Recent content by Grant Harris

might have a fox one-i'll have a look on tuesday as away at the moment.

oh,i can't resist!thinking i'd found isotopes on lower benyons(fireflies),fishing with odd things at rake lake.my sunglasses suntan,countless screaming centrepins or rods moving-courtesy of creeping up on each other while sleeping.maggots escaping,all our gear coming off the roof on the motorway...

i remember making a fish out of luncheon meat for you at padworth.never mind an article,we've got enough for a book!both playing the same fish at padworth?piano on the dashboard until our sides split,from planes,trains and automobiles?your beloved northside tape(they'll be big-sound like...

you won't catch me falling for the old 'rocks in the rod holdall trick'!...you buggers!not sure how we didn't die laughing that day!i could write a book on our anecdotes-i'll send you one a week to jog your memory.coming soon-'these rods are incredible...wonder what you have to do to break...

hi Raymond(getting posh the further you move from East Ham?i still remember when you were Ray Kent!haha.)yes mate,obviously the best of luck with the move and adding new rivers to your list!and another way to keep in touch-you never did work out texting did you?sure we'll bump into each other...

sounds like a good idea!ok,so lignum for bottom baits,balsa for a pop-up and a combination for neutrally balanced?and i guess we could christen a double bait a pinnochio in honour of richard?!

thanks for the reply john.sadly,a lot has changed since those days!no longer prolific,it does however offer the chance of a 15 or THAT chub to those willing to sit days on end for a bite(if your bait is still there-hence original post)the last swim in the weir itself has overhanging trees now...

issues 48-53 £9.99 collection or add £6 courier.07900947954/gharris735@gmail.com

might be worth a saved search on ebay?sometimes they are that stupid!

for sale-david hall's coarse fishing june 89-april 96. 90 issues £25 collection or add £15 courier. for sale-coarse fisherman sep 99,may and sep-dec 00,complete 01-03,feb-aug 04. 49 issues £20...

these rods have now sold.

thanks for the reply and link to other answers! i should mention that i'm a kings weir regular.we have tried rubber baits,hard baits,large baits,shrink wrap and armamesh.everything is usually just a matter of time until it's destroyed or gone,which on a bait and wait water is not always...

new here so apologies if anything i ask has been done to death!wondering what the consensus is for a bait/flavour/tweak to avoid crayfish?

I have a pair of rare North Western Kevlite Barbel rods for sale.12' ,1.5 t.c.the blanks are near mint,the cork still had the plastic on until recently,with cloth bags.£160.00 the pair plus £20 tracked courier in tubes.they are on ebay,but if you buy before any bids are made i will remove...