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  1. Terry Simner

    What is the ultimate setup for a long walk?

    Sooooo .... it's designed so you can walk around with a stool sticking out of your ar$e. Nice 💩🤔:eek:
  2. Terry Simner

    What is the ultimate setup for a long walk?

    It's a Shimano Bum Buddy Jim ...rare as hen's teeth these days. They have a shoulder strap, a Velcro fastening handle, one large and one smaller zip-up pocket at the back, two steel reinforcing strips to add some rigidity, and enough room between the actual seat surface and the back for an...
  3. Terry Simner

    OMC magic twig

    I watched one fat lad using a bait boat on the Teme (as his wife 'n child looked on ....bored). He ended up going for a (necessary) swim. 😂 🤣 😂 There We Are Then.
  4. Terry Simner

    Fish intelligence

    You've got toooo much time on your hands mate to be that f'in bored 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 Oh, hold on, I can see where you're going with this. Maybe give Ali a call ....
  5. Terry Simner

    Fish intelligence

    Loved in iconoclastic nature of the OP (thank you Nigel). Loved Mike's very sensible reply (thank you Mike). What I do know is .... we don't know (the 'truth', the reality, on many aspects of angling). At best, we surmise. N.b... we do actually know though that an awful lot of sheer bo11ocks...
  6. Terry Simner

    Flavoured meat

    The last thing I'd be worried about getting on my hands on a rat infested, swan sh1te bedecked bank would be my luncheon meat, that's been in a plastic bag, inside a tub, in and out of the freezer (especially if it had a light covering of garlic oil).
  7. Terry Simner

    OMC magic twig

    I totally agree. Let's say I'd got an aversion/intolerance/fear of lobworms so I asked a friend to bait my hook with one for me, then I cast that bait out on a rod that I had rigged up myself. If I caught a fish on that rod, I'd be ok with claiming that fish as my catch. But if I kept on missing...
  8. Terry Simner

    Photos of river scenes

    Before the deluge ....
  9. Terry Simner

    Floodwater line

    I've been using Krystonite (12lb/0.31mm) almost exclusively* since 2002. I've always been very pleased with it so I see no reason to change. It's fluorocarbon coated, supple, supplied in bulk spools, and it too is a 'copolymer' (but I wouldn't think there's any actual monomer lines made for...
  10. Terry Simner

    Lidl garlic sausage

    I use #2 or #4 Gripz .... really sharp, stay sharp, much easier to remove from a barbel ... but I've not lost a single barbel/fish using these.
  11. Terry Simner

    Waterproof jacket

    IMO ....If you want 'waterproof', and breathable then it's going to be expensive, it'll need looking after (washing/re-proofing/re-activating), and it will leak after a while (especially at the seams). I now use a Snugpak Patrol Poncho (under £40) ....100% waterproof, needs no care, can be worn...
  12. Terry Simner

    Photos of river scenes

    The swans are thriving anyway ......
  13. Terry Simner

    Whip round

    👍 👍
  14. Terry Simner

    Flavouring Hemp

    😂 🤣 😂 I reckon this thread has gone way off the OP (well, lost the plot really😂). The question posed was ... what was our thoughts on flavouring hemp, not "Is there any benefit to be gained in flavouring baits in general". I think we've all added flavours to our baits, groundbaits, etc, if only...
  15. Terry Simner

    Photos of river scenes

    The Teme : 🎶 "Where have all the barbel gone, long time pa-ah-sing"🎶 But, I SO love the place ....miles of it all to myself.
  16. Terry Simner

    Bit of fun... What's everyone's preferred boilie of choice

    Overall I reckon I'm with Derek on this one. I must have tried 20+ different boilies over the years and they'll all 'work', but (IMO) only as they are bait i.e. they're edible and nutritious, so they get eaten. Basically I believe (on balance) that the flavour is the main attractant not the...
  17. Terry Simner

    Hinders Elips Pellets

    I'm the same ...I buy pre-drilled 'base' pellets (Dynamite usually) ... and if I want to fish with "Elips" I just soak a few in proprietary Elips Oil, if I want Krill pellets I soak a few in Sticky Krill bait dip etc. That makes good sense to me.
  18. Terry Simner

    Drennan Specialist landing Net 32"

    I've got and use various nets ....it's just a pity that any fish don't use mine 😵‍💫 N.b..I'd have thought the actual weight of the arms is such a small fraction of the total weight of a complete wet net (arms/net/spreader block) that it would make 'arm weight' almost inconsequential (e.g. a...
  19. Terry Simner

    Bewdley Bridge traffic.

    There's vehicle access across the town bridge in Bewdley from east side (Kiddy side) to the west side, and there's pedestrian access either way across that bridge. The next closest bridge (where access is available east/west or west/east) is the by-pass bridge, which is half a mile downstream.
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