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  1. Mark Swaby

    Ray Walton rolling pin & rod combo question.

    One thing I forgot to mention is with even a small amount of line twist your meat can often be spinning round and round as it goes downstream. I caught Pike 3 sessions in a row rolling meat when I first got my MK1 rolling pin on mono. I was sure the spinning meat was the main reason.
  2. Mark Swaby

    Ray Walton rolling pin & rod combo question.

    Have my rolling pin loaded with 30lb spiderwire and went straight through. You can also weight the hook with non toxic solder which also works to keep the bait down. Though two local clubs have now banned braid straight through so my rolling veunes are limited.
  3. Mark Swaby

    Ray Walton rolling pin & rod combo question.

    The first version would turn under pressure often whilst playing a fish. Youngs retro fitted a stronger connection if people applied, a lot did. Think Gary mills still does the job but not sure of the price. They fixed the issue on the second version with the same fix. If rolling you do need...
  4. Mark Swaby

    River Thames Sewage.....

    What was more concerning was the fact he said there were unsafe levels from their normal discharge. Its not just when they discharge sewage its all the time.
  5. Mark Swaby

    River Thames Sewage.....

    Did like his Honesty which makes a change when it comes to Thames Water spokesperson. Sixteen hours WOW, two of our local STW'S Chesham and Gerrards cross are over 1000 hours this year. Maple Lodge is also probably over 500 hours.
  6. Mark Swaby

    Hemp

    Sorry Lee, they used to have a warehouse that delivered individual sacks based away from Titmuss in Hatfield. A sort of separate business and websites, not sure how they were connected. Titmuss used to give people the website address and there was a link on their site. Think they must have...
  7. Mark Swaby

    This is my local river the Colne at Harefield are there any rivers in the Country this damaged.

    Its a Facebook video showing probably the worst Sewage sludge ever seen on any river in the Country on my local river . It still opens for me so the link is ok ,not sure why it would not open for you though .
  8. Mark Swaby

    Lead free feeders

    Might be worth asking the anglers in the club fishing the stillwater how they go about the ban. Bet they know all the answers. Maybe replace the weight with moulded plasticine ?
  9. Mark Swaby

    Hemp

    This is the place that used to supply Hinders 25kilo £59.99 collected from Wheathamsted they also have a delivery service https://www.gjwtitmussltd.co.uk/search/Hemp?p=1&q=Hemp&v=0&me=p
  10. Mark Swaby

    The worst eBay selling description ever

    Maybe not as bad as this one a £300 rod sold today for 99p https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226081066285
  11. Mark Swaby

    Significant advance in carbon fibre rod building in the last 20 years?

    Dave Hall and Dave Gauntlett are still members of our Fishing club and both active on our Facebook pages, though both are not in the best of health. Dave Hall and his wife Carol manage a Fishery for our club and everyone loves them. Yes and really liked Paul Boote's posts, and the Hamster...
  12. Mark Swaby

    This is my local river the Colne at Harefield are there any rivers in the Country this damaged.

    This is 1/2 a mile below the STW. Our club controlled a section a couple of hundred yards downstream of here. The Floating pennywort goes bank to bank most of the year. After removal it quickly becomes blocked and unfishable again within months. I made the difficult decision as club Conservation...
  13. Mark Swaby

    This is my local river the Colne at Harefield are there any rivers in the Country this damaged.

    This is a local section of the river Colne in West London (please look at the link) its basically turned into an open sewer this Winter. I have seem plenty of sewage sludge over the years but its never been this bad. I have Riverfly tested just below this filth for 4 years but have decided not...
  14. Mark Swaby

    Normark float rods

    Had a look at this and was tempted at that price to compare it to my other titan 2000's,1000's and microlite 2000's but then realised its missing its top 5 inches and top eye, but not mentioned on the advert . Hope the person who bought it realised...
  15. Mark Swaby

    Collection only Bargain on Ebay ending in a couple of hours for anyone living near Corby

    Lets hope someone on here managed to get it all. The Korum barbel rod and Shimano specimen rod were both worth more than that on their own.
  16. Mark Swaby

    Collection only Bargain on Ebay ending in a couple of hours for anyone living near Corby

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226063731269?itmmeta=01HTEZCD2TQVH5VFPK03Y7V5R4&hash=item34a272ca45%3Ag%3A4-8AAOSwnGBmArfl&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwDXvOOce3B%2BpRAbayoRgkcKEWZP6tC17KwOib93tXOm%2BN%2FazloS6R1YpRsEHdL7Te57uA4fG6pL3pm5a4WiHiU6Zjheecp5YNmuYNdumcnc95qFQf6y79j3lgiuf7vVlqw%2F0BxNBkh1eGo4m4EN6KS...
  17. Mark Swaby

    If you could only have......

    Shakespere Superteam LXL 12FT-16FT float rod, A two butt section rod so it can be fished at 12 or 16ft. Great for playing and landing big Chub on very light lines and small hooks fishing at distance. Torrix 11ft 1.75lb, think this rod has the highest mentions on this thread a fantastic rod ideal...
  18. Mark Swaby

    Broken chair

    Failing any repair keep an eye out on Facebook market place and Ebay for the same chair second hand . Buy it use it and when the cover falls apart change it for the cover on this chair.
  19. Mark Swaby

    Link ledger tips

    Rather than link ledger I fish a fixed paternoster but some of this will apply. Chub are the cutest fish for feeling resistance and dropping the bait. Especially if they are big and have been caught a few times over the Winter. For Barbel I believe its not so important once they pick up a bait...
  20. Mark Swaby

    Looking for a similar chair

    Thanks for the offer, just checked but they will not fit
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