Recent content by Alan Palmer

My condolences Simon, truly heartbreaking news

I love fishing hard low stock rivers for the challenge, and this is all stuff I’ve posted before so nothing new, but is my real experience…mainly late afternoon into evening sessions. My experience in the last few years on the Ouse after low stock big fish is of doing a lot of observing...

Those are the beauties 👍

Thanks great thanks, all cork handles…I guess mine is a later model with EVA. They were pricey rods for the time

Cheers Richard, much appreciated👍. Shame not more detail in the ads but nice to know I own the ‘ultimate barbel rod’ 🤣

Thanks for this, yes a lovely through action 👍

Thanks Alex, the one I got had hardly been used, looking forward to using it on the river. I have seen the 11.3 described as both 1.5 and 1.25Tc maybe there was two models

Thanks mate that is great….a lot of info out there is contradicting so if any ads that would be nice 👍

Have just acquired this rod from a lovely chap in Cambridge - it’s a 11.3” century pulse TM barbel, and has removable end eye to fit tips. It’s in lovely condition but some of the graphics have faded. I intend to use it for chubbing rather than for its intended quarry Just wondering if anyone...

You can still get Expo groundbait, or at least could last time I was in local shop. One of my favourite baits in the 90s was the Richworth hookbait paste mix that came in a small white tub (can’t remember its name….Extracts???) and you mixed it with liquid, rolled some baits and left them to...

Forgot to add pic, found this online…few variations but all similar

I would also add if you upgrade to these metal spools and with the rubber gasket rather than chenille it’s much smoother on the trot with finer lines

IMO closed face reels and big fish are not compatible, I use them trotting for silvers and usually hook the odd rogue chub which they just about cope with but clutch on them are a bit jerky so back winding is best, and only putting 30/40 yards of line on minimised line bedding in with a big...

I really like closed face reels for trotting small rivers for silvers, I use an original Abu 507 or Ryobi CF1….both perform well

Gonna be interested in how this performs, if it does on the Nene it likely will on the Ouse and that will get me interested….would love to get a big old Ouse girl on the float