mackem
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Everything posted by mackem
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Had a 100 yarder with a leadline footrope,weighed a ton,ended up with a forearm like Arnie after a season.Eventually used the leadline for a gill-net and fitted a normal footrope to the Longnet
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NVG's are battery hungry,mine used to consume 6 AA's every night,got some rechargeables SORTED The Tchibo NV has a 3 year warranty
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Popped into Tchibos(chain of coffee shops) earlier today in Walton on Thames,I know they also have a branch in Staines(Ali G country)and they are selling a GEN 1 NV monocular for £70
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Try and find the BTO webiste Meeri,you get the info much quicker,takes about 3 months using snailmail
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I realise why the dog needs that coat I was actually on a road in that area which peaks at 4733 meters,I was 100% match fit in those days but felt as weak as a kitten when I tried to jog
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Youngest son saw a cat eating a fledgling at school,the bird was rung and he duly sent the ring off to the BTO,it was a sedge Warbler which had covered the 270km from Cheshire to surrey in 8 days,anyone else ever sent rings back?What were the findings?
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Chamoix is a big prey animal Had a Philippine monkey eating eagle on my arm once,saw footage of it nonchalantly plucking a monkey from high in the forest canopy
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I know what you mean about high altitude and thin air,I have suffered mild altitude sickness several times due to not acclimatizing.Your trip sounds fantastic,it will certainly be an eye opener . I will be at the wifes office Xmas party this coming saturday(plenty to eat and a five star hotel thrown in by her company)one of her colleagues has a husband who works as a petrochemical engineer,I am sure he has worked in the region,will see if he has any info on Almaty
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I stayed on the Chinese side of the Tien Shan mate en route to the Mongolian side of the Altai.The people on the Xinjiang side are Uigurs,excellent people,and yes,I did stay in native tents when upcountry,they are nomadic people living in round felt,canvas tents called yurts,reminded me of camping in Weardale as a kid Never saw Taigans when I was there,saw big herd guarding mongrels though.Taigans are used for Marmots,hares and fox right?
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Sounds a bit wierd and tastes like it sounds..........Fermented mares milk Dont forget your Yellow fever cert,and your Hep A and typhoid jabs
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You could always prepare yourself for the trip,get along to the nearest cinema and watch the Borat movie :whistle:
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Been right on the border mate,Urumqi and Xinjiang,get yourself up into the Tien Shan awesome mountains although Almaty is in the foothills of the Alatua range.Try drinking Kumiss . Theres an economic boom there at the moment,oil and gas,maybe thats pushed accommodation prices up as migrant workers flood in?
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I always like Mary(even though "she" was a he :kiss: )from Wraysbury,nice looking fish
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Those "Badger-type things" are those big orange Marmots I saw in Xinjiang and Mongolia,met a few marmot hunters among the uigurs,and yes,they do eat their dogs.
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Should have given them a few tips and a sample of your bait Theres a program on BBC2 at 8pm,the guy is fishing for brown trout in London,might find a new venue if I watch it
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Got mates around Shiney,penshaw,houghton,hetton etc,made a few phone calls out earlier,keep spreading the word on the grapevine,hope he gets the dogs back
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Excellent result guys,had several hundred trout in the last year but never seen a "Blue" Did the 3 lads who were "Poaching" your spot when you first arrived catch owt?
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And maybe it would be wise if salukigreyhounds or a MOD removed the picture from his profile
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Excellent for sprat,though nowadays I normally use mine for small freshwater fish when live baiting pike or perch,thats the versatility of these nets mate
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mackem are they ring necked parakeets? Theres reckoned to be over 7000 ring necked in the area,but we also have a small colony of orange-winged parakeets up the road in weybridge,local twitchers were delighted last year when a peregrine which frequented the area began targetting the birds
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Soviet Bazaar I always used to imagine Ruski factory ships trading zenith NVG's for levi jeans and marlboros Going trout netting later tonight with mine,going to see if I can watch the fish hit the net rather than just hear the slapping on the surface Good luck with your purchase
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Just spoke to the wife,they were £300,well worth it Not your usual blurry green image,but a crisp pin-sharp B&W picture,with an excellent inbuilt IR illuminator Midnight Runner,browns tonight mate,got enough George,zippy,and bungle fillets in the freezer to last a lifetime
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Wife bought me them as a christmas prezzie mate,I will ask her when she comes in from work(I have the day off )going out tonight trout fishing :ph34r: so its an ideal opportunity to test them out thoroughly
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Ponte,these are the MK 2's mate,waaaayyy better than the MK 1's,see the brightness control wheel between the objective lenses?Get your cheque sent of Ya know ya want to
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Santa got the chop all those years ago when I caught dad delivering the prezzies
