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Cheeky Monday in Hythe


Having fishing work at 3 and the high tide at 21:40, I sped home to get over to Hythe. Having set up a bit further up the beach than my last session, i managed a whiting on my first cast and then things died off. Nearer high tied the rod tips were bending again. I […]

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14-1 Saturday Session


I headed down to West Parade in Hythe, parked up and set up at about 4. Things didn’t start well as my first cast broke the 60lb leader due to squashing my crimp to hard. I managed to find my tackle behind me on the beach a little later, so that was good at least. […]

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Set the Default Active Directory path when searching for printers


With in AD you can redirect users to search for printers. This can be very useful when building a new print server on the domain and not wanting users to be able to see the printers you create until you are ready. To do this do the following: Navigate to: User Configuration>Administratove Templates>Control Panel>Printers Open: […]

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Getting a mailbox size with Powershell


Open the Exchange Management Shell and type: get-mailbox username|get-mailboxstatistics|fl totalitemsize The Output:

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How to tie – The Grinner Knot


Here is a quick video on tying a Grinner Knot. This is useful for keeping the worms on hooks with the little tag left once tied Here it is: http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x6jrh5Grinner Knot by videofishingknots

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A long, but rewarding day


I headed out on Saturday AM to meet a WSF forum member to learn a bit about pumping lugworm. We met at about 7AM and proceeded out to the spot for the worms. During the time out there I managed about 70 worms which I was more than happy with, but nothing in comparison to […]

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Flattie but not unhappy


I headed back to Bishopstone for an afterwork session. It was pretty windy down there which made reading the rod tip difficult. About 30 minutes after I started I spotted a twitch that didn’t look like it was caused by wind or wave. I waited for the next twitch and lifted the rod and wound […]

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Clearing Traps in Solarwinds


At times the Traps and TrapsVarBinds tables fill up for no useful reason in Solarwinds. The way to clear these down are as follows: Clearing it Down Start > All Programs > Solarwinds Orion > Advanced Features > Database Manager Expand your database and right-click on the TrapVarbinds table. Select Query Table. Type the below […]

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Customising the Windows 7/Windows 2008 Desktop Context Menu


There may be a reason to remove options from the bottom of the context menu that is bought up by right clicking on the Desktop. Follow this article to remove them: http://mintywhite.com/windows-7/7customization/remove-gadgets-screen-resolution-context-menu/

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A windy day


I headed to Church Norton to have a crack around the harbour entrance but got there to see huge waves and no chance to fish. I decided to head for Hayling island to a place I normally fly fish for bass only to find that full of wind surfers, but who can blame them… I […]

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