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Rats! I went too early. Terry.

Thanks for your input, Bob, it's nice to get some knowledgeable feedback which supports my choice. Unfortunately, I'll be inScotland for the next meeting but may try to get a personal lesson from you sometime. Thank you Martin, that explains all. Still not sure of the relevance, though, but I am probably not knowledgeable enough on the subject to recognise the difference between shoddy toys and the 'right stuff'. Or am I just being patronised, in the nicest possible way. No offence taken! Terry.

Christchurch again! I'd be getting paranoid. Terry.

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Simon, Dave and Paul J, Alun Jones has your berley bombs so contact him re collection. Dave and Paul, you can send a cheque for

Well, I'd certainly consider this one as it has a 7" screen as opposed to the 5" on the models like the 3500 and is as user friendly as the other models. The only difference between the Lowrance and Eagles is the depth range - the Eagle is only good down to 1000ft! Have a chat with the young Silva chap on the stand, I think his name was Steve. He's the absolute dogs whatsits on using the units. They've bought a company boat and he spends his spare time out on the water practically testing the units whilst fishing. Ask him for the details of downloading a day's traces so you can analyse them and save the co-ordinates of interesting looking sonar pictures. I was confused about this previously but he makes it all very simple. Terry.

Aluns best (I think)

Tried this once already and it didn't work. Three PB's for me as I have never caught a blonde ray before and they started with the smallest and got bigger. 61/2lb, 14lb and 161/2lb. Thanks, again, Alun for your good company and for, once again, putting me up at Chez Jones. Right, lets try again for some pictures!

Having had a fun day at the boat show on Monday with Reg, et al, I went to the Silva stand (who are the importers of Lowrance and Eagle fishfinders((same thing, different name on case and made by Lowrance)) and managed a deal on an Eagle Fishstrike 2000C combination, list price

08.00 from Baiter. I think probably

Berley Bombs have arrived for Gordon, Simon, Dave and Paul J. I'll bring them down on Sunday. Terry.

One can buy stuffed fish at many auction houses, there was a time when they were very collectable but now the price seems to be coming down. Unfortunately, the majority of stuffed fish seem to be freshwater varieties, I think I've only seen one sea variety. Whether this is because of technical problems or because people eat their trophies before getting them to the taxidermist, I don't know. See if you can get a large perch and paint it!

Which is why Reg thinks you're taking him to Weymouth, Rich! Terry.

I think I may be misleading myself regarding this Sunday. It's just a local club comp, NOT from Weymouth? Terry.

Follow these links, helpfully provided by Maverick some time ago. Everything you want to know about anchoring. Terry.

Thanx for showing off your smoker, Trev, it's much easier to see it in 3D than trying to visualise it. Also for the conducted tour around the farm and the lecture on trout farming and triploidation(?), most informative. Now hunting for suitable barrels. Also thanks to Mrs. Wedge (Sheila) for keeping Dilys entertained. Terry.

Perhaps we could get him to give us an informative chat on a club night. Terry.

I should be able to make it, provided I can sort crew. I'm of to Oktoberfest in Munich the day after for a week so transport arrangements will be the only thing to stop me. Those will be confirmed by early next week. Terry.

Thanx a lot, ordered, back in production. Terry.

One other point, Trev, and only slightly at a tangent, do you hapen to know where I can get plastic bag tube for my vacuum packing machine. I am experiencing great problems locally. I need 11 inch wide tube. Terry.

Now, why didn't that make the 1/2 and 1/4 a smaller font? Terry.

I am currently quite chuffed. On my way home from Scotland, I popped into my local freshwater tackle shop to see if they had this very item The only ones they had were 12 ft long and 21/2lb plus test curve. I wanted 11 ft and 21/4lb test curve. However, his wife sparked up that she had just found in the back of the store room an Abu 11ft 21/4lb test curve rod and as it was no longer made and therefore old stock, had marked it up for

Good tip, Bob. Terry.

Thurs, Fri are looking promising, anyone planning to get out and about? I'm getting quite desperate for a fish and wonder if anyone else wants to come out to play. I may need crew but will not be sure until I return from Scotland on Wednesday. Terry. p.s. This is the third time I've tried to include this popst so, if it appears as multiple posts, don't be surprised. Terry.

I expect you'll get plenty of sound advice from the real pro's, but here's mine, for what it's worth. For joing the braid to a mono leader I use the Albright knot. For joing to swivels, etc., a Trilene knot. These can be found at Animated Knots Terry.