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    Slipping chair and/or bedchair legs - any solutions/fixes?

    There's a lot of chairs and bedchairs out there with adjustable legs. I'd never had any problems with my ancient Fox's [with square-section legs and locking pins] but a couple of years ago I treated myself to a new "duralite" model and have slowly realised that one of the legs was struggling to...
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    River Ribble - Stocking questions

    The history of the first Ribble Barbel is vague to say the least. Legend has it that the river was stocked near the M6 Tickled Trout junction with fish illegally moved from the Severn by local anglers in the early/mid 1970's.....and that seems to be it! I for one am curious to know a little more...
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    Lead choice

    Just to put this thread in context: My local river is the Ribble where fishing a majority (?) of swims will result in snagging at some time or other. This is not due to overhanging or sunken vegetation/tree trunks etc. but rather because the river bed mainly comprises of sizable pebbles, stones...
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    Baitrunner Question

    My standard river reels are Shimano Baitrunner Aero's that I bought way back in the 1990's. I have three GT4000 (single handled) and two GT6010 (double handled). This year I've been fishing in stronger flows than before and discovered that the baitrunning facility on these reels (and the...
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