Funky_monks

I have an AYA coral o/u which is fairly light, short and quick to mount. I imagine it would be ideal.

Aye, I would have thought a novice would find a WF line much easier to learn to cast with than a DT though.

Depends on the kind of pressure and how many new fish get stocked.

Sounds like a dog cockle, spiny cockle or a queenie to me.....are there any pics anywhere. I think both are edible.

'Stocked trout do not breed' to clarify - Stocked brown trout will breed, and if you are not producing trips, growing mixed sex browns causes no real problems, so most fish farms do (or did) it. Rainbows tend to be all-female because male rainbows are kype-y and unsaleable, but its a lot of effort to produce sex-reversed broodstock. Nowadays (at least in England) the EAs adoption of the 'Trout and Grayling' Strategy means you are unlikely to get consent to stock diploid browns anyway, so most farms produce trips. We had consents to stock mixed-sex browns in rivers up until last year

NIce fish - best to put it back even if you do eat em. That one would have been all spawny and horrible anyway. Has its tartans on, doesn't look spent enough to be a kelt, kelts often have scars around the head/jaws and look more 'pinched' than that. It could, however have spawned, salmonids don't all spawn at the same time in any given water. You will get early and late spawning fish in any given run. If you thought you could get away with it without killing the fish, light pressure just in front of the vent will produce milt in an unspawned male fish.

To be fair, they are pretty much all stocked. There are very few freshwater sites that are not or have not been stocked or had some hatching/stock enhancement program. I guess if you do catch a 'wild' brown trout you really ought to put it back anyway, and whats the point in that?

Thanks for all the advice! The 'keeper knows that although I'm fairly certain the dogs will go to ground, neither has ever been worked to a fox, he said we'd just take 'em up there and see what they do, so there's no pressure. He's also as positive as you can be that the bury is occupied and that it is fairly shallow. I dunno what you'd call em in foxes, but its what you would call a 'stop' if it were a rabbit. Only one way in and out, so nowhere for charlie to go. I'll let you know how it pans out, He's thinking of a sunday (cos thats the only day we both aren't at work).

Hi all. Back in May 2005, I got a Patterdale pup with the intention of entering him to fox with a farmer mate of mine. However, things change in life and I ended up moving (for work) before he was old enough, and never found any permission. Between then and now he has made a great ratter and I have a russel of a similar age who, likewise is a ratting dog. Both have always been keen to go to ground and are game little dogs. This afternoon, the local 'keeper swung by and asked if either of the dogs had ever been to ground. I explained that they have both been into rabbit warrens a

Hi all. I'm thinking about getting a shotgun for shooting pigeons and possibly rabbits. I don't think I'll have any problems getting permission over a good hundred or so acres, in fact a conversation with the tennant farmer next-door about the extent of his pigeon strife is what started to form this idea. I have had a hunt on th'internet for 'getting started' guides, but I cant seem to find any. I intend to get a 12-bore, I think, and dont have vast quantities of cash to spend, and intend to reserve some cash to be taught to shoot the thing properly (unless I can somehow co

Its about knowing your dog, surely? I have one dog who I know I could break to ferrets, cats etc, and I know the other wont. He had two cockerels last week.

When I worked in a tackle/gun shop, the ratcatcher was our most popular line. If you have a bit more cash and want a PCP, then the Air Arms S200 is fairly light and short, if I remember correctly. They've been around long enough that there should be second-handers kicking about.

|I thought a Pat was a black fell, and that was all the difference.

That happens from time to time with terriers, I think its because his ears are a bit smaller than usual. If you're that concerned, the vet can usually 'drop' them for you (it stops loads of soil getting in them).

That one is like a negative of my pat. Nice dog.