Recent content by Connor Smith

Hi Steven, keep at it and I'm sure youll end up breaking that pb on the Trent in no time at all. Especially if you're planning on targeting them areas 😉 Best of luck pal. I'm from Shropshire and based around the middle Severn where doubles are rare so I always appreciate the 7 and 8lbers. They...

Thanks ian 👍

I once made a few YouTube videos, wasn't going to mention them but a few people enjoyed them and I got good feedback off them. Have a search for 'the barbel project'. It's only amateur stuff and the first ones I made are terrible but the later ones aren't so bad 😂

Another vote for the Gardner talon tips. I like the way they actually resemble a talon and if you look at any natural predator in the wild that have claws, there claws are shaped in this talon way. If it's perfect in the natural world after thousands of years of evolution, then I want a hook...

I thought the same Alan. I thought my bait making days were over but this might of changed my mind

Hi Paul being a Shropshire lad I've fished the Ironbridge area of the Severn for about 70% of my fishing. It's my closest part of the Severn and also my favourite. You've got Coalport waters, the brewery stretch and also a free stretch just after and before the brewery waters which is highly...

It just didn't look how I expected to and made the rod tips look cheap and tacky

Be careful and take your time mate, I tried this a good few years ago and ruined my rods. Luckily enough they was cheap korum 1s but still... I now just use clip on starlites off eBay. Cheap and do the job and last as long as my sessions tend to be, in winter when it's cold they must react to...

Id say they'd do the opposite and be like a flag on a windy day

Plenty of people using it pal, seems to work for them. I'm a big believer in barbel will eat most stuff although there is a lot of bad bait out there but there's also a lot of companies that make good stuff too and most major bait companies boilies are so similar these days it's pretty hard to...

Couldn't of said it better...

Messed about with slk for a little bit and I've got to say I did like it. Never considered using the bug for barbel tho, the insect meal yes. The other stuff in there had me 2nd guessing wether it would be effective or not.

Just for a bit of fun, what's everyone's preferred boilie of choice. Boilies play a big part in most of our barbel fishing now and with so many different brands out there I bet we're all using so many different brands. I'm not asking for recommendations by the way and I also know that you can...

It fits in the esp quiver fine, I haven't owned many brollys I've had the fox 1 for years now and it's done the job up to now so haven't felt the need to change. Would you say it's bigger than most brollys then?

I'll have to check again when I get home but I think I tried that aswell.