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 Topic: Knife sharpener |
Gus
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 Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sat Dec 10, 11 12:14 pm Subject: Knife sharpener |
| I bought a Lansky sharpening set ten years ago, and all five stones are still in perfect nick. You can pick up a set for around £25 - expensive but a very worthwhile investment. It does my keyring pen ... |
| Topic: Gus- introduction to fly fishing question... |
Gus
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Forum: Fishing Posted: Sun Jun 05, 11 9:02 am Subject: Gus- introduction to fly fishing question... |
 Cheers Sean. |
| Topic: Gus- introduction to fly fishing question... |
Gus
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Forum: Fishing Posted: Sat Jun 04, 11 5:40 pm Subject: Gus- introduction to fly fishing question... |
Hi natty, glad you liked the article. I don't have an SBS fly tying instruction, or a lot of spare time to do one at the moment unfortunately!
I prefer a compromise as far as hooks go - rather than ... |
| Topic: trout |
Gus
Replies: 6
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Forum: Fishing Posted: Fri Mar 09, 07 12:17 pm Subject: trout |
Crunchy trout guijons with horseradish;
fillet and pinbone the trout (I usually take the skin off too)
Cut diagonal slices about 1cm width
Coat with flour (plenty of salt, white pepper and black ... |
| Topic: scopeless air rifle |
Gus
Replies: 4
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Forum: Shooting and Trapping for the Pot Posted: Mon Feb 19, 07 5:57 pm Subject: scopeless air rifle |
| I doubt you'll get much joy from BSA. They're owned by GAMO of spain now, and their customer service department has been depleted. BSA are more interested in pushing new sales, not helping you with so ... |
| Topic: wild food - ray mears on the bbc |
Gus
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Thu Feb 01, 07 2:24 pm Subject: wild food - ray mears on the bbc |
I'd love to have them both at a dinner party.
Good point. Still, I think that Mears would take too long to cook on a spit-roast. You'd be better off doing him in some kind of clam bake, and at lea ... |
| Topic: Shooting Gloves |
Gus
Replies: 13
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Forum: Shooting and Trapping for the Pot Posted: Tue Jan 23, 07 1:52 pm Subject: Shooting Gloves |
I found sealskins made my hands very sweaty, and they developed a nasty pong after a while.....
They are washable though 
If you think the gloves start to smell, you should try the heavy duty ... |
| Topic: Shooting Gloves |
Gus
Replies: 13
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Forum: Shooting and Trapping for the Pot Posted: Sun Jan 21, 07 11:56 am Subject: Shooting Gloves |
| I use 'sealskinz' gloves.... they're incredibly warm and waterproof. My intention was to cut off the trigger finger but they're so thin i never did. You should get a pair online for around £25. |
| Topic: Got a hare to prepare? |
Gus
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Forum: Shooting and Trapping for the Pot Posted: Sat Jan 20, 07 1:07 pm Subject: Got a hare to prepare? |
| really good article, great pictures too. |
| Topic: anglers show restraint |
Gus
Replies: 11
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Forum: Fishing Posted: Tue Jan 16, 07 7:59 pm Subject: anglers show restraint |
| Salmon farms attract artificially high concentrations of sea-lice, a natural parasite of atlantic salmon. The 'battery' style farm cages which are overcrowded with samon, attract billions of sea lice ... |
| Topic: anglers show restraint |
Gus
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Forum: Fishing Posted: Tue Jan 16, 07 7:25 pm Subject: anglers show restraint |
| The mortality rates to seaward travelling smolts (young salmon) can be horrendously high. A river should be viewed as a 'smolt factory', and even if it's running at its maximum capacity, a salmon farm ... |
| Topic: anglers show restraint |
Gus
Replies: 11
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Forum: Fishing Posted: Tue Jan 16, 07 11:33 am Subject: anglers show restraint |
| It's a contributary factor, no doubt. But fish mortality at sea is really the problem. We're eradicating the natural food supply of the salmon at an industrial rate, so even though removing nets might ... |
| Topic: anglers show restraint |
Gus
Replies: 11
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Forum: Fishing Posted: Mon Jan 15, 07 2:55 pm Subject: anglers show restraint |
| Rod and line caught salmon numbers have remained fairly steady since records began, with a few exceptional highs and lows. Numbers dropped quite substantially after what were seen as the 'heydays' of ... |
| Topic: anglers show restraint |
Gus
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Forum: Fishing Posted: Mon Jan 15, 07 2:41 pm Subject: anglers show restraint |
| I'm curious to know your objections to C&R, KillitnGrillit. There have been many independent studies from all four major Atlantic Salmon countries, as well as from the russian Kola fisheries, and ... |
| Topic: anglers show restraint |
Gus
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Forum: Fishing Posted: Mon Jan 15, 07 1:48 pm Subject: anglers show restraint |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/6261029.stm
Good news if you're a Tay salmon. |
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