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You are being very patient mate I hope that she is back out there very soon

Pete we use 12mm nylon to get a full coil in the locker. Never had a problem with the strength of the rope Nearly said never had a problem, then I remembered a four hour tow (thanks Dave) after getting the rope around the props Charlie

Looks like Redfin is coming Paul and there may be spare crew as some of the boats can not make the spare dates and unfortunately some may not make the trip at all Hope that you can make it

For some reason I can not copy and paste today Please add Alfresco to the list, Charlie Will Dan , Unfortunatley no Sam I have spoken to Mark @AA and informed him, That we will not be with him this weekend They do not have any accomadation for the May bank holiday or the 1st weekend in June. So we will probably just take the three of us and sleep on the boat. The good news is that my boss is Happy to cover my jobs so I get the weekend pass, well from work anyway. I had better finish the garden this weekend to get the real boss onside. Over to you Dave, 2 weeks to get the shiney new toy to Poole and Adam regarding TBC Here we go again All crossed for weather

Itis a very small window, that may I prove or go But that sounds good tomo

Likewise but I may keep monday floating as a one day option, as all of the crew are available and its about time we fished a wreck this year May need a buddy boat if anyone has a similar plan. Could be a shake down Adam Bloody weather, it looked on a couple of days ago.

If I can clear the Monday off and the weather is right, we may opt to motor over after work on Friday, to set us up for fishing Sat, Sun on the banks then wrecking on the way home. Anyone else considering that option?

The boys and I need to check work commitments, and see what can be changed around. When are you thinking of going guys, as if I manage to get the boys along, we may struggle to get more time than the three day weekend I am supposed to be working the Monday afternoon, but may see if I can sort that out. Charlie

Are we going to hold tonights meeting??

Forget next weekend, and all thevweather checking to go over the channel, who is going out this week end? I have a few jobs to finish tomorrow and then hope to get out with Dan Chrissie and Will on Sunday.

We will have some beers for you Adam, and try to get amongst the fish Shame not to be sharing another early departure from Poole with JV Charlie

Hi Ian In last months BFM there was an article on small and very cheap rods [£20.00) that are bright pink they were catching very big smoothies on them so they are a bit tough These may suit you for your girls Charlie

Do not have the budget or enough holiday to make that possible Adam If I did then we would I am told there is more to life than fishing, no problem guessing who by

Welcome to the Club I hope that you get as much out of it as my family and I do

Well done whoever it was that called this in, and the lads in the RNLI The thing with dinghy sailors is they try so hard to right the boat themselves that they can get totally knackered and hypothermia starts to set in. Common sense starts to fade and self help becomes even harder, they probably never thought of walking the boat to the shore

Happy birthday Dave I hope that you had a great day and good meal Thanks for all the messages guys, I had a great birthday and a really nice time with the boys at last nights meeting. The beer and banter were flowing freely

See you neext month, LOL

That is why we considered a move to new Zealand after our holiday there many years ago.

As usual the forecast changes a lot from one site to another. we are on the borderline again, so I think I may start to think what I can do this weekend, rather than throw all my time and effort into preps for Alderney. that said I bet tonight is not going to be an Alderney free zone

Thanks Guys CU tonight, one of the boys are driving I hope Charlie

Gave Mark a call this morning just to touch base and check all was well with the accomadation now that it is all needed. The flatty fishing is a bit hit and miss, apparently numbers are down sizes are up. Good news is that the bait fish are showing on the banks, Mark also has some frozen ones in the shop. Fingers crossed for the weather

Dan said he will come I will check with Sam and Will

I have one in the car ready Martin Has anyone else been in the garden tonight getting the browny points in? Ref the meeting Monday or tuesday good for me about 7or 7.30 Charlie

Where is Rob Fuller when you need him By now we would have had an animated drawing to look at. The way I tie it could not be simpler, but now I am starting to worry about weakening the Flourocarbon. Charlie

I just snell mine on Adam, using a 3/0 pennel hook with the offset eye, I also use a bigger trailing hook than you sugest, mine are size 6 carp hooks So I may have missed refinements since we went together in 2008.Who knows how many fish that has cost me over all of the years since LOL