Just watched Steve ringer on sky sports top bloke genuine nice guy always got time for everybody no airs or graces, and how quick can he tie those pva bags

We had the same at Makins last Sunday, and again this Sunday!

Very interesting that was Fordy, one of the best. It makes a nice change to see something differant!

“Nutters on Tight Lines…”

Normal programme then.

Des was brillaint talking through his set up!!!!~clap ~clap
Although im not sure it was a safe set up being a bolt rig and all~sick

very fuunny, so much that i watched it again straight after!!!

good coverage fordy,,but there where a few things missing for it to have been perfect,,!

“STRAIGHT JACKETS”!

Excellant coverage Fordy, superb footage, especially as we may not see conditions like that for another 30 years. well done mt8

Hi all, I’ve decided to join here, well I am on pretty much every forum, but I have heard this is a pretty good forum.I enjoyed tight lines today, i’m suprised that many anglers turned up at gold when it was snowing.They are all very keen which is good to see!!

I think Des should be banned as it looked like his olivette was made of lead…..

Really enjoyed the show tonight and as usual Steve Ringer was excellent and by the sounds of it when he is fit the rest had better watch out.

Just in case you missed it or you haven’t got SKY ~sick ~naughty

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid29318049001?bctid=61890853001

@BAG UP wrote:

Just in case you missed it or you haven’t got SKY ~sick ~naughty

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid29318049001?bctid=61890853001

Many thanks Bag up for the link.~clap ~clap…MTB.

Andy….Brilliant mate.As you know i fished the straight lead at 6m,but the tip just wouldnt go round…lol.

Good stuff Andy very well presented and great to see some silver fish being caught.

Anyone got a link to rest of shows other features? Nothing on skysports website. Cheers

At the end of the show Keith points out that no anglers were on the ice whilst breaking it.
I think he says “because they are experienced”
does that mean that they’ve learned from their mistakes?
I seem to recall an article in match fishing many years ago when certain Dorking stars amongst others were on the ice with chainsaws !

I have also fished against Dorking at Willow when virtually everyone was ON the ice cutting out swims!

~clap Well done,just watched bagups link,8 mins of quality TV,very well presented too.

We used to break the ice a lot down on the Regents Canal years back,Dishyfish will remember,you always had your regulars,prepared with their breakers & the rule was if you borrowed it from them & lost it,you’d have to go in for it or replace it,Paul Burroughs was always a cert for losing it.The times he stood on one end & lost his footing or failed to tie a loop in the end that he had put around his leg were uncountable.Absolute quality!!
We had all sorts of ice breakers from clutch plates to sash weights & never failed to catch on the punch or worm………..halycon days.

Decaff, your memory is correct, and William is not the lightest bloke to be walking about on ice with a chain saw !
Good to see such recklessness seems to be a thing of the past, unlike those idiots who tried to drive their car along a frozen canal as a short cut the other day !

decaff your still reminiscing again lol. I remember them days well. I used to spend a age creating a nice gap out to about 6 to 8m set up ect. Then to walk along the bank in amazement, and see the like of the Vincents Derek young Vasey ect and saw they had broken their ice so they could fish their peg at 13m plus These boys use to practice ice breaking (thats dedication) and boy they were good at it, but we always caught a few fish!! Not to mention the funny looks we got from the passers by. I had a look at the canal a couple of weeks ago, and Neil I had a flash back of them days and remember we used to think the joggers running on them freezing cold days were mad lol.

My finest hour came in Ireland raking a swim on the Royal Canal for Tench i chucked my mates hand made rake in and forgot about holding the rope thanks to the gallon of ale from the night before~clap

me and my mate went on lindholme on friday and had to break a good 3-4 ins of ice.
only trouble was we were using 2 towballs bolted together on a chain and rope which was’nt quite heavy enough.
does anyone know the best place to get one of those sash window weights from?
( and yes it was -3 and yes we did still catch! )

Sash weights are useless if you have a fair thickness of ice,they snap in half!
Get yourself an old sledgehammer head.

Ice was 2″ thick today on syndicate and the unbroken pegs on gold lake,

Another quality report Andy.

Why was I not suprised to see Terry Harrison starting the snowball fight !

Ice breakers? this is what you need-
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/home/doorway-home.jsp;jsessionid=XKH43OZGOEVKPLAQBBJSCOVMCAEFIIWE?vendor=doorway2009%2Ficefishing122809.jsp&cmCat=email&cm_cat=5296&cm_ven=email-nl&cm_pla=HA-0100&cm_ite=doorway2009%2Ficefishing122809.jsp&eid=11396736&cmp=I091230A&seg=FI2&cnt=5296&ctb=hing122809&_requestid=86910

There were even more nutters on the Cov canal yesterday. 4in thick ice taking an hour to break 8-10m. 38lb of bream won off a non-descript peg, then 23lb of roach, 20lb, 18lb and needed 10lb to make top 10. I had 11lb 15oz of roach which was only good enough for a default section win. A few dodgy pegs as expected but in the main it fished its boobies off. Proper fishing!