A new interface for the blogger dashboard, makes it look a little more like wordpress.
Anyway being brief with this post I'll leave it with a song by John Denver....
It's all about me, What I get up to, my fishing, the gear I use for my fishing, also other stuff from time to time & anything or everything else that comes & goes along in between ; )
Sunday, 4 September 2011
Still hard at it....
Plenty of work & no fishing going on yet, but the rain may have put some life back into the river, we shall see.
A new interface for the blogger dashboard, makes it look a little more like wordpress.
Anyway being brief with this post I'll leave it with a song by John Denver....
A new interface for the blogger dashboard, makes it look a little more like wordpress.
Anyway being brief with this post I'll leave it with a song by John Denver....
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Recently...
It's been a busy summertime with lots of work on & not much fishing, but I've managed a few sessions so far, I have had no success with the barbel fishing yet mainly because the middle Trent where I fish has got no flow at the moment, almost like a still water it is at the time of writing this blog post, we are in desperate need of rain to flush the river through, even tried the Levas stretch at the weekend which is just below the Colwick sluices & still no flow, it's hardly been fished down there & the weed growth is unbelievable, plenty of streamer weed & silk weed congregating the river bed, now normally near the sluices it's like fishing the run off of a weir pool, but not this one it's like fishing the Victoria Embankment which has always, apart from times of flood water been known to have no flow.
This is not like the Trent at all, not seen this happen with the river before, even during the mid 90's when we had those red hot summers the Trent would be low & clear with some flow on it at the least, the only reason apart from the hot weather has got to be the amount of water abstraction permits issued to various farms, recycling plants, Armitages pet products factory & the Total oil company, but to name a few, OK there is also the National Water sports centre as well & various other still water complexes that have abstraction permits on the river to top up their lakes during the summer months.
Anyway have had some success with perch on the lures spinning & chub on the barbel gear during the dark hours, so i may go back to the drawing board here & fish lighter tackle, such as maggot feeder, or fish the waggler for a change, because the roach are making comeback, now the cormorants have gone elsewhere or so the regulars keep telling me.
This maybe the better option with hardly any flow at moment, suppose a change of tactics could be the answer, or just stick with fishing during the night time & pray for rain, not that that would make much difference at the moment because every time we get some flood water the authorities like to run it off faster, as part of the new flood prevention schemes, seems crazy but that is what they do.
Speaking of flood prevention, there is still a lot of flood bank restoration going on, the Levas stretch has been completed & now they are working further down stream still in Colwick, behind the industrial estate working their way from the Armitages factory through to the waste recycling plant, which looks like they could be busy with through to some time into next year, so we'll have to fish elsewhere in between time, it can be a preverbial pain in the butt, but the work needs doing due to bank side erosion, which made some stretches of river bank unaccessable.
One part of the river bank behind the Armitages factory was getting in a real bad way, that you couldn't walk down there as it all collapsed into the river, leaving just a flood bank & boundary fence as the river bank side, OK it's all being restored now, but that area is on a bend of the river very close to the run off of the sluice gates & the bank side there has always been steep, bit like the stretch of the river Severn at Iron bridge in the lady wood area, always remember having to climb down there lol every time we fished there, so this could be an hard job to keep the bank side in place, saying that though the piling plates & concrete re-enforcing equipment was the first bits of gear to be moved in after the clean up began.
Onto an old subject now, aww it seems the clowns of certain website are still in a bitter way, be best if they dropped the subject now to prevent any further embarrassments on their behalf's, they really do suffer fools gladly, one should'na go around pickin fights they cannot win thou knows, sitting back here watchin what has been posted over there really explains a lot about them doesn't it pmsl.
It is better to have loved & lost, than to have not loved at all ;)
Well now we've even had the rioters & looters up n down the country, how very dare they, but one thing I will say is....... Enoch Powell was right what he said, when nobody could be rsed to lissen, & now look at it, this wasn't because the police shot that black guy, this is Serious Organised Crime on a nationwide basis, that these fools didn't even begin to realise that only good thing that would come out of it at the end of the day, would be the the police, magistrates & judges would all get a load of overtime, not good for the taxpayers of the country is it?
Mind you we all got penalised with the football matches being postponed, do they now see what they have caused? I'd guess not, but that is what former governments have made this country into, leaving the rest of us to pick up the peaces, & where in this was the BNP & EDL ? when all this was kicking off, I'll tell ya nowhere to be seen!.
Heard a couple of good jokes about the riots, this one being the best'un.....
Tottenham have just signed a new black Italian striker, his name is grabbatelli.
Ok, back to work now, as ever plenty to do n not enough hours in one day.
This is not like the Trent at all, not seen this happen with the river before, even during the mid 90's when we had those red hot summers the Trent would be low & clear with some flow on it at the least, the only reason apart from the hot weather has got to be the amount of water abstraction permits issued to various farms, recycling plants, Armitages pet products factory & the Total oil company, but to name a few, OK there is also the National Water sports centre as well & various other still water complexes that have abstraction permits on the river to top up their lakes during the summer months.
Anyway have had some success with perch on the lures spinning & chub on the barbel gear during the dark hours, so i may go back to the drawing board here & fish lighter tackle, such as maggot feeder, or fish the waggler for a change, because the roach are making comeback, now the cormorants have gone elsewhere or so the regulars keep telling me.
This maybe the better option with hardly any flow at moment, suppose a change of tactics could be the answer, or just stick with fishing during the night time & pray for rain, not that that would make much difference at the moment because every time we get some flood water the authorities like to run it off faster, as part of the new flood prevention schemes, seems crazy but that is what they do.
Speaking of flood prevention, there is still a lot of flood bank restoration going on, the Levas stretch has been completed & now they are working further down stream still in Colwick, behind the industrial estate working their way from the Armitages factory through to the waste recycling plant, which looks like they could be busy with through to some time into next year, so we'll have to fish elsewhere in between time, it can be a preverbial pain in the butt, but the work needs doing due to bank side erosion, which made some stretches of river bank unaccessable.
One part of the river bank behind the Armitages factory was getting in a real bad way, that you couldn't walk down there as it all collapsed into the river, leaving just a flood bank & boundary fence as the river bank side, OK it's all being restored now, but that area is on a bend of the river very close to the run off of the sluice gates & the bank side there has always been steep, bit like the stretch of the river Severn at Iron bridge in the lady wood area, always remember having to climb down there lol every time we fished there, so this could be an hard job to keep the bank side in place, saying that though the piling plates & concrete re-enforcing equipment was the first bits of gear to be moved in after the clean up began.
Onto an old subject now, aww it seems the clowns of certain website are still in a bitter way, be best if they dropped the subject now to prevent any further embarrassments on their behalf's, they really do suffer fools gladly, one should'na go around pickin fights they cannot win thou knows, sitting back here watchin what has been posted over there really explains a lot about them doesn't it pmsl.
It is better to have loved & lost, than to have not loved at all ;)
Well now we've even had the rioters & looters up n down the country, how very dare they, but one thing I will say is....... Enoch Powell was right what he said, when nobody could be rsed to lissen, & now look at it, this wasn't because the police shot that black guy, this is Serious Organised Crime on a nationwide basis, that these fools didn't even begin to realise that only good thing that would come out of it at the end of the day, would be the the police, magistrates & judges would all get a load of overtime, not good for the taxpayers of the country is it?
Mind you we all got penalised with the football matches being postponed, do they now see what they have caused? I'd guess not, but that is what former governments have made this country into, leaving the rest of us to pick up the peaces, & where in this was the BNP & EDL ? when all this was kicking off, I'll tell ya nowhere to be seen!.
Heard a couple of good jokes about the riots, this one being the best'un.....
Tottenham have just signed a new black Italian striker, his name is grabbatelli.
Ok, back to work now, as ever plenty to do n not enough hours in one day.
Saturday, 23 July 2011
well well....
Seems some muppet tried gettin the blog banned, nice try tho NOT, appen yer a loser thou knows, no doubts of where it came from tho shall have the answers later!
obviously some folks need to get a life!
bitterness ooooooooooooooh dear pmp's
Edit: aaah seems they've gone quiet over there now ! wonder why? hmmmm
obviously some folks need to get a life!
bitterness ooooooooooooooh dear pmp's
Edit: aaah seems they've gone quiet over there now ! wonder why? hmmmm
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
been a fair while....
got shitloads on at the mo with work and haven't managed to get on the bank yet this season, so hope to be on the bank by the end of this month.
Been having a browse around the riverside and not many about, mainly due to alot of floodbank restoration going at the mo.
Just had a look elsewhere n well, eh I gotta hand it to'em this time---> here pmsl was an entertaining read that were.
You know over the past year and into this 1 a lot water has passed under the bridge, lots of shyte has happened not only to myself but also to others so is it time to call a truce yet ? n move on from the shyte lol, we'll have to wait'n see.
Admin-Edit:
Footnote:
Chunky not fuckin about m8 if yer want ur cash send us a text message n i'll sort it out with you !!!
Been having a browse around the riverside and not many about, mainly due to alot of floodbank restoration going at the mo.
Just had a look elsewhere n well, eh I gotta hand it to'em this time---> here pmsl was an entertaining read that were.
You know over the past year and into this 1 a lot water has passed under the bridge, lots of shyte has happened not only to myself but also to others so is it time to call a truce yet ? n move on from the shyte lol, we'll have to wait'n see.
Admin-Edit:
Footnote:
Chunky not fuckin about m8 if yer want ur cash send us a text message n i'll sort it out with you !!!
Monday, 20 June 2011
BBC News - Nottinghamshire group tackles 'alien' Himalayan balsam
BBC News - Nottinghamshire group tackles 'alien' Himalayan balsam
See we do not just have to rely on the Angling Trust to tackle these problems, I think it's great that there are other groups out there with the power to sort these things out.
See we do not just have to rely on the Angling Trust to tackle these problems, I think it's great that there are other groups out there with the power to sort these things out.
Friday, 17 June 2011
A lucky scrape through for England.
Worse things have happened at sea...
Going on from the previous post, last night (16/06/2011) two more bikes started to bomb up & down the streets, yet finally the police were like a magnet to them, about time too, so at least somebody somewhere is taking notice of the situation & clamping down before the vigilante builds up, at the very least we know where we stand & the problem being that people need to come forward & make the complaints to the police to get this whole situation resolved, if not just for the time being.
OK the other problem is a mass police presence in the area, but if that's what it takes then so be it.
Was going fishing yesterday but had been called out to do a job so that put that plan on the shelve, never mind there is always the weekend. (not speaking to soon though).
OK the other problem is a mass police presence in the area, but if that's what it takes then so be it.
Was going fishing yesterday but had been called out to do a job so that put that plan on the shelve, never mind there is always the weekend. (not speaking to soon though).
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Zero Tolerance....
When you tackle hooligans, is it worth pursuing with the law or adopting a zero tolerance policy? as in this case.....
And that is what happens to these thugs with off road bikes bombing up & down my street, 9ft of scaffold tube ready to take his head off the next time he attempts to ride it causing a nuisance to the local neighbourhood, yet he is released on bail the next morning free to ride his bike again, with no insurance, no vehicle registration, no MOT & no road tax, Also the possibility of no licence, as you can see he's also not wearing an helmet whilst innocent motorists get penalised for daft things such has not wearing a seat belt & speeding, makes you sick doesn't it?
Admin Edit: what is also annoying about this ongoing activity is when 999 is called their reply is "We cannot do anything about it" whilst young kids get injured & killed in hit & run incidents.
I feel that the police in this country are begging for people to start vigilantes against this activity.
Either that or they need to appeal to the general public to come forward & assist in putting a stop to the activity of the local & nationwide hooligans, but then the problem lies with the CPS & district judges &/magistrates, whom have an habit of letting them off lightly, due to red tape of bureaucracy & you can thank Tony blairs government for that.
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| Operation Arsehole |
And that is what happens to these thugs with off road bikes bombing up & down my street, 9ft of scaffold tube ready to take his head off the next time he attempts to ride it causing a nuisance to the local neighbourhood, yet he is released on bail the next morning free to ride his bike again, with no insurance, no vehicle registration, no MOT & no road tax, Also the possibility of no licence, as you can see he's also not wearing an helmet whilst innocent motorists get penalised for daft things such has not wearing a seat belt & speeding, makes you sick doesn't it?
Admin Edit: what is also annoying about this ongoing activity is when 999 is called their reply is "We cannot do anything about it" whilst young kids get injured & killed in hit & run incidents.
I feel that the police in this country are begging for people to start vigilantes against this activity.
Either that or they need to appeal to the general public to come forward & assist in putting a stop to the activity of the local & nationwide hooligans, but then the problem lies with the CPS & district judges &/magistrates, whom have an habit of letting them off lightly, due to red tape of bureaucracy & you can thank Tony blairs government for that.
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Back now for a little while..
It's been a busy weekend & busy beginning of the week with plenty of work coming through, you'd think it'd be a good sign, well it is & it isn't but that's the way things are going at the moment, plenty of service & general maintenance work, one welding job & a couple of mot's so far & to think I used to get all the technical jobs under the sun at one point in time, still it's nice to see some work coming through, yet I hear others doing less! something to do with that big word that starts with an M & ends with Y methinks.
Anyway here's another song I've been listening to recently, whilst enjoying some Belgian chocolates.
Right must get back to it..
Anyway here's another song I've been listening to recently, whilst enjoying some Belgian chocolates.
Right must get back to it..
Friday, 3 June 2011
Offline for a while...
For all those that read in regular (the stats don't tell no pork pies) :) I'll be offline for a little while due to an increased workload (well i am a popular person) ;) though it seems. So just bare with us guys & the 16/06/2011 is not far away now, can't wait to have a chuck.
I'll leave you to listen to this one by the Black Eyed Peas, which reminds me of a certain anti-barbel website & the members over there ; ) (the song that is) Just turn up the volume, as loud as you can, it sounds better.........
Cheers,
See y'all soon.
I'll leave you to listen to this one by the Black Eyed Peas, which reminds me of a certain anti-barbel website & the members over there ; ) (the song that is) Just turn up the volume, as loud as you can, it sounds better.........
Cheers,
See y'all soon.
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Here's another song, I've not heard for a while...
God I just love attracting attention. Or so some would have you believe!.
Monday, 23 May 2011
Also used to be a bit of a fan of R.E.M...
So here's a few of my old favourites, in no specific order...
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Here it is then, post number 100...
OK in a couple of previous blog posts, I'd wrote about how boring our TV programmes had become & how the adverts were better than most of the programmes, well yeah they are, but there are still some good programmes on TV worth watching like channel 4's Balls of Steel, which has got me hooked, my three favourites in the comedy show are the pain men (Pritchard & Pancho), these two have me in stitches most of the time, also Negs urban sports, this guy is absolutely crazy & then there is the annoying devil, that guy is absolutely bonkers with some of the stunts & pranks he pulls.
If you've not watched this show, believe me your missing out big time, forget Jackass, that is crap compared to Balls of Steel, if it weren't for the fact that YouTube has put a downloading block on the channel 4 'youtube channel' I'd be doing a series of video blogging from the complete previous & to date series of the Balls of Steel programmes, but because at the moment I cannot do that, I'll just have to supply you with the link.
But never the less at some point in time I shall happen upon the necessary software, to be able to do a bit of video blogging of the show, so in the mean time here is that link.
Then just recently, well & also from a few months back in time a channel called Quest which is part of the Discovery channel has aired some fishing programmes, alright they maybe repeats but to me they have been worth watching, mainly Matt Hayes Total fishing & the greater rod race, so at least I've got a little bit of value for money out of my TV licence, not that I'm complaining.
Edit: Slight adjustment, to make, balls to the other side, they ain't gonna beat me.
OK, I'll have to end this one here I'm afraid as there is lots to do in so little time.
If you've not watched this show, believe me your missing out big time, forget Jackass, that is crap compared to Balls of Steel, if it weren't for the fact that YouTube has put a downloading block on the channel 4 'youtube channel' I'd be doing a series of video blogging from the complete previous & to date series of the Balls of Steel programmes, but because at the moment I cannot do that, I'll just have to supply you with the link.
But never the less at some point in time I shall happen upon the necessary software, to be able to do a bit of video blogging of the show, so in the mean time here is that link.
Then just recently, well & also from a few months back in time a channel called Quest which is part of the Discovery channel has aired some fishing programmes, alright they maybe repeats but to me they have been worth watching, mainly Matt Hayes Total fishing & the greater rod race, so at least I've got a little bit of value for money out of my TV licence, not that I'm complaining.
Edit: Slight adjustment, to make, balls to the other side, they ain't gonna beat me.
OK, I'll have to end this one here I'm afraid as there is lots to do in so little time.
Monday, 16 May 2011
Nearly a century of posts..
Ninety nine blog posts later, just shows how much time has past since I first decided to jump in the deep end & have a go at blogging, suppose you just get out of these things what you put in, ok I'm no proffessional writer, don't intend to be neither but this blog was just men't to be a past time/diary of what has happened in the past with other stuff & basically the up's & downs of my fishing in general & music I listen to but ok it's made a few friends along the way, not so many enemies & one or two who have decided to jump around criticising, if they don't like it don't look in is the simple answer to that, but no I've so far enjoyed doing the old blogging & who knows what the future holds, we shall just have to wait & see, after all these things take time to build.
Next up blog post No.100.
Next up blog post No.100.
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