Tackle for sale
Having cleared my garage of Barbel Society back issue magazines, I decided to think about my fishing tackle and with 5 centre pins I thought a good place to start with my rationalisation of my kit.
My other reels and rods are all staying put, apart from a hardly used split cane rod made by Paul Johnson from Hull a few years ago based on the Fred Crouch Barbel Special.
I'm not certain how to market that at the moment, as it was his first rod, he made it for himself and cost me a mere £100!
If anybody is that interested message me with your email address and I'll let you know the reserves set on eBay.
Deleted the details of sale, some Yorkshire tosser bid with a false address and telephone number!!
Monday 24 December 2012
Saturday 15 December 2012
Something with content
Fishing
The frost and snow has gone, the river should now be within it's banks, but it's the weekend so I'll let it settle a bit, let the workers have the weekend and it's blowing a hoolie out there.
Perhaps a trip down to the upper Witham with some worms, bread and a chunk of Stilton early in the next week.
I understand there is a very big chub looking for a new home after a butchers job was carried out to some bank side willow by the anti flood boys of the EA.
The appeal of the small river is calling after some long absence.
I've heard a whisper of some robbing of a fishery on a big river from a well respected club(not the BS) by some younger upstarts.Something that I may make a few points about when I find out for certain who they are.
Shades of Adams Mill occurring ?
Finance
I told you a while ago that I was dabbling in the AiM market with some penny shares, I won't give too much away but I'm having a little success. Not gambling a great deal, because gambling is what it is, but the potential is there to make a decent profit for the pension fund.
So I'll give you a case in point with one of my 5 investments.
On the 9th October I bought 50,000 shares in a cancer research company at 0.144p each, at the cost of £720. They are currently worth, on paper around £950 (32%).
But one of the pitfalls of the AiM market is that there are lot of get rich quick merchants investing for the short term.
This particular company have been on the verge of a major deal with a big pharmaceutical company for some time with the development of a cancer fighting compound.
The MD advised share holders some months ago that a major deal would be done by the end of this month.
Come the AGM last week he advised that whilst they hoped to have the deal completed by the end of the financial year 31st December, it was no longer certain but, the MD is very confident it will still happen in just a few days, perhaps later in January.
So for one mad day there was a big bale out by the short termers and the shares lost what was effectively 40% of their value.
I topped up substantially and the shares recovered next day, but it's not for the faint hearted, a very volatile game.
My original 50000 shares have potential, maybe even this coming week, to be worth over £2000 if the chatter is anything to go by.
I'm in for the long term though, as the company shows to have great potential for growth, but a bit of profit taking for further dabbling elsewhere may be taken.
I'll let you know if my faith in the company is proved wrong.
Christmas
Having just this week on Tuesday got through the anniversary of my Mum's death last year, without anything other than some great thoughts about the past and her, our mind turns to the Christmas break.
With no kids we "celebrate", as I've probably said before, much the same way as any other weekend. Except we do what everybody else does, eat a lot and get slowly pissed!
This year though we have learned that out neighbour Jim, has decided that he is not fit enough to make the drive over to his relatives in Manchester, and they don't appear to be coming over to him for the break, or to take him over to them, so we've invited him to have Christmas day with us.
He had better like goose, or it's ham and spuds for him!
For all you readers that do celebrate with your family, I'll take this opportunity to wish you all the very best for Christmas now, as we won't be sending cards.
The frost and snow has gone, the river should now be within it's banks, but it's the weekend so I'll let it settle a bit, let the workers have the weekend and it's blowing a hoolie out there.
Perhaps a trip down to the upper Witham with some worms, bread and a chunk of Stilton early in the next week.
I understand there is a very big chub looking for a new home after a butchers job was carried out to some bank side willow by the anti flood boys of the EA.
The appeal of the small river is calling after some long absence.
I've heard a whisper of some robbing of a fishery on a big river from a well respected club(not the BS) by some younger upstarts.Something that I may make a few points about when I find out for certain who they are.
Shades of Adams Mill occurring ?
Finance
I told you a while ago that I was dabbling in the AiM market with some penny shares, I won't give too much away but I'm having a little success. Not gambling a great deal, because gambling is what it is, but the potential is there to make a decent profit for the pension fund.
So I'll give you a case in point with one of my 5 investments.
On the 9th October I bought 50,000 shares in a cancer research company at 0.144p each, at the cost of £720. They are currently worth, on paper around £950 (32%).
But one of the pitfalls of the AiM market is that there are lot of get rich quick merchants investing for the short term.
This particular company have been on the verge of a major deal with a big pharmaceutical company for some time with the development of a cancer fighting compound.
The MD advised share holders some months ago that a major deal would be done by the end of this month.
Come the AGM last week he advised that whilst they hoped to have the deal completed by the end of the financial year 31st December, it was no longer certain but, the MD is very confident it will still happen in just a few days, perhaps later in January.
So for one mad day there was a big bale out by the short termers and the shares lost what was effectively 40% of their value.
I topped up substantially and the shares recovered next day, but it's not for the faint hearted, a very volatile game.
My original 50000 shares have potential, maybe even this coming week, to be worth over £2000 if the chatter is anything to go by.
I'm in for the long term though, as the company shows to have great potential for growth, but a bit of profit taking for further dabbling elsewhere may be taken.
I'll let you know if my faith in the company is proved wrong.
Christmas
Having just this week on Tuesday got through the anniversary of my Mum's death last year, without anything other than some great thoughts about the past and her, our mind turns to the Christmas break.
With no kids we "celebrate", as I've probably said before, much the same way as any other weekend. Except we do what everybody else does, eat a lot and get slowly pissed!
This year though we have learned that out neighbour Jim, has decided that he is not fit enough to make the drive over to his relatives in Manchester, and they don't appear to be coming over to him for the break, or to take him over to them, so we've invited him to have Christmas day with us.
He had better like goose, or it's ham and spuds for him!
For all you readers that do celebrate with your family, I'll take this opportunity to wish you all the very best for Christmas now, as we won't be sending cards.
Saturday 8 December 2012
Just sitting here thinking!
International Drinking Society
Another over nighter in the smoke meeting up with the International Stores ol'boys.
Two 80 year olds joined us for this the "Christmas" do, the two John's.
JTS the Assistant Company Secretary when I were a lad, who later went onto be a Director of the retail division of British American Tobacco. They dallied with retailing by firstly taking over International and a few other supermarket groups before deciding that retailing was too much like hard work, and went back to their core business of selling fags.
Still a very lucrative business, especially for those that retained their shares from the employment package.
Anyway John is still quite well and living in the Surrey countryside.
JHD, was one of the boys who would just disappear for hours on end, in fact he was the first to get to 100 pubs and complete the alphabet in our get to a pub have a drink and back in the hour lunch break sessions of the early 70's.Suffering a bit on the pins but looking pretty healthy.
We visited The Enterprise a pub in Red Lion Street around the back of Holborn. Cracking group of ladies running the pub ,very customer orientated, the beer wasn't bad either, Deuchers, I could have sworn it was Doom Bar, but I find that is a Cornish brew by Sharps.Whatever, it was good.
I just thought about our next trip, and do JHD some injustice he's not 80 until next April, so it looks like I'll be at his do in South Woodford for our next outing my 64th birthday is in late March.
Consequences
Thinking of that nurse who may have killed herself as a result of the Ozzie Dj's playing games. I don't think people these days think enough about the possible consequences of their actions.
I can think of two individuals already, one a short arsed "fuckwit" the other a grey haired thief ( they are regular readers) who both sparked into life with their usual innuendo and smart arsed comments this last week or so.
And both of whom,will have at least two close ones who will do them some damage if they ever meet up with them.
Comeuppance is the word methinks.
Another over nighter in the smoke meeting up with the International Stores ol'boys.
Two 80 year olds joined us for this the "Christmas" do, the two John's.
JTS the Assistant Company Secretary when I were a lad, who later went onto be a Director of the retail division of British American Tobacco. They dallied with retailing by firstly taking over International and a few other supermarket groups before deciding that retailing was too much like hard work, and went back to their core business of selling fags.
Still a very lucrative business, especially for those that retained their shares from the employment package.
Anyway John is still quite well and living in the Surrey countryside.
JHD, was one of the boys who would just disappear for hours on end, in fact he was the first to get to 100 pubs and complete the alphabet in our get to a pub have a drink and back in the hour lunch break sessions of the early 70's.Suffering a bit on the pins but looking pretty healthy.
We visited The Enterprise a pub in Red Lion Street around the back of Holborn. Cracking group of ladies running the pub ,very customer orientated, the beer wasn't bad either, Deuchers, I could have sworn it was Doom Bar, but I find that is a Cornish brew by Sharps.Whatever, it was good.
I just thought about our next trip, and do JHD some injustice he's not 80 until next April, so it looks like I'll be at his do in South Woodford for our next outing my 64th birthday is in late March.
Consequences
Thinking of that nurse who may have killed herself as a result of the Ozzie Dj's playing games. I don't think people these days think enough about the possible consequences of their actions.
I can think of two individuals already, one a short arsed "fuckwit" the other a grey haired thief ( they are regular readers) who both sparked into life with their usual innuendo and smart arsed comments this last week or so.
And both of whom,will have at least two close ones who will do them some damage if they ever meet up with them.
Comeuppance is the word methinks.
Wednesday 5 December 2012
End of the river...
For all the doubters
Why we anglers should join the Angling Trust, there is no defence without them!
The End of The River -
This film explains some of the impacts of hydropower on rivers in Europe. It’s interesting that in many European countries hydropower plants are being removed, whereas in the UK our government is paying the developers to install them. The film was made by the European Anglers Alliance, of which the Angling Trust is a member.
Read how Fish Legal has recently won an historic injunction against a multi-million pound hydropower development on the River Trent at Sawley Weir, in the process exposing major failings in the regulatory process HERE.
The film
Saturday 1 December 2012
Update
George
I'm very pleased to say that my farmer friend, and owner of the ponds down in the valley, after being given a short time to live before being moved over to Leeds hospital, has now recovered enough to be allowed home last Wednesday.
He still needs dialysis a couple of days during the week though.
His wife is quite rightly keeping an eye on him, and keeping him away from the farm for the time being.
Flooded Trent
Still un-fishable, well unreachable without a boat down at Sutton.
I had thought of a trip down, at least to see if any fish were marooned and needed rescuing, but the levels in the fields are much the same.
The water may take sometime to subside from what is effectively marsh land.
I'm very pleased to say that my farmer friend, and owner of the ponds down in the valley, after being given a short time to live before being moved over to Leeds hospital, has now recovered enough to be allowed home last Wednesday.
He still needs dialysis a couple of days during the week though.
His wife is quite rightly keeping an eye on him, and keeping him away from the farm for the time being.
Flooded Trent
Still un-fishable, well unreachable without a boat down at Sutton.
I had thought of a trip down, at least to see if any fish were marooned and needed rescuing, but the levels in the fields are much the same.
The water may take sometime to subside from what is effectively marsh land.
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| That's better looking back to the gate, an early trip down due |
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