trout
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Post by trout on Aug 23, 2015 19:54:04 GMT
Village people, that's too funny
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Post by gcb on Aug 23, 2015 19:59:56 GMT
Gay Basher One who takes part in the bashing of the entire homosexual culture. A person who exercises the reaction-formation defense mechanism which is when you see something in yourself that you are afraid of like being gay. A person (usually male) who tries to hide their own homosexual tendencies and desires by talking negatively about or causing physical violence to people who are comfortable enough to actually be honest about their sexual preference
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deanos
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Post by deanos on Aug 23, 2015 20:13:54 GMT
Kate Moss!.....I couldent afford to keep her in f*gs AND go to the pound shop! :-)
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quint
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Post by quint on Aug 23, 2015 20:22:58 GMT
Makes you wonder what Rushy ment when he posted the other day about going to practice rolling his meat at Skipbridge, I've got nowt against it like, each to their own, we are all god's children.
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Post by gcb on Aug 23, 2015 20:31:52 GMT
Like your posts guys
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Post by rushy on Aug 24, 2015 8:46:18 GMT
The field is a bit wet this morning after the rain , rivers well up and chocolate brown and I have just spent the last hour chopping down balsam with my landing net pole and I'm only half way down the length. Wish I'd looked on here before coming this morning I'd have brought my machete . I don't think any firm would chance getting stuck in the field now with a 20 tonner so it looks like this stretch is going get worse unless it's fished a bit more ,, must admit it's only the second time I've been down here this year myself and I can't be arsed to go any further it's just too overgrown and the weight of the heavy thunderstorms has made it impassable in places ,,,,, well finally got a bait in and some fish feeding 2 chub 2lbish and 4lbish but would have been better if all was there and two barbel a little 2lber and a better one at 5lbish so not a bad day,, wish i could have been arsed to go a bit further to the better pegs but it was like the burmese jungle it was that hot so ill save it for another day . bumped into a lad fishing the stretch at 4pm on my way off and he said his mate was fishing further up so its good somebody else is treading down the paths a bit more and opening up the swims cheers chris Looks like a good day Chris , nice to see the Barbel still coming out. Looks like we might have to have a 6 weekly strimming exercise to keep this balsam at bay unless we can come up with another solution !! Sheep have been suggested before but I'm don't know if you are simply allowed to,buy a couple of sheep and plonk em in a field and leave them to,munch their way to,happiness
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Post by nige_LS7 on Aug 24, 2015 9:48:38 GMT
Don't want to sound like the Minister for Silly walks or anything but if everyone just did "The Balsam Walk" every time they go through in dry weather and that problem is solved.
This involves not sticking to the centre of the path all the time but just every few steps you get a few stems under your feet and crunch, the path (or the peg) is widened.
You can tell the pegs I've been in cos "The Balsam Walk" has well and truly been done as I've been coming out.
(mind you the skills, or lack of them, honed during 20 years as a central defender may mean I have a special gift for The Balsam Walk).
It's only semi-effective with nettles but it still has an effect.
Anyway I'm gonna get down that length again within a couple of weeks and do some serious Balsam-Tw*tting.
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quint
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Post by quint on Aug 24, 2015 10:07:28 GMT
It needs chemicals, Round Up, glyphosate, to really make an impact, maybe the club could make available a few litres each season till it's under control. I've said it a few times, you won't beat it by just attacking it each close season, attack it and spray it, then you'll make in roads, the EA want rid of this Balsam, maybe they can help, maybe you can get them to spray large area's down there for free. 166 litres of the stuff for £25 www.amazon.co.uk/Gallup-Concentrated-Glyphosate-dilutes-166Ltrs/dp/B008EQV3MQ
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Post by mortia on Aug 24, 2015 11:17:23 GMT
My only worry about the car park is getting back out on to the layby after dark. I've seen some dodgy occurrences in white transits which have been parked open backed, end on, in the access in to the horse field !!!! It's a bit offputting to the sensitive souls walking back across the field with rod in hand, to ask someone else (rod in hand ) to move his transit to let you out !! Cheers Andy
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Post by stevo53 on Aug 24, 2015 14:18:48 GMT
It needs chemicals, Round Up, glyphosate, to really make an impact, maybe the club could make available a few litres each season till it's under control. I've said it a few times, you won't beat it by just attacking it each close season, attack it and spray it, then you'll make in roads, the EA want rid of this Balsam, maybe they can help, maybe you can get them to spray large area's down there for free. 166 litres of the stuff for £25 www.amazon.co.uk/Gallup-Concentrated-Glyphosate-dilutes-166Ltrs/dp/B008EQV3MQSorry mate but I dont think you can just go on the river bank spraying roundup about It might do a job but there are health and safety concerns not to mention permission from the EA You may even need a licence next to a water course not certain about that one though. I would check up before even suggesting It might save a lot of grief In the long run
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quint
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Post by quint on Aug 24, 2015 15:29:10 GMT
It needs chemicals, Round Up, glyphosate, to really make an impact, maybe the club could make available a few litres each season till it's under control. I've said it a few times, you won't beat it by just attacking it each close season, attack it and spray it, then you'll make in roads, the EA want rid of this Balsam, maybe they can help, maybe you can get them to spray large area's down there for free. 166 litres of the stuff for £25 www.amazon.co.uk/Gallup-Concentrated-Glyphosate-dilutes-166Ltrs/dp/B008EQV3MQSorry mate but I dont think you can just go on the river bank spraying roundup about It might do a job but there are health and safety concerns not to mention permission from the EA You may even need a licence next to a water course not certain about that one though. I would check up before even suggesting It might save a lot of grief In the long run How do you know I've not done research and checked? webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140328084622/http:/cdn.environment-agency.gov.uk/LIT_5001_d24b8c.PDFHere is a list of Herbicides allowed to be used near water by the EA(formaly NRA), Roundup is named as one of them along with several others including Gallup(£25 Amazon). www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/290200/str-p25-e-e.pdfIt's safe enough for anyone to go buy some and use it in their garden, it kills on contact, if it enters the soil it becomes inactive and breaks down, so it can not transfer to other plants in the soil, it has to be sprayed direct onto leaves to be effective. Probably one of the safest weed killers available, hence why you can by it in any B&Q. It is a proven treatment for all invasive species you'd find on a riverbank including Giant Hogweed. I believe you may have to inform the E.A if you use chemicals where water habitats are but I'm pretty sure if you tell them you want to spray some Balsam, Nettles and Hogweed with glyphosate they are not going to block it, infact they'll welcome it going on the fact they want rid of Balsam and Hogweed and class them as a species to be eradicated.
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quint
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Post by quint on Aug 24, 2015 17:53:30 GMT
its well accessible now up to the bend-ers Yeah, Tom seems to think so...
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Post by stevo53 on Aug 24, 2015 18:10:40 GMT
Sorry mate but I dont think you can just go on the river bank spraying roundup about It might do a job but there are health and safety concerns not to mention permission from the EA You may even need a licence next to a water course not certain about that one though. I would check up before even suggesting It might save a lot of grief In the long run How do you know I've not done research and checked? webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140328084622/http:/cdn.environment-agency.gov.uk/LIT_5001_d24b8c.PDFHere is a list of Herbicides allowed to be used near water by the EA(formaly NRA), Roundup is named as one of them along with several others including Gallup(£25 Amazon). www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/290200/str-p25-e-e.pdfIt's safe enough for anyone to go buy some and use it in their garden, it kills on contact, if it enters the soil it becomes inactive and breaks down, so it can not transfer to other plants in the soil, it has to be sprayed direct onto leaves to be effective. Probably one of the safest weed killers available, hence why you can by it in any B&Q. It is a proven treatment for all invasive species you'd find on a riverbank including Giant Hogweed. I believe you may have to inform the E.A if you use chemicals where water habitats are but I'm pretty sure if you tell them you want to spray some Balsam, Nettles and Hogweed with glyphosate they are not going to block it, infact they'll welcome it going on the fact they want rid of Balsam and Hogweed and class them as a species to be eradicated. Obviously your quite an expert I bow to your superior knoledge If you have the correct paperwork and permission and training and probably a risk assesment then you do not have a problem, as far as your opinion that as a chemical Is readily available In B and Q It makes It one of the safest out there. You must be a very trusting guy with that outlook and also having read the opinions of many different people much better qualified I get the impression They do not consider It to be that safe. Of course they are invasive species and of course they would like to eradicate them but are they encouraging everyone and there dog to go down to B and Q buy a big bottle of roundup and go round spraying it willy nilly? I think not! So good luck with getting permission to use It mate Of course you may have researched the subject and for all I know you could be a university educated genius Chill out
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quint
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Post by quint on Aug 24, 2015 18:49:39 GMT
How do you know I've not done research and checked? webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140328084622/http:/cdn.environment-agency.gov.uk/LIT_5001_d24b8c.PDFHere is a list of Herbicides allowed to be used near water by the EA(formaly NRA), Roundup is named as one of them along with several others including Gallup(£25 Amazon). www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/290200/str-p25-e-e.pdfIt's safe enough for anyone to go buy some and use it in their garden, it kills on contact, if it enters the soil it becomes inactive and breaks down, so it can not transfer to other plants in the soil, it has to be sprayed direct onto leaves to be effective. Probably one of the safest weed killers available, hence why you can by it in any B&Q. It is a proven treatment for all invasive species you'd find on a riverbank including Giant Hogweed. I believe you may have to inform the E.A if you use chemicals where water habitats are but I'm pretty sure if you tell them you want to spray some Balsam, Nettles and Hogweed with glyphosate they are not going to block it, infact they'll welcome it going on the fact they want rid of Balsam and Hogweed and class them as a species to be eradicated. Obviously your quite an expert I bow to your superior knoledge If you have the correct paperwork and permission and training and probably a risk assesment then you do not have a problem, as far as your opinion that as a chemical Is readily available In B and Q It makes It one of the safest out there. You must be a very trusting guy with that outlook and also having read the opinions of many different people much better qualified I get the impression They do not consider It to be that safe. Of course they are invasive species and of course they would like to eradicate them but are they encouraging everyone and there dog to go down to B and Q buy a big bottle of roundup and go round spraying it willy nilly? I think not! So good luck with getting permission to use It mate Of course you may have researched the subject and for all I know you could be a university educated genius Chill out I think it's you who should chillout, I'm quite sure the club could get permission to use glyphosate. I've just given you two E.A documents that are for individuals to advise them on the control of invasive plants. The E.A say...Control efforts by individuals can help reduce the spread of invasive nonnative species and are most successful if carried out as a catchment wide co-ordinated strategy with collaboration of all relevant parties. Control often needs to be repeated year after year. Chemical control near water can be carried out with herbicides containing glyphosate or 2,4-D amine.Glyphosate will also kill grasses, but 2,4-D amine will kill only broad-leaved weeds; for best effect, use when the plant is small and actively growing, particularly in springtime.
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Post by mortia on Aug 25, 2015 6:36:11 GMT
One of the problems with killing everything is that there are no roots left to bind the soil, this then runs off in floods & silts up the river & makes the banks treacherous to get up & down. If we are using weed killers then they should be the type that does not kill the grasses. Cheers Andy
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