It is good to know that I am not aloneAshbyCut wrote:Try suggesting to her that a lady only really needs one pair of shoes.The Old Buffer wrote:I am afraid that I am the guilty buyer and yes, I too expected it to go a fair bit higher. Now I only have to sneak it past my good lady who firmly believes that a fisherman only really needs one rod and one reel.
Milwards Floatrover
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Re: Milwards Floatrover
The coiled line travels from the reel, it brings up at last, the hook goes home, and then begins the test of skill. "BB"
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Re: Milwards Floatrover
According to Milwards catalogues the "floatrover" was 11ft in length and weighed 11 ounces.
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Mine is eleven foot and eleven and a half ounces. Close enough.
The coiled line travels from the reel, it brings up at last, the hook goes home, and then begins the test of skill. "BB"
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It's like me then. It's put on weight over the years.
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Unlike you and I the rod has been refurbished.PondLife wrote:It's like me then. It's put on weight over the years.
The coiled line travels from the reel, it brings up at last, the hook goes home, and then begins the test of skill. "BB"
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If i was a rod, i don't think even the skills of Edward Barder would be sufficient to renovate me.
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Over the years Milwards offered so many of their rods at different lengths...the images look correct, don't they?