Recent content by Gavin Burt

Fox Duralite if you can find one. They weigh in at 3.2kg and are extremely strong. Shame the stopped making them.

Bought a Wychwood Bivvy Brolly 5years ago and still going strong now. Perfect for quick overnight sessions.

Jack Pyke from Go Outdoors. I got them to price-match and paid about £30 for them. Very hard wearing, stronger material around the knees and they have several pockets on them incl. zipped cargo pockets which fit a phone perfectly...

Drennan Twistlock. Had mine three years and when I did over tighten it Drennan sent me x2 new bushes in the post within 48-hours of me emailing them.

I used Chris at CJS to build me *two baby Ballista rods to my spec. I thought they were well priced too. https://cjscustomrods.co.uk/gallery/ Comes highly recommended and his quality is outstanding. Great communicator too. *I had two made but one of them had an argument with my 2-tonne garage...

That last statement can also sum up a lot of tackle that’s manufactured too !!!

Went to the Severn last week and took two rods, rod bag, tripod, days worth of bait, food, etc… for a days fishing which isn’t really my style. Especially as I like to rove. Was out again Friday evening and back to my regular setup pictured below. How much gear do you typically take when out...

Taste F2 is a great bait and I make my own boilies the day I go fishing. Main reason I don’t use “shop bought” is because I’m pretty confident that no one is using the same bait as me. JB’s flavours are really good too, especially Ala Salar. A small bottle of that will last a couple of years...

Good video - I wonder what bait they actually do use though (as they obviously reference Dynamite).

No problem. There’s also a good Facebook group called Wild River Barbel Bait which predominantly focuses on French / Dutch river fishing. There’s some good stuff on YouTube too - but you can’t really tell where about’s they are fishing unless you recognise the spots. Still worth watching...

Here’s my post from when I went to the Meuse in June 2025. https://barbel.co.uk/forum/threads/just-got-back-from-fishing-in-france.22961/ Am going again this year for a long weekend as I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Sorry to hear this, hopefully you find another hobby as enjoyable as angling.

Looks like a lot of thought has gone into their baits. I may take advantage of the 20% and get some of the Milk & Marine, although I’m not a huge boilie user.

I’ve got one of these (4000-C) for light feeder duties. Fantastic build quality, lightweight and a smooth reel - TBH I’ll probably get another one they’re so good. https://thetackletavern.co.uk/product/daiwa-23-ninja-match-feeder-reels/?attribute_option=4000-C

That’s really good and how it should be. I’ve only had two experiences with angling companies direct. Drennan: The usual broke on my Twistlock and they sent x2 out free of charge which I received within three days Korum: Plastic spreader bloke broke on my folding spoon . The wanted £4.50 for...