wild Pigs, Goats, Camels, Horses ...).

Applying the UK moral point of view on catch and return of what is literally an invasive species doesn't work when it comes to argue the point with the local population or law enforcement agencies.

Keep it to yourself ...

In reply to Post #10
Been in Sydney for 28 years and lived not far from there in the City Centre near Hyde Park.

Never saw any Carp at all in the lakes in Centennial Park but then I didn't spend that much time looking.

Saw plenty caught out of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra at the annual carp catching event they used to hold there every year. The day before, large skips were dropped around the lake at various points and everything caught went into them to be taken away to be turned into fertilizer.

Most fish caught were in single figures. Not sure if the event is still held these days.

The bats, or Flying Foxes, have a wingspan about 3 feet or so. There used to a colony of a few thousand that roosted in the Botanic Gardens which would have been where the one you saw came from, and there is another colony near where I live now in the Northern suburbs. Big *******s, but they only eat fruit ...

In reply to Post #7
You don't mean Centenial Park do you between Paddington and Bondi Junction ?

There are actually 4 of them.

I managed to buy volumes I, II & III more than 10 years ago when they were available at the original asking price. All of them a great read and appealing to my style of angling.

Additionally, a few years ago, I also purchased the new Vol IV of the journal that was released as a hardback - another good read.

Just need to acquire Gaz's new book "Adrift" now ...