Adam F

The big 50 eh, Charlie?? Hope you have a good day and the party goes well on Sat - sorry I cant make it. Coddy - Many happy returns, hope youre enjoying the sun. Best Wishes, Adam

Well it was a bloody long day - 17 hours but worth it for the 5 boats and crew that trailed up to Burnham yesterday. An early start meant meeting at Tesco in Blandford for 6am, where Out of the Blue met with Neo, Fat Chance and Enticer - the convoy then rolled it's way down to Burnham for 7.45am just in time to meet the slick Burnham crew starting to launch into the river Parrett, the winds were light and the sun just burning through all looked good for an enjoyable day. Cimarra with Simon and Alun J were already there having stayed over the night before. With 9am saw about 20 boats gunning it full throttle down the river towards thier chosen marks. We were in a convoy of 6 boats who chose to fish about 2 miles West of Hinckley point. On OotB we had bits from the start with a steady steam of Thornbacks bringing smiles both both our faces. Well in short this continued really for most of the day on OotB and long story short we ended up with well over 40 rays, about a dozen conger and a nice bull huss of 9lb - non stop action!! The best ray went 9lb 12oz to my brother with most fish being in the 5-8lb mark. I'll let the others post thier catches. Back on the beach at high tide, the slick burnham operation had all boats retreaved from the slipway in under an hour for the presentation and raffle. Many thanks to Burnham Boats for a well organsised and enjoyable day, thanks to the 4 other boats and crew that made the effort and finally to Bob Fuller who is a star for towing OotB from Blandford to Burnham and then back to Verwood as my car is still in the garage - cheers mate. Up at 6am this morning and now off to Coventry - soooo tired! .... Piccies to follow.

All systems go!! Spoke with Craig @ Burnham this eve and the forecast is for light easterlies See you all at Tesco's at 6am bright and chirpy!

Varivas Big Mouth 4/0 or 5/0. I never use trebles, these are the nuts!

Rich, We are crewed up on all boats at the moment with a couple having three onboard - Ill let you know if a spare comes along - its a bit late know, but Alun J is going 3 up and was considering taking his boat which would have left a space.... Adam

Sorry! Its in publisher - now in Word.

Flyer for Sunday for those coming. Meet at Blandford Tesco Car Park for 6am sharp, the convoy will then wind it's way to Burnham - its about 1 hr 45mins. We will grab a quick bacon roll and book in for 8.30am with fishing from 9am - 6.15pm See you all Sunday!

Tony, Thats great news! I have tried both your home and mobile numbers on the club sheet and they dont work?? Can you give me a call on 07957 829902 I'll be posting the flyer for details in a moment, but we will be meeting at Tesco's in Blandford at 6am on Sunday morning. See you then!

and then their was 4...

Eh?? Sorry - speak up we cant hear you.... someone left their etec running!

Very poor, sadly... 5 boats out of some 70/80 club boats...

...apparently true - these etecs are 765% faster than all other leading engines dont you know - it's true, I saw it on U-Tube!

....was de-scaled out at sea! Trev, I'll be behind it later this year.....

In my case I got my license in 98, my car is 1500kgs and my boat/trailer is approx 1300kgs - so: I'm OK?

I prefer braid, but many favour mono as it tends to cushion the leads and stops it breaking out - Ill be sticking with my braid though.

So far we have: Neo (Bob F and PD) Nipper (Mark & Rich) OOTB (Me and Brother Greg) Enticer (Gordon & ??) Cimmara (Simon, Al + 1) Fat Chance (TBC) Come on guys!! - we must be able to get at least another couple of boats????

Bang on Paul, although downtiding will still work and lug may also we worth taking. The biggest tip I can give is to keep fresh bait on your hooks due to the murky water - 5 mins bottom time max. ....may be worth taking the burley bombs?? Still waiting to hear from Craig at Burnham re. timings etc - Ill chase him today.

Wasnt on my boat Trev, so didnt have my kit with me - next time... Also - still dont seem to be able to post the photos as large as Duncan can??... Ideas?

Looked and fought bigger than it was - but a cracking fish anyway!

Who has theirs? I called OFCOM today as I had sold BW and the MMSI obviously went with the boat. The website is not that easy to use, but after a quick bit of coaching from their helpline it took all of 10 mins to surrender my hold license and details and create a new one - plus, no more tax disc licenses anymore - you simply download it (it is now an A4 certificate) Easy!

...where do you stand?

Bought BFM again today having never missed an issue since it began in 2002 - what has happened? I had to check twice to see if I'd picked up Sea Danlger by mistake Dont get me wrong it is still better than the others, but there has been an increase in seasonal 'how to articles' (Cod in winter, Plaice in March etc) which do have a place but surely not every year and thus every issue? Advertising has jumped up a huge amount which I fully appreciate is needed to run a magazine (and a business) but as a comparison this months had 34 full advertising pages out of 98 pages compared to just 5 full pages out of 98 in issue no.2 Earlier issues had many more submitted articles from writers which tended to be more varied both in theme and style, I get the impression now that a smaller pool is writing giving generic aricles. Thank goodness for this forum!!

Bang on advice from Tomo - Trev. I take it you are trailering for the moment? Have you found a mooring? I havent forgottern your request for a contact, just cant find the number in the middle of moving house...

...tempted Al - what time you planning to be in?

...and just to completely hi-jack Tom's thread, but still on the theme of reels... I have had on one of my spinning rods for the past year an old (6 yrs) abu that I used when I was a shore dangler - it is the 6500 C3 Syncro. I never gave it much though except when I became addicted to shallow water bassing with very light tackle. It isnt anything that special, just a small 6500 push clutch reel - BUT, the syncro drag (which was a big gimick at the time) has proved invaluable. Basically you play the fish as per normal and have you drag set as you would usually, but at any critical moment, say when the beastie dives deep at the net, you can 'backwind' but 1/2 a turn instantly backing the drag of by about 50% - it has saved me dozens of lost fish and is equally as good for big bream. It is the same principle that Shimano introduced a few years back call the 'fightin drag' I have just picked up another from flee bay for just 15 squid! Oh - and they are the 'good' ones - i.e made in Sweden - not Taiwan!!