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I did mention at the outset that Sir Ranulph and I went back along way to when we were at boarding school together. We still meet fairly regularly at our club. And yes, Sir Ranulph is being sponsored by Paramo. Apart from this, I have no connection whatsoever with Paramo or Nikwax. Although my...

And the States cull 160,000. I just can't understand how so many posts seem to drift off the point on this issue. The RSPB is happy to cull birds as necessary i.e. shoot crows where they threaten terns, and wipe out ruddy ducks. If something is not done to reduce the numbers of cormorants there...

How about giving Paramo and Nikwax the chance to put this right rather than poke fun. If I were the CEO of either organisation and I was looking into the issues raised, I would be less than pleased with the flippant comments, not take the protagonists seriously and be less inclined to help.

Well, David, That's an excellent response.

I appreciate that we have had a bit of fun on this issue, but if their garments are that bad they need to know about it irrespective of age. If I were the CEO I would want to know if my products were not performing and especially at that price.

Just called in at a local fishery today to see about a dozen or more cormorants pillaging silver fish. When there is a war, everyone, all social classes, from all parts of the country will unite against a common enemy. I see no difference with the cormorant issue, all fishermen, salmon...

The vast majority of anglers do not want a cull on anything that eats fish. I think that we all like to see Kingfishers, Grebes and Herons. These are indiginous freshwater birds and their impact is of no consequence. You just can't include cormorants in this group? Cormorants are an alien...

I'm glad that David and Will have entered into the spirit of this debate. I can assure you that Sir Rannulph is an honourable man and would never consider any skulduggery. I've known him ever since we were at boarding school and if he says he'll do something he'll do it. If he says he is...

The process is to talk/lobby those people who may have some influence in dealing with the problem. I don't think that many people buy into there being few fish left in the coastal waters as few trawlers operate that close to shore to affect a cormorant's dietary needs. There is no blame on...

I can't answer that one. What I can tell you is that he has appeared on Tite Lines hosted by King Arthur.

Surely, we can't just sit on our hands and do nothing. At least try. If cormorants were on General Licence then it is then legally possible to take action. As it is, if you were to be caught shooting a cormorant draconian measures are in place to deal with you. A similar example is dealing with...

Well, I'd best start to pen Sir Ranulph's obituary now. Sound as though he won't make it to his front door let alone crossing Antartica!

Thanks, Jeff. I don't want to think in years to come that I wish that I had done something. I feel that a face to face with an individual (M.P.) carries more weight and has more impact than a general group letter. The fact that before I saw my M.P., she had done some homework so that she could...

I'm with Dave on this one. I've never understood how Keith Speers could land a double figure barbel on the set-up that he is using. I found that 12 or 15lb mono on a pretty tight clutch was needed to slow down an angry barbel of this sort of size - and even then, they could bury themselves in...

That's disgusting, please read my post above. We really have to do something. If you do contact your MP, this is the sort of evidence that you need to show, together with the captions. I would not have recognised the top photo as cormorant damage.

This is the sort of quality stuff you want for serious cold weather fishing. Jacket and sallopettes about £350 after discount. Once you have this kit, you can use it for all sorts of activities, walking, skiing etc or just impressing in the supermarket car park. I can't see anyone being...

Well, well, how strange. I have just returned from visiting my M.P. , Nicky Morgan, on the problem of cormorant predation. She listened asked questions and was convinced that there is a real issue. She will take up the problem with Richard Benyon Minister at Defra. We dealt in facts not emotion...

I've never been convinced by this soaking and boiling thing and was going to say this earlier in this topic but decided caution might be the better way forward. Birds don't seem to have too many problems with bloated tummies after eating bird seed. The mouldy seed is an interesting point. Birds...

There's an awful lot of "Emperor's Clothes" connected with this fishing tat. There will be no objective answer as everyone tends to say how wonderful their purchase was for obvious reasons. The only solution would be an independent test carried out by an organisation such as "Which". Maybe a...

A most informative post, thanks, Dave. Haiths are no bargain basement organisation. Their seed prices are considerably higher than my local supplier.