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Mattys adventures

Advantages: A great watch, can be picked up cheap
Disadvantages: None

Well matt hayes, an absoloute legend in the fishing world, anyone who has watched discovery real time will know him as one of the friendly faces of fishing... He has fished for nearly anything with fins, and this dvd shows some of his very best moments. He fishes for a variety of species in this dvd, including the UKs favourite the carp. catching some HUGE fish along the way, along with the prehistoric looking stergeon. Along with his trip to france, ...
...kings of the river and matt shows how to catch the biggest. This DVD really is worth a watch if you are into your fishing, and can be picked up fairly cheap if you look around. He goes into enough detail so that you can learn some useful info that will help with your fishing no matter how experiance you are, but he doesent go too over the top so as to confuse you so much you have to watch it 10 times over. Another modern day classic by the legend ...

richchappy 08.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Matt Hayes Lake Escapes - Carp, Catfish, Barbel And Chubb (DVD)

Let's get Snappy!!

Advantages: All the basics explained.
Disadvantages: Slightly poor picture/sound quality

...How to make a Trace Trace wire Treble hooks Crimping sleeves Crimping tool (or pliers) Swivel The first hook should be threaded onto the trace wire through the eye, then loop the wire back around and thread it through the loop again. Now lie the wire along the shank of the hook and stop it half way down the shank. Three turns, heading back up to the eye, should hold this in place. The end should then be threaded through ...
...so good. How to Unhook a Pike The best way to unhook a pike is to lie it on a unhooking mat, then place your legs astride it and kneel down. This will stop the fish from hurting itself should it flap around a little. Now one hand should be placed behind the gill raker and the bottom of the jaw grasped quite firmly. It's mouth can now be opened. With the use of a pair of forceps carefully remove the hooks making sure that they ...

snake_plissken 28.09.2006 · Read full review
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Review of How To Catch Bigger Pike (DVD)

Tackle, Baits and Watercraft

Advantages: 2 episodes 1 disc.
Disadvantages: Not For The Experienced Angler

...So lets start with How to take up coarse fishing part 1. Rod choice = 12ft two piece, 2 3/4lb test curve with a fast action. This rod will allow you to fish for carp at distance. The power a fast action rod produces not only alows you to cast great distances but also gives you great strength to play large hard-fighting carp that you may have hooked 100yds away. 12ft two piece 1 3/4lb test curve with a through action. This rod, due ...
...make a helicopter rig and how to use a surface controller. Dental floss hair rig = To make sure you present your bait the right way you should firstly cut a 6in piece of dental floss and tie an overhand loop in the end. Now the bait should be placed onto a baiting needle and threaded onto the floss and part of the loop should be pulled through so a boilie stop can be fitted. This should then be tightened and the loose end of the ...

snake_plissken 17.02.2006 · Read full review
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Review of How To Take Up Carp Fishing (DVD)

Car crash TV - Exploitative, manipulative and totally compelling

Advantages: If you were a fan of the Warrior, you need to own this
Disadvantages: Pretty biased for a documentary

...abuse and personality clashes. The WWE hired and fired him no less than three times, each time trying to recapture the magic of his first run, before they parted ways in 1996. He surfaced again two years later for a brief stint in rival organisation WCW before finally calling it a day and retiring. As is common practice for retired wrestlers, WWE has put together a documentary charting his career. Normally such things tend to be a bit of a love fest, ...
...lengths Vince McMahon and the WWE will go to to try to get one over on him. It's no secret that Warrior was a difficult guy to work with backstage, and I don't doubt that he let his fame and success go to his head, but even I have a hard time believing some of the stories being thrown around - this is very much Vince McMahon's version of the truth, in which he portrays himself as a patient, forgiving, understanding man who only has his wrestler's ...

Dr-Jones 19.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of WWE - The Self-Destruction Of The Ultimate Warrior (DVD)

Get the pump!

Advantages: Great insights, highly motivating
Disadvantages: Some elements were staged

...something a little special, and Pumping Iron gives us an insight into this. It's 1975 and Arnold Schwarzenegger is preparing to defend his Mr Olympia title for the sixth time in a row. He's been king of the hill for the last five years, but now there's new competition in the shape of Lou Ferrigno - a massive 6'5" bodybuilder who is younger, bigger and hungry for success. The documentary charts their preparations in the run-up to the Mr Olympia contest ...
...surrounding what exactly in this film is real, but that shouldn't distract from the fact that this is an extremely engaging and insightful work. For anyone interested in boybuilding as a sport, or even some of the colourful personalities associated with it, Pumping Iron is the film for you. ...

Dr-Jones 14.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Pumping Iron (DVD)