its that time of year again

[joffmiester]

HOLLAND

anyone going i have two spare spaces if anyone is interested

[chavey]

I'd love to, but I'm not sure if I could cope with the long walks?

[joffmiester]

you'd love it mate  ::) ::)punch works well in 15 ft of water mate well if you are thinking about if we will be there from 29th april till the 5th may this year the first festival has been cancelled so the dutch are coming on ours  that means about 60 to 70 on it plus we will have a spare bed

[bill yards]

I like a drink after I've bin a fishin'

Not shandy, gassed up popified lager or perfumed gin

[craftytafty]

Hi Joff, so is that the original anglo dutch festival that's been cancelled ( ie the festival immediately before you normally go?) or the first of the 3 weeks. If there's 70 fishing are you going to have to have a section on the moat?

[joffmiester]

no moat whats so ever and hopefully with the dutch fishing it we could be using the same sections quiet a few regulars are not going this year swino,don yourself I'll help pat run it
not sure if it will go back to five hours yet
just hope i can behave myself this year i might have a chance no more partying to the early hours

[bill yards]

plus we will have a spare bed

I see the fishing has improved since I went then

[joffmiester]

i think swino and the boys are going back to ireland this year bill !so there's a few good pegs gone already

[craftytafty]

we fished with the dutch last year and we still couldn't use the same sections. Jan told me they will never change on the 5 hour thing but if they do I might go back for my annual 2 weeks of silver fishing

You don't want to draw like me last year matey, never got near a sluice or good area. ( unlike a certain match oprganiser from leicester I recall
I think you should have a few early nights, you need the sleep at your age ::) ::) ::)

[joffmiester]

;)to right mate hows your hand are you recovering well i bet you've got some makins rigs set up ready

[craftytafty]

yeah, it's ok thanks, the way they do it now is brilliant, i can fish again already. got plenty of rigs done. just found 2 hookboxes with about 80 hooklengths for Holland so Browny's having them

[joffmiester]

i bet that brought a smile to his face must about the first one you've seen

[craftytafty]

Joff, Browny spoke to Pat today and asked about the 5 hours and fishing the same pegs etc and it was news to him. Think your grapevine is a bit dodgy in Leicester

He says a few of the dutch aren't fishing the 2nd festival so are fishing the last one ( yours) and there should be about 55-60 on that.

[joffmiester]

good i think you need the dutch to fish it anyway as they can pull some strings

[craftytafty]

If Jan can't then no one can. He was telling me about the meetings he's sat in and ended up tearing his hair out cos he can't get anywhere. Apparently you're up against some people with a lot of influence.

Dutch might want it on weight.

[joffmiester]

they might want a lot of things they'l get some of that again mate

[joffmiester]

one of the lads has just been in the shop and said "are we going to holland " ARE WE GOING TO HOLLAND i'm waitting for your money i said crappity smack me do i have to do everything

[joffmiester]

A QUOTE FROM TAFFY NOT ME
Main line 0.16, 0.14 hooklength, something like a size 14 B560 hook.

Make them on top 5's but leave it a bit longer so you can trim it accordingly as some sections are a bit deeper than others.
Don't have too shorter line between elastic and float like i've seen some do.

3 gram floats, olivette around 3 foot from the hook, 3 no 8 droppers. Some guys fish a float length on the bottom but I don't think it's enough, I have 2 rigs one about 18inches on and another 3 foot on.

Elastic I use maver 1.4 dia ( think thats a 10) quite tight.

If it's still and sunny you might catch shallow so 0.7 to 1gram rigs between 6 foot and 10 foot deep

I mix 5 kilo's of groundbait up, ( Sensas river and superbremes or similar, doesn't really matter, make it a bit wet so it stays down and put half a bottle of aromix in to deaden it
Put a pint of casters in and a handfull of corn and chuck most of it in at about 10.5 metres, keep a bit back for the feeder.
Then stick a section on and put a few baitdroppers of maggots on that line.
Then you have to work out whether they want to be on your stuff or past it.

Play around with baits, 3 dead maggs, caster and maggot etc.

if it's hard keep your feed tight, I use a kinder pot and one of those sprinkle things so you can feed a couple of times. Don't keep chucking balls of groundbait through the day cos you'll get plagued by foulhookers.

If you are on pegs 301 to 330 it is worth feeding a 5 metre line and also on pegs 363 to 372, wouldn't bother elsewhere.

Put a bomb rod up for fishing just past your stuff and sometimes a small maggot feeder works.

Anything else give us a shout.

Are you pleasure fishing or on the festivals in April? 
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are you sure your not coming taff     

[craftytafty]

positive, i've booked whiteacres the same 2 weeks with ninefingers and Mark Davis

[craftytafty]

Browny saw Pat on Friday, says there's 27 english and 16 Dutch on the festival you're on at present