chrisjpainter

Rod 1: Drennan Vortex 13ft Float This has been used once, so it's in A1 condition. It's a true all rounder float rod, with a nice, progressive action. It picks up line quickly on the strike and is soft enough to avoid bumping off fish. Great for delicate float work in winter and for trotting for grayling and chub, as well as stillwater action. A great all round rod, it's just I have been lured into the world of Power Floats, so this isn't going to be used I don't think! Line rating: 3-6lbs £80 ono 2) Daiwa Ninja Match 11ft Lovely rod in excellent conditions. Good for general waggler fishing, as well as pellet waggler. Soft enough to avoid bumping off palm length fish, but still plenty of strength to handle carp and tench. It's just not getting the use it should have! and it's only been used a handful of times, so it can go to someone who will use it. £40 ono 3. Daiwa Harrier 11ft Pellet Waggler I'm not sure this has ever been used, so it's in perfect condition. A lovely action to it and would make a great waggler rod for anyone starting out, or for a more experienced angler. It has a fairly progressive action, so should fish well for silvers as well as using pellet waggler tactics. £20 ono I will post, but finding a courier may well be tricky, so pickup in the Weymouth/Dorchester area better, unless it's next week, in which case it can be Wallingford, Oxfordshire too.

That was an incredible finish. He's a mountain of a man; how he showed such skill and dexterity, I'll never know! Just got in from grayling fishing, so I can now actually watch some rugby! Once my hands thaw out!

BONKERS! I need to give weapons to ADHD kids more often. What a last try!

Marcus Smith is awful. Utterly. utterly awful.

This game is like giving ADHD kids caffeine and weapons. It's chaotic, highly energetic, fraught with danger and no one has any control.

Amazing stuff. Was this taken at range, or just you being VERY well positioned?

Depends if I'm allowed to drive. If I am, then the North West of Scotland. If not, then nowhere! Exciting times

In our group of friends, we used to do Secret Santa new years resolutions. You thought of a daft resolution and popped it in a hat. It gets shaken up and you pick one out of the hat. Fun times. Much more entertaining than 'I'm going to do couch to 5k' and then forgetting and having more desert instead

descend aiming for Heathrow, end up in London City Airport?

It's supposed to be cranking up to 70mph gusts over the next few hours here in South Dorset. It doesn't sound that bad right now though. I'm meant to be microchalking our fishing club's lake in the morning. Three blokes in a small boat heaving chalk in 70mph gusts? Noooo perhaps not. most of the chalk will end up in the trees and we'll end up in the lake...

Stunning stuff. Was this taken at range? I think the Pyrenees have a few hides around as well?

I think Harris will win. I don't think it will be much of a majority, but I reckon she has enough of a lock on various demographics that Trump can't match elsewhere. Dems win the house, but Reps take the House and Senate

That's very kind, thanks. It looks like it'd be about the size as the lower prong on the lower picture. We'll see how it goes over the next couple of weeks or so.

That's great, thanks. I had a feeling I would be exposing the core. I'll see how I find it for a few weeks first I think. I can always do it at a later date.

'Afternoon all, I've just made myself a walking stick out of Hazel and a roe antler for the thumb rest. One prong is significantly longer than the other. How feasible is it to shorten it off by a couple of inches and to then round off the top again? I'd rather leave it than make a mess of it, but if it's possible, it would probably save me accidentally taking my own eye out with it!