For spodding why not a cheap chinese braid in 50lb ish from ebay?

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so does that mean you can cast 70 yards with the scope

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I look back to over 50 years of fishing and 45 years of drinking beer

Could have been retired and fishing loads if i hadn't wasted all that money on beer

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cast sideways and play fish with rod tip just above surface water.

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I am the same, being a big lad, 6ft 4 handling a 13 or 14ft rod is relatively easy. However, when fishing for pike in Scotland I got 2 Dave Lumb loch tamers 10ft 3.5lb. Needed these to wade out under trees to cast, and no you can't kneel down to cast when water is up to your armpits !

However, loved playing fish on the shorter rods and have used them at Rainbow where they are ideal in my option. Have also got 2 9ft Scopes and again, love them also for fish playing and good from a boat. I think that in a lot of instances we use long rods where short ones could be better, certainly when fishing short-medium range, but as always some will like them and others will not.

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Hope u get well soon, but what u say about the laughs and the friendship is what i tend to remember about fishing trips, not the occasional big fish but the falling into the water or out of the tree, the beers and the banter

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cheers for sorting those out, still got several to see.

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interested also in the companies website details etc, would you think that trips are going to be available later this year or 2017.

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Some wonderful antidotes and stories, found them fascinating and informative. Like you getting older now, love all sorts of fishing, particularly float fishing running water. When I was a kid we were poor so no money and mum wouldn't have us in the house during school holidays. Birdnesting in the spring, fishing in summer and winter and also rabbiting with ferrets and nets. Use to sit wagglier fishing for roach in winter totally frozen, only had a parka from Milletts, thick jumper knitted by mum, white sea socks, rubber wells and jeans (with a pair of mums old tights on underneath jeans.