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Dave Slater

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Congratulations Andy, a truly awesome string of big fish. I really enjoyed reading the article.
 
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Denis Goulding

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Andy,.
Just one thing to say.. '''' OH MY GOD ! ''''

Great article, well done on a tremendous catch of truly awesome fish that anyone that has done any fishing at all, can only dream about most nights..Again well done..

Regards,
Denis..
 
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Dave Rothery

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mmmmmmmm where's me tench rods........

cracking fish - well done old bean
 
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Rodney Wrestt

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Andy,
WOW.........................stunning fish.
 
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Great stuff fella, got me thinking of getting back out there sraight away and thats what I like.
Nothing to report from me Im afraid, no Bream, not even seen them realy, did lose a good Eel the other night(I was a bit undergunned).

Whats next then Andy?, a big winter Pike from the water would just about top off ya season!!!!
 
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Warren 'Hatrick' (Wol) Gaunt

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Pike?

Andy?

Just spent 3 hours on the phone wiv him, no no no no no.

Ruffe is next!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Warren 'Hatrick' (Wol) Gaunt

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Ooooooooer, sorry, great stuff Mr Dog, told ya didn't i?

Watch n learn!!!




again, watch n learn.


:eek:)


ps, giggle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shall we do the book now?
 
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Chris Bishop

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"This is the first catch I have reported in ten years..."

Great story, thanks for sharing it.

Amazing run of fish. Wish I'd weighed my accidental perch now.
 
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Andy Nellist

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Haven't had any of the for a while now but Friday night I had to confront four lads who were throwing glasses at each other by my car and last night I had two hours of "naaaa you don't wana be doing thaaaat".

You've gotta laugh :eek:)
 
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Les Clark

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Andy,"Well done" is a understatement,stunning mate,super,and more of the same.
 
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Great results for the dedication of time and research you have put in to the water and its piscatorial inhabitants!
 
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Tony O'Dell

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Andy, just re-read you article. I see you are using Shimano XTE 10000?s, how do you find these for tench fishing? Do you find them a little heavy for the rod you matched them to?. I would assume you gain quite a few extra yards on our cast using these reels, as opposed to using 5000/6000/8000 GTE's
Are they your standard reel for tench fishing, or do you use something different usuallly. I assume you use them for bream fishing as well?

regards

Tony
 
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Andy Nellist

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Yes, they are heavy and i would ideally prefer a lighter baitrunner with the same dimensions. The reason I use them is that they are extremely smooth and have a large spool. That makes casting easier when using a sinking braid like submerge, keeps line twist to a minimum when fishing extreme range or when casting a lot and they are great to play fish on especially if like me you prefer to backwind rather than use the drag.

If I'm using my 1 3/4 interceptors i invariably use them and most of my Tenching and Breaming involves fishing distance at distance with the 1 3/4. When using my 1 1/4 harrisons for shorter distance lighter work I couple them with Shimano X Match 3000 M's which weigh about 55% of the weight of a 10000 XTE.
 
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Tony O'Dell

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Cheers Andy. I still use the Baitrunner GTE 5000 for 90% of my fishing, and find these are a good compromise, but can see where the 10000 XTE's would have a distinct advantage.
Similar to yourself, i tend to match a smaller reel to my 1lb Fox Specialist's, currently using the 3000 GTM's.

Thanks for your quick reply

regards

Tony
 
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jason fisher

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just read this for the first time i am very very jealous that is an absolutely brilliant catch but why did some one bring it up now my tenching lakes not worth a go till april, aaaaghhhhh!
 
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