sparky

Graham......you are such a " tackle tart" !!!!!

Let's see how long this one stays up !!!!

Have a goodun Stuie

Didn't need to, they work automatically !

He certainly didn't fit the one's on my BMW ...........they all work!

If it's the quicksilver make, I used to have the 580 with a 75hp mariner on and that went well, so if an 80hp it should fly! I found the 580 a nice boat but she was a bit "rock n roly", should imagine the 500 could be the same.....if not worse!

Would't want to "cramp" his style !!!!

Never went.....woke up feeling like crap!

Going out for a dangle as well tomorrow too see whats about.

Happy Birthday Allan, have a goodun !!

Looks like there's enough room in there for Theresa May and Sadick Khan as well !!!

Sorry to hear that Pete, hope you can get the problem solved quickly. Mick

Done

It's looking good the weekend Jim..............

Good luck Andy, hope it all works out

Have a good day Pete, steer clear of Southbourne area !!!!

Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone , had a good time, wife took me out to Days at Tower Park ...........lovely !! Daughter got me a bottle of Absolut Vodka, happy days ahead !!

I 'm quite surprised you beat Nigel to that one Chris !

You were fit then Mal, long walk if I remember ! You could go to the Kennet in the late eighties and get a good bag of barbel then, sometimes the matches were getting huge barbel catches ! Lobworm was my favourite bait there, used to out on the lawn catching the buggers, boy were they hard to get out of the ground without breaking them in two! Used to get some cracking barbel on the stour , but again the otters and " others" decided they were good to eat and that ruined it. As you say..........they fight like a bass......but on steroids!!! Another good barbel river we used to fish was the windrush at Kingstone Bagpuize .

I used to go by a fallen tree that was between the "pill box" and the bridge over the river, the other side was CALPAC water if I remember rightly........long time ago now! I was a member of Twickenham Piscatorials who were affiliated to RDAC, some good pike along there too ! Memories eh ?

There was some really good barbel fishing on the Kennet years ago Mal, I used to fish the Padworth stretch of the Benyons Estate, used to leave 2am in the morning from West Moors just to get a swim !!!

Marichelle , Mick & Chris

And not a beer in sight Jim ??????

Good luck with the selling of wishin Nige

I would say silver, looks very much like the one's I used to catch in the stour at longham...........come on you species experts !