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Leeds canal closure

From BBC website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10758843

Nearly half of Britain's longest man-made canal will close next week as extreme drought conditions continue in parts of Britain.

The Leeds to Liverpool canal will be partially closed by British Waterways unless water supplies improve.

British Waterways say they have no choice but to shut the canal, but it is a move that will have an effect on local businesses.

Remembering your lines!

I noticed during my last fishing session that my reel line is getting a little tired and needs to be replaced. I normally carry two reels in my bag, a DAM 'coffee grinder' closed faced reel with Drennan 4.4lb float fish line and a Ryobi open faced reel with Maxima 8lb line. These particular brands were an automatic choice for me as they were what I used in my formative piscatorial years. However I wanted to take this opportunity to open the discussion to the blogging community for any recommendations or suggestions.

Has line technology improved over the last 15 years? Are the older lines still popular due to the fishing community being stuck in their ways or doe the old adage stand true - if it ain't broke don't fix it?

I am being torn between Daiwa Sensor and the Maxima for my ledgering requirements - does anyone currently use this?

Your comments will be most welcome!

Kev

Catching The Impossible - Channel 4

Last sunday whilst grabbing some breakfast before heading off to a wedding shoot I caught a few minutes of 'Catching The Impossible' on Channel 4. The program sets a challenge weight for each species for Martin (nephew to John Wilson?) to catch, this episode resulted in a 1.5 pound dace being landed - just 3oz shy of the UK record!

Narrated By Bernard Cribbins the program has a very British pace to it unlike other current fishing programs! I remember Bernard doing the voice over for a Passion for Angling in the early 1990's which featured Chris Yates and Bob James getting into various piscatorial scrapes.

It's on again this sunday at 6.55am - I'm away in Paris shooting a wedding but I have set the V-box to record the series.

Warwickshire Avon, Saxon Mill

Here's a quick post with the photos from my last trip to Saxon Mill a few weeks ago. Things are very busy for me at the moment with my day job and the photography business taking off so I'm working pretty much a 7 day week at the moment! For more details on the day read Jeff's post. I used this first trip of the season to practice waggler fishing which resulted in a 4 pound bag of dace and chubb from above the weir. I have never really done much waggler fishing but found the technique interesting and will be my focus for this season when I get chance to go fishing that is!! Here's the pics: