Bob F

Also waiting to hear how Mark B and Paul J got on yesterday. Has anyone heard anything? It was the first trip in Loyal Royal after the long layup for her repairs. Last I heard they had fished Dolphin Bank and only had LSD, so they were moving to the Spoil Grounds. BF

The Stop Knot. It's essentially the Grinner knot tied to your main line with Power Gum. Useful as a sliding knot to set the depth of a float, or as a bait stop to prevent your worms sliding up the line. BF

A more sucure version of the basic Half Blood Knot. Just add an additional tuck at the end. BF

8lb is just a baby for a Bull Huss. Nice to catch, though. Around 22lb for the British Record, I think. BF

The Albright Knot. Thanks to Shytalk for putting me onto this one. This is a great knot for tying your mainline braid to a thick mono shock leader. The tag end of the mono leader (yellow) can be cut off really short, making it a really small, neat knot that doesn't catch or collect weed. For added security, I add a drop of super glue. BF

The Grinner Knot. Used in a variety of applications. Provides a better hold than the blood knot. BF

The Uni Knot. A basic knot which can be used in a varirty of applications. A good knot for braid. BF

...hmm, no difference in quality and takes too long to load. Sorry about this one. I'll stay with the first one. BF

Test 2 BF

Paul, Serif Draw. Gunna try to improve the resolution. Bob F.

Core, what a baptism into fire. Nice one Rose. BF

Just a test. BF

...but I don't play there.

Hiya Rose. Welcome. BF

Nice eel. Who helped you bring it aboard?? BF

Yep, Paul is the man...and Hell's for putting up with 'im. ps - I'm not saying you're a man Hell's.

Billy, as Adam says, we are planning to have a rig session at the next club meeting in Dec. I have the dubious honour of showing how to tie a few basic rigs. Your rig board would be an invaluable aid. If your not able to come to the meeting, I'd be willing to come across and pick up your board. I need as much help as I can get!! cheers BF

...a Carpal Tunnel Release, ehh...is that for constipation???

...a good golf course in Broadstone, too.

On Splash-Out we had a 6lb starry smoothy off the needles and tons of LSD. Moved back to the X-gulley and got more LSD and a couple of whiting, biggest 1lb. Not a red-letter day, but nice to get back into the boat again after the Kimmeridge event. We had a bit of de-ja-vue(?) when we came back into the Run at Mudeford, though. Following BW back in there was a strong wave pushing us from behind. That brought back unwelcome feelings. Bob F.

A flat calm evening with a mild NW wind. Started off with the usual small whiting which grew in size as night folded in. Still not big with the max about 1/2lb. Got hassled by these tiddlers, so switched to bigger baits of whole squid wrapped around rag worm and held in place with elastic. The tiddlers kept nibbling away at the baits, but at least they stayed on longer. But this brought on a 30 min spate of dogfish. Then suddenly my rod bent right over with a viscious take. I really wasn't sure what it was, but it was moving too fast for a doggy or a cod, but not heavy enough for a hound. After a heartening sort tussle it emerged from the waves...a 2.5lb pollack!! I don't recall hearing many of that size caught on the Chisel??? It was a very thin fish, which could have gone 3-3.5lb if thicker. I recon it was lost. The two hours up to high tide were dead. So I packed up at 11pm. My two mates carried on fishing though the night. Haven't heard if they caught anything more...I guess not or I would have heard from them!! Nice to get out, though. And good to try of my new rod, a Penn V3 (3 piece). I bought it along with a Bass rod in one of those two for one deals that Penn are doing. I'm not a beach expert, but I was impressed with it's easy casting style. cheers Bob F.

Nice one BB. Gunna be some competition for Adam and James next year.

I think he's really lost it. Someone call the ambulance.

Yes, a cracking site!