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- Goosequill
- Dace
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Hello, good evening and welcome.
- AG Purser
- Stickleback
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Snap ! my first rod was the same... but only had the aerial.. had to do the cork ringing and the whipping myself.
Well, we did whipping of ropes in the Scouts ! wish i had have kept it really . caught a pike and a salmon
the pike about 4'' and the salmon about 6'' ! and I still drive past the places where i caught 'em. 65 years ago!
Well, we did whipping of ropes in the Scouts ! wish i had have kept it really . caught a pike and a salmon
the pike about 4'' and the salmon about 6'' ! and I still drive past the places where i caught 'em. 65 years ago!
- Das-Bolt
- Gudgeon
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Hi. As I remember mine also came as a kit with the cork shives which I had to sand paper down but I can't recall whipping the eyes on but I suppose I must of done. Looking back I can just imagine some 'Dell-boy' character having bought a job lot of tank aerials thinking "What am I going to do with all these .........." The interesting thing about this forum is that so many members have a shared history, a new member mentioned fishing the Lea at Cheshunt as I did when a boy and judging by the replies many other did too. Happy days!
- N9nty
- Roach
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My first rod was also a tank aerial bought ready made and still painted green, somebody trod on it and kinked it beyond repair. I bought another one recently and it is a horrible heavy soggy thing, so much for nostalgia.
Welcome to the forum.
Welcome to the forum.
The older I get the better I was.
- Das-Bolt
- Gudgeon
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That's the problem nostalgia's not as good as it used to be!
- N9nty
- Roach
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- Zipper
- Roach
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Hi and Welcome,
I am pretty new here, but it's really friendly with lots of helpful and knowledgeable folk.
I am pretty new here, but it's really friendly with lots of helpful and knowledgeable folk.