Recent content by Ian Woods

I would recommend Aigle rubber thigh waders. I've been using them a lot for many years, and i've found them to be excellent.

Hahaha, to be honest, Chris, they are fine to drive in. They have separate felt-soled boots, which are easier to drive in than my ordinary ones. The uppers dry out nicely with the car heater blowing, but the neoprene socks and boots are still soaked, so they need hanging up to dry off.

Thanks, John, the rivers I fish are spate, so they're up and down like a Kangaroo! I have to keep my eye on the weather conditions and the river levels in advance to spot a day suitable to fish.

I had a couple of hours wading yesterday trying to catch my first barbel of 2026....

Blimey, i'm hoping all's well Steve!

I think I have some somewhere, but I think they are the chub and barbel ones.

It was cold stood mid river yesterday lol....

I would suggest taking a look at Temu as they have multiple colours, lengths of velcro straps etc for very little money.

You have a 15ft speci, lucky you, I will get one 😉. Only reason I haven't got one yet is because I rarely use a rod over 14ft. I found the accy plus to be a good choice to use for grayling, amongst numerouse others. I actually enjoy using a 14ft Browning sphere waggler rod when chasing the...

Yea, the alconites are good, but if I had the choice i'd prefer to pay a little more for a rod kitted out with the SICs. The price daiwa charge for their higher end rods they should be kitted out with pure gold framed SICs !

Hi Dominic, I had a few goes with friends 15ft rods on several occassions but I didn't like the feel of them preferring a float rod up to 14ft. I even got a Browning 15ft 6inch spliced tipped sphere, but after only one outing I decided to sell it as I really didn't like it. So about 9 months...

To be honest i've had no issues with the metal end cap, but i'm very carful what I rest it on and usually lay the rod down on grass if possible. For quite some time now, I put a old but slim Wychwood butt protection sock on most of my rods to prevent scratches etc. When the acolytes were first...

Hi Neil, when you mention the acolytes' and components' quality going downhill, in what way do you mean?

Yea, I imagine it would coat the line going out and then coming back. I just can't be faffed messing with the stuff. I'm sure I remember someone telling me they had a small sponge or similar soaked with glycerine set up so the line ran over it constantly renewing a film of glycerine onto the...

If I know the air temp is going to stay below freezing then I give it a miss. I can't be faffed applying vaseline or glycerine to my line and guides. After saying that, I often set off in sub zero temps knowing that the temp will rise to at least 1 degree which negates the freazing water in the...