neil r

It’s a waste . Are they using the roe as bait

I had an argument with a salmon angler 2 weeks ago who saw me and a mate catch a few pike and said he throw them up the bank if he caught any . It’s not the first time I’ve had run ins with salmon anglers either . That outdated attitude still seems far too common among the game anglers on the ribble

They are the new Westin drop off alarms , pretty much the same as Billy’s backbiters but only £32 instead of £90 . Just tried a Billy’s arm in the alarm and it fits exactly so spare arms are easy to get if needed

Had a few hours on the river with a mate earlier . Ended with 3 chub and 8 barbel between us with the biggest being this half tailed 11.4

Road works with nobody working on them . The main culprits round here is usually a company called cadent who’s specialty is seemingly digging the main entrance/exit routes in to local towns causing absolute chaos for weeks and sometimes longer and then only having the odd person working on them once in a blue moon

Just had 2 double hook ups with the biggest being 11.1

It’s a bit of both . I used to buy them when I was into big lures partly for snob value because they were handmade and not many people had them but also because they are usually made from wood and fish well aswell . Mass produced baits are usually plastic and obviously still catch fish but the difference is custom are usually that bit better made and if for example you buy a suspending lure , it will actually suspend with the weight of a trace and not just sink . Some of my favourite lures were mass produced by musky innovations but they were poorly finished and usually needed to be sealed pro

Have a look at these PB products wide circle . I’ve been using them in size 8 for a while now and they are brilliant . They are strong , stay sharp and the hook up rate even with chub is very good

They merged recently so Vodafone are already off the list when my contracts up , doesn’t leave much me choice though

Couldn’t make calls on mine and the Mrs phones on 3 yesterday afternoon , but that’s nothing new , it went down all day a few weeks back aswell . They’ve got to be the worst network around . I’m paying for an iPhone 16 pro max with unlimited everything and the internet is useless and drops connection constantly no matter where I am and calls regularly cut off aswell .

Ive done ours and also some for my mum in the past on Japanese water stones up to 8000grit and finishing with a few different smoothness strops like I do with my own knives . I warned the Mrs and my mum to be careful because they were stupidly sharp and they both cut themselves when they were washing up and blamed me for making them too sharp so I just leave them to it now and don’t bother doing it anymore