Swany76, its just possible that your North East location is the stumbling block, do you drive and are you willing to do a meet up at a North East venue or possibly pick some one up, Daves suggestion of going along to an open and having a session behind a couple of anglers would be of benifit, try not to skyline them though and only engage in conversation if they speak to you first, you will find most will willingly talk to you after a match, I have sat behind some great anglers and learned a fair bit by just watching some will converse during a match some wont. Have you thought about joining a local club thats as good a place as any to find a mate, you at least get to share experiences and two heads can be better than one.
Again like Polepot I am too far away to personally help but ask a few questions on the forum and I am sure you will get a good few replies.
I hope this helps a little and by posting regular you could just locate a NE mate.
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