Recent content by Fred Wilton

I do think anglers are inclined to be convinced that something ts a fact and not look more deeply at the problem,for instance years ago when Zander (then called Pike-perch) started to appear widely in rivers the angling papers were full of comments that silver fish were doomed yet it seems they...

Julan there is no doubt that too much oil in a fishes diet can cause problems with the liver etc.especially if it is rancid as it may well be in pellets kept for a long time,this was found in Japan many years ago when they fed fish on a high oil diet.I am not saying Otters are not a problem on...

Well done Pete,congratulations,that is a fabulous looking barbel !

I have only had one fish die on me [fortunately] and that was a barbel,I was on holiday some 20 years ago.I would take the wife out during the day and fish the river during the evening,lt happened on the final evening,the fishing had been great all through the holiday with a good number of...

Sorry to hear about Rod,he had an inborn instinct for fishing,particularly carp..............sleep well mate.

Believe me Laurence I am not due respect from any angler,I just stumbled into angling in my late twenties had an idea and pursued it,I have great admiration for good anglers but would never claim to be one.My interest has sent me looking into various odd-ball areas over the years.I was...

I don't know if Julian was including me in his comment about ignorant idiots,but even if he is I have no problem with that ,I have been called an idiot many times before by a great number of people.Proving anything indisputably is very difficult to achieve,especially as in this case with so...

I was recently told by a friend that the oplnion among Kennet barbel anglers was that 75% of the barbel had been taken by Otters,so I asked if dead or starving Otters had been seen as if they had killed that amount of the barbel population they would surely now be struggling to catch sufficient...

Sad news indeed,a good angler and a good writer.

I know nothing about pellets but I understand they are often bought by the sack in order to save money,yet in Japan the feeding of fish with Silk Worm Pupae cause Ceroidosis of the liver if the oil in the pupae had oxidised and it must be likely that the oil in pellets would do so with age.

Good Tackle shop...Woody's Hereford,Freindly,and will give you good advice about the Wye (unfortunately if you live near as I do) but still a god lad.

I'm afraid so Jeff,Woody is a nice bloke and a damn good angler.....Fred

Simon is of course right it is possible to use and catch on an HNV bait without using a smell,I did such a trial in 1971 on a lake to prove conclusively to myself that it was the nutritional content of the bait and not it's smell that was attracting the fish.Equally I don't believe an smell is a...

Terry any protein that a fish uses for energy would be considered as wasted by a fish farmer but it would be a natural part of the fish's way of living.So the farmer adds carbohydrates to fish food as an energy source to cut down on his costs not for the benefit of the fish,yet many anglers...

Graham,in 1967 I assumed the protein level required by carp would be similar to that for humans or close to it so I increased the percentage of protein in the bait slowly bit by bit expecting to reach a point where the takes would level off or drop,but it didn't happen.I then realised that carp...