Recent content by Dave Durrant

Happy New Year to you and your family Andy. Yes, some of us old gits are still here, I even remember Andy T at the start.

Supposed to be one of the very best.

In another life I was the Boyer bailiff for the aforementioned stretch. Boyers relinquished all their waters some years ago and as stated, I understand that stretch is now syndicated. The west bank of the upper fishery used to be fishable many years ago until the Anoopam Mission took control...

The thought process is that the fish can use the fixed lead as a counterbalance to eject the hook. I don't know if this is true in reality, but when I have caught tench on a very short hook link on an in-line maggot feeder I have felt a touch uncomfortable about a 2oz lead smacking it in the...

I've just watched it. Very worrying indeed. It seems that in the great world order, anglers are always at the bottom.

I watch most of Mark's videos but I haven't seen this one yet. I don't suppose the date has got anything to do with this? 😁

My good friend Mike Wilson has a collection of these and seeing as he doesn't fish anymore I could ask him if you are still looking?

A Deeper definitely helps. I fish a few stretches of the Thames, message me if you want.

And one of them still is. 🙂 👍

In this blinged-up electronic techno world I am surprised that a rod maker hasn't fitted micro led lights in a blank, powered by a small battery inside the rod. Mark my words, you heard it here first. 😁 Bob G - have you ever fitted led lights as fret markers in guitar necks, a la alembic...

I'm no expert but I believe the mark 1 had a tendency to twist under tension but was resolved in the mark 2. I think line twist could be a problem with mono, I believe Ray uses braid.

Looks like an efgeco ruck seat from 60 years ago

I spilt a bottle of N-Butyric Acid in the shed last year. :oops: Her indoors smelt it from the bedroom window and called a heating engineer because she thought the boiler smelt funny. :rolleyes: Funnily enough the boiler flue was faulty and we had to have a new boiler.

The black one is a Trentman (albeit with customised drag knob) distinguishable by the unusual reel seat and only really usable with sliding reel fittings ( unless like me you you fashion a new reel seat to be used with screw fittings) Initially thought to be made by workers at the Rolls Royce...

I could have sworn the pics were of you . https://barbel.co.uk/product/bfw-hooded-top/