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sorry about the focus
match organisers held at gun point

That must have been in the days when you could buy half a house if you won one of the River Championships!

i'l put the full write up when i got time ;)this new VAT is doing my head in

Joff, why don't you put your prices up 10% like everyone else

Joffie's done better than that Waveney One - 25%..........he didnt spot the decimal point

Joff, why don't you put your prices up 10% like everyone else

Joffie's done better than that Waveney One - 25%..........he didnt spot the decimal point  

it really is open to abuse petrol in the small village down the road 1.38 litre fags went up on the 4th jan by the manufacturers plus the new vat making some go up by 19p fag prices are based on convenient, high street and super market pricing funny how they are now almost the same price
its a joke food is going up left right and center we always have loss leaders like sugar @ 59p the retail price now is 1.19 per kg and that show 35% proffit yet all the convenient shops around here have moved towards this figure it 's good for us as it keeps us busy as long as we buy right and i brought a stack in before christmas
and like i say a lot are using the VAT as a front to put items up far to much i'd love a 35% proffit turn over

I have just bought 1000 litres of Central heating oil - 81p a litre.  I hear that in Wales it is 54p a litre.  That is a difference of £270 on my 1000 litres.  Talk about a rip off! Oh and you can add VAT to that as well!

Just out of interest Waveney One do you know Barham and Claydon ? That's where all my family come from (Reynolds) my cousion is Gary Abbott who used to fish a few matches, don't know if he still does as not seen him for years ! My uncle Pete used to run a haulage pick up firm mainly operating on the A14.

I am fishing Barham Pits on Sunday and I often use Birds Fishing Tackle shop in Claydon, right by the level crossing. Only 5 mins from here. I have fished with/against Gary in the past, I seem to think he fished for Ipswich Wasps years ago. There are quite a few fishing Reynolds around here. Two brothers Richard and Terry who are probably in their late 40's early 50's. Richard has a son Alex who fished for Browning Wickford and is in his 20's. A very good angler. Terry suffers really badly from chronic arthritis and only fishes disabled matches these days. He has a daughter who is very keen to fish in the summer but not so keen this time of year . She is in her mid teens and fished for Nisa Waveney Juniors. Not a bad angler either but spends too much time talking rather than fishing!

Small world mate

Certainly is.

I have had a change of plans and will be fishing Suffolk Water Park tomorrow. It is a commercial between Claydon and Bramford that would not have been here when you were last here CWH. There is an open there tomorrow so I went and practised today and had 2 great perch and a load of smaller ones from 6 oz to 12 ounces, a few roach and 2 skimmers. I guesstimate that I had about 12lbs in all if those 2 went 4lb between them.
Not bad for 2 hours fishing but it was the best 2 hours of the day - 1300hrs to 1500hrs.

First fish photographed by the baliff



A close up of the fish



The second one, no one about to take the photo so I put a 2 pint bait box next to it.




Any views on the weights of those perch lads?

2 and a 1/4 lb by the looks of them, maybe 2 and a 1/2, nice fish mate

Very pleased with them. They say they have had 4lb fish out, but I have never seen one. Quite a few 2lbers come out in the matches though, mostly on caster. Worm, even lobworm, doesn't seem to work particularly well. I will have a lobworm worm line in the match tomorrow though.