In reply to Post #1
Hi mate, Did you end up going to Janine?

In reply to Post #4
That's what I said to him mate, 3 nights for £130ish if you have 6 of you at a weekend with the chance of a 60 with just your group fishing seems good value to me, the little bit extra than you'd pay at a day ticket is worth it to not have to worry about any idiots pitching up opposite or next to you😁

Morning gents,

A good friend of mine has been running a water in Hampshire for the past 10yrs that's has been kept under the radar. He has now opened it up for exclusive use from April to October, it is gin clear and has some stunning fish in with lots of 30s some 40s but the jewel is a fully scaled mirror that was last out in November at over 59lb, this fish is only 12yrs old and is just one of those freak fish that just seems to keep stacking on the weight, it could quite easily become the Hampshire record fish this year, please take a look at the website which went live on Monday:

http://www.themanorcarpfishery.com/

Cheers
Dean

In reply to Post #216
This is a very good thread with excellent information as anglers we are at increased risk of catching weils disease but also we should also be aware of lyme's disease which can have very bad side effects and I believe can lay dormant in your system for many years it is caught via the bite of a tick and only about 50% of infected bites show the Bullseye Rash which is a sign of the disease.

I was lucky in that when I was bitten whilst in France last May 09 that about 3 months after I noticed a red rash had appeared on my leg nothing strange in that you may think, except that the rash was a perfect circle about 40mm thick like the outer ring of a bullseye and it was lucky that, that evening whilst reading through threads on this site that a thread mentioned the bullseye rash in conection with lymes disease, it was then I did a search on it on the net and must admit to being very worried after reading what it can do to you, another problem is that very few gp's are lyme literate I actually told my gp what I thought it was so he took blood samples and then had to look up the prescribed treatment to give me. As it turned out 2 weeks anti-biotics are all thats required. So please all make sure that if you do get a tick please make sure you remove it fully and also check the symptoms online as it really is another nasty disease we are at risk from but luckily not as common as most.

Stay safe Dean

In reply to Post #1000
Some excellent pics on here

I am new to photography and have just purchased a canon eos dslr, with a efs 18-55mm lens the query I have is that my dad has an old canon slr with quite a few exspensive lenses that he no longer uses so if I were to purchase an fd to ef mount for my camera( i know they are hard to come by but have found one!) is the picture quality noticably reduced by using fd lenses rather than ef ones, I am only looking to use the camera for capture shots and family hols etc although I would like to get more into the scenic shots etc. I would love to be able to justify buying a decent macro lens but im sure the wife would not be too impressed and dont want to rock the boat as Ive only just got the pass for a once a year trip to France ( happy days).

Thanks in advance for your knowledge