Targetting real fish must have been too difficult for him Wol, needed fix of ratfish to get his confidence up again.....

Nail on the head mate.

Right, i'm off to catch some 'proper' fish on the Ouse..................

Waaaaaahaaaaaaaa

sod off you couple of jockeys.

I have previously said that I only go carping socialy with the 'Fat One' which I did this weekend.
Back to other fish this week.
Chub/barbel tomorrow PM.

anyway ginge, what proper fish have you had out the Ouse this season?

17.1 barbel

6.15 chub

Gis a shout if you wanna know what rigs to put on and what bait to use.

Shot yourself in the foot there Ricky !

I said this season.......

Amazing what you can change be a moderator, earlier it was year, amazingly its now season.

TIT

xxx

you been on the hock again coppertop?

NEVER, i just got back from fishing.

You messing moderator you!

I'm with Wol here - I saw this YEAR as well....

you naughty little moderator you !

I passed some on to well-known charter skippers I know for Bass fishing.

They haven't reported back (I suspect it has not been used much as almost all anglers use their own favourite and the skippers don't get to fish themselves as often as they'd like)

looking for an alternative to Xcelon or Siege ? Rok-Max (Truro) are selling Diamond Illusion which is very abrasion resistant, very low stretch (about a third of most monos) and fairly fine. Unfortunately they don't make it in less than "8 lb" (real b.s., unknotted, 12lb) but they do also sell "10 lb" "12 lb" and "16 lb" [and also "20" and "30"] - in each case about 50% stronger than the label says. It is a bit wiry and has some short-term memory (the coils from the spool go if you pull it straight between your hands) but if you like low-stretch without going to braid it is worth a look.

Anyone know where I can buy this line ,tried the other link but can't find the line .

Thanks

Krystonite:- back in October 2004, I bought some from specialist-tackle.co.uk (linked from this site)

I've since bought some from Veals (not Veals Mail Order), but I notice they're positioning it like it isn't going to sell well, this year (2006)...but they've not reduced the price.

Sorry, joined the thread late, (just when everyones lost the thread and starts talking nonsense), in a match up last year with GR60 it came second for brute strength and abrasion resistance, other than that I liked it.

any sites sell krystonite in 6lb ? tried but cant find it anywhere,everywhere seems to start in 8lb

from the product description on this site:
Description: A fluorocarbon coated co-polymer mainline available in 8lb, 10lb, 12lb, 15lb and 18lb breaking strains on 1000m spools. Prices from £14.99 to £18.99.

Most shops only show the 8,10,12 and 15

I think if you hunt around on the internet you may be able to find 20lb b.s., but not less than 8

I thought Kryston flouro was the bees knees, until today!
Tench fishing, 10lb to 6lb Kryston (Graham supplied me with it).
First fish 6lb 8oz new pb, second and last fish (two bites all day!) the hooklink broke at the knot to the swivel (grinner).

Gutted doesn't describe how I feel!
I tied the mainline to swivel with a Palomar, but then have to use a grinner for the hooklink because you can't pass the swivel through the loop to achieve another Palomar.

Any suggestions?
Please.

I think I just worked it out myself.
Tie the hooklink first, with palomar to swivel, then pass the whole lot through to achieve palomar knot to mainline swivel.
Fiddly I think, but it should work?