• Fishing • 1 Comment
What with work commitments; a lot of working away / weekends etc and of course keeping my two boys entertained, my time spent on the reel end of my fly rod has been minimal to say the least. Infact in 2007, other than several trips Pike fishing early & late in the year, I think I managed just two fly fishing trips, both of which were to Thorpe Vale Trout Fishery. So by my calculations that makes it over a year since I’ve fished at Toft Newton.
It only feels like a few short years ago that I was there twice a week without fail. At that time you’d be greeted by a great big Alsation named Guiness, and his owner and bailiff Jason Foster. The fishing was always great. A good stock of fish and always a good chance of a 3lb+’er. For whatever reason several years ago Jason left and the fishery slowly suffered. I remember with great fondness in the height of summer Jason would let you fish until an hour after sundown (when he’d signal the all out time with a floodlight), which meant fantastic fun between 10pm and 11pm when out of the blue you’d be covered in 
caenis and the trout would turn a glass calm lake into a boiling couldron with their frantic evening rise to the anglers curse. Not to say that you’d fill your boots in minutes, far from it, they don’t call these gorgeous little fellas the ‘Anglers Curse’ for nothing. But whatever you did, fish or no fish, it was spectacular fun! Happy Days :0) After Jason left though there was a whole new regime instigated (obviously a money saving exercise) and the boats had to be off the water at 8pm. I never witnessed that kind of late evening action again. Not just that, the whole place and staff seemed to take on a less than positive atitude and as a result it declined in popularity and I should think profitability too. The difference was Jason ran the place as if it was his own. He cared. Everyone ever since has just been staff. Eager to get off home asap and not really giving a toss.
So what with doing a bit of pike fishing recently, and a mate mentioning that Toft was open to course & pike fishing for 3 weekends in January, imagine my surprise when I phoned up toft to book a boat and Jason answered the phone!
We went and had a day. Fishing Toft with a spinner was an opportunity too good to miss! No pike, but 12 1.5lb trout landed was good sport. The coarse anglers had a good catch of trout as well, but even me fat mate Bov could catch a trout or three fishing Toft with maggots! Your chance to coarse fish the reservoir has gone for this year, but fly fishing for trout opens on February 1st.
In short I just wanted to say Welcome Back to Jason Foster, I hope you can get this good fishery great again, and please please please can we have the option to fish that incredible late evening rise once again!!
You can visit the new Toft Newton website (including discussion forum and weather webcam) by clicking here
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You’re probably familiar with the tune from the Sheila’s Wheels car insurance advert, if not watch it on the vid below…
Now have a look at the new parody version by that funny as fcuk Medical Student duo the Amatuer Transplants…
And here’s the audio only version…
Sheila’s Wheels Parody
• Fishing • 1 Comment
I quite fancy one of these little fellas, they look pretty damn neat. Having seen one for the first time; this one actually, I’ve had a bit of a surf around and it seems there’s a few different outlets in the UK selling these mini fishing rods. They however all seem to be the same […]
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And don’t forget kids, don’t DRINK & DRIVE…
…And don’t DRIVE & WANK.
(There’s bloody cameras everywhere!)
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Christmas best wishes to one and all!
Have a great time, remember those less fortunate than yourselves, then party into 2008 in style.
Peace,
//\\//ewts.
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The newts turns thirty something (again) :0)
so we celebrated at the Bracky
And just 20 days later, Trace hits the BIG 30!!
So we went to the Agrah to test Bov’s new found curry eating skills. Not usually the most adventurous when it comes to food, Bov is starting to branch out about and now when we […]
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After England’s dismal performance in the Euro 2008 qualifiers, It’s nice to see this useless c*nt get the boot. The kindest thing I can say about him is that he was reasonably magnanamous in his sacking (he was too much of a pussy to resign), and it is with a modicum of smugness that I read […]
• Ben & Rio • 1 Comment
It’s my little Prince’s 1st birthday tomorrow and I can’t be there. I’m away working on a new Tesco store in Little Lever near Bolton all week and right now I’m so down thinking that I can’t even be there just to wish him happy 1st birthday it’s killing me. I love him sooo much and […]
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Nissan’s new battery powered Pivo2 includes a nodding monkey on the dashboard. She can converse in English and Japanese, give you directions and scan your face for signs of tiredness. She can also criticise your driving and nag you for getting home late. So, buy the new Nissan and there’ll be no need to get […]
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Thanks to Bov for sending this one in. There is a rumour going round that it was two lads from his construction company that were involved, but that is as yet unconfirmed!
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Residents of the western UK and Irish coasts have been warned to expect an invasion by a vast flotilla of ghostly, immortal albino plastic ducks, according to reports.
The tale of the floating, whitened bird migration is a strange one, dating back many years. It seems that the plastic bathtime companions were originally made in China. […]
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Gaz sees the funny side of things after the engine management light comes on and the Saab limps onto the A1 hard shoulder. After a 2 hour wait for thr AA to arrive it turns out that Cockus has run out of petrol!
In his defence though, the Saab info panel was saying Distance to […]
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Kites & People a plenty. I was especially impressed by this fella…
A rough calculation by me had it at 200 metres or over 650 feet long. It was also subject to permission from the aviation authority before it could be flown, it was that long!
Although Ben seemed more impressed with the motorbikes…
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Me, Rach, Ben and Rio are having a compo to see who can grow the tallest sunflower. We have 4 sunflower seeds each chosen from a selection of 16. Rio got first pick, Ben got second pick, Rach craftily chose her four candidates next and I got the remaining four seeds. You can see […]
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Our littlest boy is 1/2 a year old today! He’s such a gem, just like his older brother Ben was at the same age. Sleeps all night, smiles all day and only cries if your 5 minutes late with his dinner. I must say, I think Rach and I have been so […]
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Surgeons from Thailand have reattached a vet’s arm after it was torn clean off by a 200kg Nile crocodile. Taiwanese vet Chang Po-yu was attacked by the crocodile as he tried to remove a tranquilizer dart from the animal’s arse. Colleagues of the vet were forced to reach inside the reptile’s mouth to […]
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This darling little cutie is taking no enemies when the monsters come!
• Moblog • No Comments
The sun is out, the sky is blue, there’s not a cloud to spoil the view, but it’s… a 4 hour delay at work so we’re sightseeing at Brighton marina!
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It’s nice to to be at work in the sunsoaked capital, and as you can see, work is bustling along at break-neck speed!
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At least she’s got a matching pair now!…
It only feels like a few short years ago that I was there twice a week without fail. At that time you’d be greeted by a great big Alsation named Guiness, and his owner and bailiff Jason Foster. The fishing was always great. A good stock of fish and always a good chance of a 3lb+’er. For whatever reason several years ago Jason left and the fishery slowly suffered. I remember with great fondness in the height of summer Jason would let you fish until an hour after sundown (when he’d signal the all out time with a floodlight), which meant fantastic fun between 10pm and 11pm when out of the blue you’d be covered in 
caenis and the trout would turn a glass calm lake into a boiling couldron with their frantic evening rise to the anglers curse. Not to say that you’d fill your boots in minutes, far from it, they don’t call these gorgeous little fellas the ‘Anglers Curse’ for nothing. But whatever you did, fish or no fish, it was spectacular fun! Happy Days :0) After Jason left though there was a whole new regime instigated (obviously a money saving exercise) and the boats had to be off the water at 8pm. I never witnessed that kind of late evening action again. Not just that, the whole place and staff seemed to take on a less than positive atitude and as a result it declined in popularity and I should think profitability too. The difference was Jason ran the place as if it was his own. He cared. Everyone ever since has just been staff. Eager to get off home asap and not really giving a toss.
