Time to start making Ready .....

[The Great Wallsendo]

spent the afternoon NOT buying anything on the internet/eBay etc

IE NOT buying things I want as opposed to buying things I need

which having now thought about it there's quite a few bits and bobs I need for the new season (not shads tho' )

Hokkais, daylites etc etc - the shop bought rigs that are a handy fall back when other tactics aren't working...bought 100s a couple of years ago and am now down to the dregs

swivels, nickel o shaughnessy hooks

Crikey - not long to go really...best get a shift on

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

Hey lads let me in on the next lead fest please , I need to get started.

[The Great Wallsendo]

am thinking an early 2011 lead purchase may be in order...open to offers by PM for those looking at this post

[northeast1]

Get the lead sooner rather than later it is going up in price by the week, i got 11 stone but cant ,melt it until the weather warms up...outside job for me.

[tich]

lead

wish I`d known, just dumped 27 klo at the scrappies got £25.00 for it 90p per kilo. dont know what your buying in at? sold mine at the scrap yard at Backworth on Wed

[Kev1n]

wish I`d known, just dumped 27 klo at the scrappies got £25.00 for it 90p per kilo. dont know what your buying in at? sold mine at the scrap yard at Backworth on Wed

Last lot I bought a month ago cost about £1:10/kg but that was a bargain compared to the £1:40 I was quoted. If you have any more then let me know we get through too much of it each summer.

[tich]

lead

will try my best , but dont hold your breath, hav`nt comeaccross any in months,got a few mates that are plumbers and get bits & bobs for me, this wes a big chunk & I couldnt do anything with it so I dummped it, wish I`d known,soz

[The Great Wallsendo]

been thinking about boaty stuff all day

got myself a list of stuff to get in the New Year!

Braid, Hooks etc etc etc

Only 3 months to go - which isn't very long at all

(works do tonight - note to self "no drunk ramblings on the forums")

Santa is nearly here kids

[The Great Wallsendo]

ramble ramble ramble - oops, bugger *hic*

[Norman]

Well, it's coming to that time of year again and time to start preparing for the season ahead, I mean, them traces don't make themselves you know

Things to do (well some of them):

check the lines and renew or turn around the braid .... buy some new braid (Dynon 3000 55lb - of course). Done
check the reels for oil and grease. ... buy some oil and grease ... maybe buy a new reel Done
check the rods for ring breakage and repair if need be. ... buy some new rings - maybe buy a new rod Done (but probably still get a new rod 'n' reel anyway)
buy new rig mono 50-60lb Ordered
buy a few hundred hooks - O'Shaunessy Checked - got lots
buy a few hundred muppets Checked -still got lots
and a few hundred hokkais Checked - got some, but still need to order more - TGW
and some jellies - Got lots
eat more crisps - Work in Progress
tie a couple of dozen rigs with the discarded crisp packets (each session for many sessions) - On Going WIP
tie some muppet rigs (each session for many sessions) - no space left on boat
tie some hokkai rigs (each session for many sessions) - as above
melt some lead into standard weights (check cabin boys availability to handle the hot bits) ... buy some more lead ! - sorted
melt some lead into fancy special (shhh dont tell the secret) weights (new moulds on order expect any day)
melt some lead into pirks , type a, type b, and type c - to do when garage warms up
get painting .... oh, and buy some new rings ..... and buy some new trebles WIP
prepare some paravane rigs for the days up at cresswell with colin (buy new bits) got some, may need more !
buy some more shads ............... well ... probably dont really need to do that boat already shadded out ...
make up some nice swively shad rigs ....... buy some new swivels Done
buy some more end links ...... Done
check out tacklebox and replace any areas that are running low with links and bits. Done
renew the bait table on the boat almost done
check the fish boxes .... nah , buy some new fish boxes new ones bought and ready
check the filleting gear, replace if need be .... (or take keith on a couple of fishing trips and a new knife appears) knives all sharp and ready to fillet
Fit new Xmas present to boat .... New GPS Sounder (Garmin 556s) and relegate old one to second place. All Done .... superb, can't wait to use in anger ...
type in the hundreds of co-ordinates All transferred by SD card
go out and confirm positions of all co-ords ..... (a few days worh of boating only) Roll on good weather
wow, so much to do , better get started quickly .......



norm

Almost ready to go then ........

norm

[oldessox]

Ha ha! , I spent a wild half hour under the canopy on the boat yesterday writing down all the wreck co ords out of my old plotter , 25 wrecks and 50 waypoints (most of which are extra waypoints on a wreck) , I say wild because the wind was howling and flapping the cover all over the place.
Anyway , I got them all written down in a book ....... and now I don't know where I've put the book (driving me mad )

Ray

[The Great Wallsendo]

LOL got plenty Hokkais in stock

[Codfather]

Just been ordering a load of rigs and even more shads. We ran out of shads last summer, think I've got plenty in stock now tho lol.

Need a session with the lead pan now to top up sinkers and various pirks. Maybe need some more plasticoat lumi orange paint.

What make/type of hokkies are people using ? theirs loads about these days.

[the leadman]

going to start tyeing some rigs soon need to make some more leads and get a frew hokkis and set of day ligths and that me all sorted