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Afternoon all, I am trying to lighten the load next season, partly because I will be fishing a long way from the car park on a couple of venues but largely because I have a neck problem from one too...

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PAFEX MODEL EP260 XL www.leslies-fishing.co.uk...xnets.html I've got one of these and it goes everywhere with me, i can completely recommend them, think there is a review in the archive.

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Thank you for all the input so far. I hadn't really thought of going down the webbing/military vest route, but it is one worth looking at. Even a heavily-weighed down waistcoat causes me back/neck...

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Jon, Maybe another LN option is a fastnet type - think they make these in various sizes from about 30" to 52". Had a 36" which I cut down slightly and this gave me many years of service - just a...

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Think that Scierra may have changed / upgraded models, Jon. Bought my last one two years ago for £19-99. It is neither as big as the fold-out £30 jobbie, and doesn't look like the smaller one priced...

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Thanks Paul, used one of the gas masks bags for years at school and in my early fishing days, can't think why I didn't remember how good they were. Off the the army surplus sites...

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Jon, I have to say that the length of the handle was a concern for me when I was thinking of buying one, but quite honestly it has never been a problem, I don't put myself into position where I can't...

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Bob l have a fastnet 42in and l find it excellent.....now !! but as with everything new, the catch to hold the net in place was a buggar to click in place, and it cut me a few times when it wasnt worn...

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Decathlon do a superb stalker belt bag with six pockets plus water bottle for less than a fiver in green or a quid more in camo. Good quality, great price, cannot beat it - they sell it in the...

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Hi Jon, long time no see! I have used a couple over the years, for the very same reasons as you matey. Mooks(above)got the TFG one shortly after coming over to stay with me for a little fishing...

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Hi Daz, How are you mate,and the old Pie Eater ? Its the food ,water ,and camera thats the problem,Gaz,they weigh a ton. Then there are scales,odd bits of gear and a few Stonze. I just cannot seem to...

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Quote:Its the food ,water ,and camera thats the problem,Gaz,they weigh a ton. That shouldn't be a problem for you Chris, You can always get something to eat and drink at the on-site cafe and if you do...

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Dead right Titus,but it wont be detained in a landing net for two hours or more,like our old deceased freind "The Traveller "was frequently. I am told there are some huge Barbel in Makins now. Well...

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Quote:...but it wont be detained in a landing net for two hours or more,like our old deceased freind "The Traveller "was frequently. It's exactly incidents like that that the Barbel Society's handling...

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Damien, Most commercials insist on two keepnets for matches,one for the silver fish like Roach and Bream,another bigger one for the Carp and Barbel. A large modern keepnet or proper retention tube can...

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Jon this may not be the advice that you are looking for but in an effort to combat the advancing years I have bought a barrow. I didn't originally purchase it for barbel fishing but having used it a...

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Are we talking about matches now Chris? Well that's very commendable, but I was always taught never to put a species of fish with a spiked dorsal fin into a keepnet, for obvious reasons. Ethically, I...

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Damian, You and your mate Titus Oates are getting tedious....... I know you like biting,but if you were a Chub at Evesham in the 80s,you would have spent all your time in a keepnet spewing up...

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Thank you to all of you for your advice, looks like a stalker bucket and light gas mask hip bag will be next season's combination - no doubt, being a helpless tinkerer I will find something wrong with...

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Hi Jon, Actually I did try,as my original post was fairly sensible,I thought . Trust you are keeping well, Pons.

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Afternoon Pons Very well thanks, though my liver is objecting to last night's red wine assault. Happy days. Trust you are well too. Jon

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