Newbie

Joined: Oct 10, 2006 Posts: 4

hi all, have just registered after a few weeks of reading discussions and information on this forum. i'm new to the whole fishing thing, have been thinking about taking it up(sea fishing-beach casting) for a while but a bit overwhelmed by the whole thing, rods, reels, rigs, bait, etc, etc, etc. when i was fishing as a lad(sounds really old) in far distant shores, we rarely had rods, mainly we made up fishing lines usually with used spark plugs. i live in leigh and have been trying to find out as much as i can in the past few weeks, i've probably pestered you if you had been fishing in leigh or 2 tree island, asking lots of silly questions. i recognised PaulS post about fishing on 2 tree island with hi sons, i think i was there on that day with my dog and family. i am reading up stuff on the matter before launching into purchasing the gear but cant wait to get fishing. :lol:

ps. have tried to post earlier, but it does not appear to have registered, so if it turns up, sorry for the repeat.

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:36 pm

Welcome to the site, Patrick. Everybody here is very helpful and deeply knowledgeable (!)

Stu

Guest

Welcome to the asylum. big grin

:lol:

Joined: Oct 10, 2006 Posts: 4

concrete wrote:

Welcome to the asylum. big grin

:lol:

thanks guys.

concrete have been talking to my wife, it's just that she has been saying "you must be mad" when i said i was going to take up fishing. :wink:

Member Joined: Oct 31, 2005 Posts: 36

Welcome to the site mate.

Guest

I'm sure someone that lives in your area Patric would offer a trip out and the loan of a rod and reel to allow you to get the feel of things.

Anyone one on here help the man out??

Guest

Welcome Patrick S. We're not planning a Southend jaunt in the near future, but next time we are, I'll give you a shout. I'm sure we've got a bit of spare kit between us.

If you're looking for bits and pieces, try Petes tackle on Rochford Avenue (down towards airport from bell lights). He's very reasonable and very good for advice.

Joined: Oct 10, 2006 Posts: 4

wow! what can i say. i thought this was a pretty good site on the basis of the previous posts that i've read, but the welcome has surpassed my expectation. many thanks guys. there's no hurry, i'm pretty busy at the moment with a new business, but would certainly consider any offer that comes my way. cheers.

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:25 pm

Hi patrick s

You made the right decission joing this forum, there are a good bunch of helpfull anglers here with lots of sound advice and local knowledge.

Perhaps we will see you around the various venues soon.

Tight Lines.