Recent content by Alan Palmer

Superb hair in tight conditions, I tend to just hook 2 or 3 through the saddle on a large hook, then nip the tail ends off and hook those too - lovely scent trail. Key IMO is not to keep them stationary for too long, twitch them every couple of minutes to trundle them downstream a bit. The takes...

Nice, I didn’t know river specialists had line guards if that is what I’m seeing??

Depends on river, but if one with a healthy stock of fish I’d go downstream…cause if start catching it’s only a matter of time before the fish start dropping back downstream!!

Looks great, he’s a quality builder isn’t he? What’s the reel? Good luck using it

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Hi Mike, I’d be interested in this…don’t have a lot of experience with pins but guessing this would pair nicely with my acolyte plus 14ft for chub …sent you a pm

Good work Gavin, and nice photo….I prefer shots like this that show a story more than just the usual souvenir shot

Good work, I fish the Coalport stretch a few times a year and maggot feeder always proves a winner…live fishing this way as it keeps the bait going in little and often, keeps you attentive to what’s happening and you often bag good sized roach too👍

Pm sent yeah agree lovely rod…new one is still in planning but thinking 11ft Avon with two tips, one solid tip 1.25Ib and one with spliced quiver but every time I chat it over with someone the spec changes slightly! Basically I have too many chub rods and want to create one dedicated tool to...

Gotta admit I’m loathe to let it go but it’s an extravagance I can forego if it helps fund a new rod

I bought this early summer from Rob Francis on here, only used twice since getting it. It’s a lovely action rod and perfect for touch legering, only reason I’ve decided to part with it is I’m trying to fund a bespoke Mark Tunley Chub rod. I paired it with a Youngs river specialist pin (most...

Mint condition too👍

Worth bringing this back up https://barbel.co.uk/forum/threads/best-lightweight-umbrella.18688/

I mostly use 18-24”….never seen the need to go longer in the situations I fish, and if crayfish are being a pain I’ll drop down to 6/8” and a hard hookbait which they get in a tangle less than longer links and you can easily see their little taps in the rod…..and when they stop it’s twitchy bum...

The supa lite river brolly has been discontinued already….IMO I don’t agree with the comments about being heavy so maybe talking about different models but the one I have is the lightest brolly I’ve ever owned, and I’ve been through a few. Not seen the graphite model but I think they have just...