In reply to Post #2
Cheers for that i will take a look at the Okuma

anybody know what is going on with the old pond. i did hear it was taken over by somebody who cleared it up and did a bit of a restock.

looking for a baitrunner to replace old daiwa regal Z 4050BRT
really want something a little smaller but must be able to handle 40lb carp

i had 16 stone of lead and i made weights with all of it. had a few issues. just about to take saucepan off the oven and handle fell off . then another time the pan started to melt. one night while living at home i put the pan down in the middle of the kitchen carpet right in the middle of a pattern part. so i cut the shape out and replaced it with a bit from under the tumble dryer. only problem was it was still new looking so i covered it in mud and matched it up. then nailed it down. i got away with it for a couple of years. until it started to turn up at the edges.

In reply to Post #190
what you mean never heard of it. you have been in your bivvy way to long.

In reply to Post #187
im seeing that sort all the time. so the shock factor has gone now.

In reply to Post #182
3 years back i see the beast of essex. while night fishing on my own. i didn't fish that place again for a long while. as for the story of the mental patient. that is not scary. the scary thing is they never let the public know unless they have to. so loads of them get out but we are never told about it.