Hi all. Newbie from Manchester.

Hi there,
I'm new on here, not new to fishing though. I used to match fish in my youth, did fairly well, getting to national finals with our youth squad being a highlight, but match fishing is a such a stress, and life's stressful enough. I've always done some plugging and spinning, mainly on the Bridgewater Canal and the Old River in Irlam, and after giving up on match fishing, i invested in a proper set-up, which got nicked about 6 years ago when my car went with my tackle in the boot. I never replaced it as family life and being self employed meant i had little spare time, and even less cash, until recently when i went and sat with my mate whilst he was carping, and was well and truly bitten by the bug again. I bought a load of carping kit, and went on a few sessions, but all the while something wasn't quite right. After much soul searching i realised i'd been after the wrong species (did i say carping kit, i meant deadbaiting set-up), and have thus bought myself some new plugging gear, and started to build my lure collection again (forgot how addictive this was).
As soon as it turns up, i'll be hitting the banks in my free afternoons and free weekends, and i look forward to reporting back to you with my catch reports (blank reports more like).
So again, hi to all, and i look forward to being part of your community.
Thanks
Pete

Hi Pete and welcome to oue site
Look forward to reading your reports mate

Adie

welcome to the site bud.

Hi Pete, thanks for giving us a bit of background and welcome to the site. I hope you catch loads and learn a bit from the site too.

Andy Webster

How do Pete
Have you been to any PAC Region meetings in your area?

Welcome Pete, look forward to seeing some of your catches, like you I can blank for england

fluffchucker wrote:How do Pete
Have you been to any PAC Region meetings in your area?

Cheers for all the hellos!
No I haven't fluff, whats the script? I will be joining the PAC on payday methinks.

Pete
Which part of Mancunia are you at?

Swinton.

petestanley wrote:Swinton.

OK, you'll be with Jon Neafcy then.
If you were South, you could have had a look at our crew on High Lane

Ok, so whats the dodge. Do i join and then get sent the details of local meets etc?