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    Bet they can shift looking at the tail
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    I’ve been the same , normally just an overhead thump with the fixed spool and usually wasn’t a problem getting 100+ if needed but never bothered with multis for sea fishing other than a few sessions with a 515 mag4 and a magged fathom12 . Been watching people like Danny moeskops and djrmonix casting on YouTube and they make it look so easy . Nice one , 14 species is good going , sounds like a top session . Never seen a John Dory , don’t even know if we get them up here or not . Are them bonitos like tuna or am I thinking of something else
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    ? I reckon the reel would need a bit of fettleling , a good drop in line diameter and someone better at casting than me to get that but if I can get somewhere near 150 consistently I’ll be happy . Think a few more goes with it to get used to the reel and the mag settings and a bit more power from me and I’m pretty confident I’ll be able to get close to emptying the reel . Not sure how much it holds , can’t see it being more than 170-180 of the 60lb braid . I might step down to 30 with a shock leader and see how it goes with that
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    The rods good , 7oz doesn’t trouble it but the bite detection is still there , properly light aswell . Think I’m going to get the uptide version aswell for the rays , smoothies and huss off the pier . Picked the reel up secondhand from a local shop and only had time to strip the line on the and put some braid on on Friday before I went but I stripped and serviced it yesterday and put ceramic bearings in . Also took the totally pointless single brake block out and just been out for a cast on the field . 3/4 emptying the spool with a 175gm and simple otg and my first attempts at pendulums withou
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    Come to try the new rod at low . I’ve coupled it with a Swedish 6500 Abu c3 ct green mag elite and 60lb braid straight through
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    Ended up with neither , looked at both but ended up with the new Daiwa tournament. , bit dearer but looks and feels a really powerful rod but really light aswell
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    I know , and funnily enough there’s a few t900’s for sale locally aswell as a tip tornado super match for 350 each . There’s also a red label Afaw tournament match for 150 and red label beach for 140 . I’m just a bit wary of buying a used one because you never know if they’ve had a knock or been abused .
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    The lad I fish with uses 6 & baits and loves them so I know they’re upto what I want them for and I’ve seen a fair few others up here so they do seem to sell well but I’ve not come across a fireblade yet and I’ve been wanting to try a century or zippy for years so I was curious how they compare . I’ve see quite a few Afaw for sale on Facebook groups round here and in wales but not many fireblades but that’s probably because of the number that are sold up here . When I do see fireblades for sale it’s usually in the north east , can’t remember seeing one for sale round here for a long time
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    I do want to have a look but mainly because I’m taking the Penn back there and I can just give them the extra if they have them . I’m sure they’ll have them , they had loads of century’s last time I was up and now that they can’t do zipplex anymore they’ll probably stock more of them
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    That’s what I was hoping to hear , if it’s ok on the bc it will do what I want . Most of my fishing is on the fylde where it’s pretty much snag free but I want something that can cope the mersey and places like the Menai straits and the rock marks round aberdaron without being undergunned . I just hope Gerry’s have some left when I go up on Wednesday
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    Anyone got any experience with the century fireblade and how it compares to the Afaw 6 & bait thinking of getting one of them to replace my new Penn tidal xr that is getting returned because of pure fishings usual rubbish build quality . My mate uses a 6 & bait and I know it’s upto what I want one for but I’m curious to know if the fireblade is worth that bit extra and if it will cope with 6oz + leads plus biggish baits . I’m not interested in flattie or whiting bashing , it’s just for huss , smoothound and rays and maybe some winter codding over all types of ground so don’t need a fin
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    Thanks , I’ll send you my number. I thought it might be the case with tope but I can only try , all the videos of tope I’ve seen are from boats up there. I wouldn’t be upset catching huss or conger though .
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    Anyone from near the isle of Whithorn on here or done any fishing there and knows what I can expect there , is it shallow or deeper water and is it snaggy . I’m thinking of having a drive up next week to have a go for bass and pollock with lures but I’m also thinking of taking some bait gear and having a go for tope , I want to try and get a decent one from the shore this year and it’s one of the places I’ve been told to try .
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    My old dog had short black coat and I used to get asked if he was a greyhound from time to time and when I told them he was a lurcher the usual reply was that it didn’t look like a lurcher because they have long coats . One even told me he wasn’t because his mate bred pedigree lurchers and they don’t look like that
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    Pet hates.

    neil r replied to socks's topic in General Talk

    Non drivers telling you it’s ok to park in places that are liable to see you get a ticket or clamped . People who wear the chav uniform of black Nikes and tracky bottoms , bubble jackets zipped up with the hoods up when it’s cracking the flags and top the look of with an handbag and talk with that stupid accent
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    I’ve bought a savage gravity stick box set and savage sandeel’s plus some metals like the savage seeker and hard baits from mechanic lures , duo , xorus , tacklehouse , longin , ima , savage and heddon .Lure fishing for bass is a good shop to look for gear and places like mr fish and chesil bait n tackle
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    I recently got an hto nebula 9ft 12-42g to have a go for bass . Was going to get the 7-35g one but decided to go with a bit more power .
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    What’s it doing , is it diving or not wobbling properly or is it something else
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    Albino roe

    neil r replied to Greyman's topic in General Talk

    Probably, I didn’t bother looking it up it’s just something I see in the morning when I’m out with the dogs . When I used to fly the birds on the tip I had a few crows with the same thing . There was one that I didn’t get that looked like like someone had drawn a chalk line right round both wings
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    Albino roe

    neil r replied to Greyman's topic in General Talk

    I see this partial albino blackbird most mornings in the same place when I’m out with the dogs . There was 2 of them , the other had a full white head and neck but I haven’t seen it for a week or so
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    That’s always been a concern for me ever since I used the old fox spearhead jerkbaits , brilliant fish catcher but like most things fox made , absolutely rubbish build quality. The screw eyes used to come loose in no time . 2 blades should work well , it will be like the legs on a duckling . I’m going to nip in to spintec when the rivers are open because it’s only at the back of where I fish and ask if he can get some of the really big spinner blades so I can make some big bucktail spinners like double cowgirls. They look easy to make and they’ll be something different to what most pike
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    Do you through wire or use screw eyes , I’ve done a few and through wired them but I’ve noticed not many makers do that with wood lures so I’m going to try some longer screw eyes next time I make some . Need to look how to make a dryer though so I can paint and epoxy them rather than just sealing them and using jigskinz . Spintec in ribchester do some 25mm ones if that will be big enough . Can’t copy and paste links for some reason tonight so I’ve took a screenshot . Lureparts.nl do bigger ones aswell
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    That didn’t take long . 6 inch is a decent all round size aswell . What wood have you used
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    It’s proper easy , no paint to mess about with, just cut , shape and seal the blank add the metalwork and weight it then just a few coats of epoxy and it’s done . Could probably knock quite a few up quickly if you had enough spalted wood . The money is a bit strong though but I bet they don’t have a problem getting it . I saw the sophisticated Sophie lures when I was scrolling through but didn’t pay attention to them because I just thought they were for vertical fishing , didn’t realise the hooks go on top to help with snagging and they have magnets to keep the hooks fastened down , could
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