Gerald Berth-Jones handmade Floats
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Re: Gerald Berth-Jones handmade Floats
That's just amazing!!!
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Wonderful!
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Lovely! - Has anyone used the slider in recent years at Redmire?
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Im told its not deep enough to warrant a slider anymore.FarliesBirthday wrote:Lovely! - Has anyone used the slider in recent years at Redmire?
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Oh that's interesting, Andrew..it used to to be, what? - 12ft or 13ft in the channel, in Walker's day?Andrew Field wrote:Im told its not deep enough to warrant a slider anymore.FarliesBirthday wrote:Lovely! - Has anyone used the slider in recent years at Redmire?
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Re: Gerald Berth-Jones handmade Floats
It doesn't need to be deep; a slider rig, being short, is much easier to drop into a small gap in the vegetation than a full-depth, fixed-float set-up; maybe that was the plan?
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I thought the deep hole known as 'Pitchfords's pit' was plumbed back in the 70's and was said to be 18 feet deep, or was this just a made-up figure?FarliesBirthday wrote:Oh that's interesting, Andrew..it used to to be, what? - 12ft or 13ft in the channel, in Walker's day?Andrew Field wrote:Im told its not deep enough to warrant a slider anymore.FarliesBirthday wrote:Lovely! - Has anyone used the slider in recent years at Redmire?
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When the pool was drained it was apparent that there was no deep hole in Pitchfords. Before, and even during the folming of APFA is was "Reputed to be bottomless". There are carp holes though, shallow holes that turn up in various places, probably caused by carp feeding vigourously on blodworm beds or my special wonder bait. I think the centre channel off the dam between the boathouse and cranstouns is about the deepest part, and we're probably talking around 10 feet.
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Re: Gerald Berth-Jones handmade Floats
It's a shame that Pitchford's seems to be a myth, isn't it, SK? I wonder if there was a deep hole there once, in BB's day, and it's just been silted up?The Sweetcorn Kid wrote:When the pool was drained it was apparent that there was no deep hole in Pitchfords. Before, and even during the folming of APFA is was "Reputed to be bottomless". There are carp holes though, shallow holes that turn up in various places, probably caused by carp feeding vigourously on blodworm beds or my special wonder bait. I think the centre channel off the dam between the boathouse and cranstouns is about the deepest part, and we're probably talking around 10 feet.
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There is every possibility, FB. I for one like to think of it that way sir...
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