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Recent content by Graham Young

  1. Graham Young

    Kelham hall

    More than I could pay, I will be fishing upstream from there tomorrow as a guest of a member, guest ticket is a whole lot less than that for better water.
  2. Graham Young

    Interesting read

    Its a good if for some uncomfortable read, its not a place I would choose to fish, indeed I did belong to a club that had the opposite bank, I fished it for 2 hours before leaving because of the antics such as kicking a football about on the opposite bank started. No matter what some anglers...
  3. Graham Young

    Missed bites

    Oops, snap :)
  4. Graham Young

    Missed bites

    If you hair was to long the bites could have been Chub running off with just the bait in their lips.
  5. Graham Young

    New rods

    Flippin eck I didn't realise I was fishing with rubbish, I sometimes fish rubbish but that's another story :)
  6. Graham Young

    Elliptical Pellets

    This is from a site that explains what goes into Salmon feed. Fish feed also contains vitamins, minerals, pigments and amino acids. The antioxidant astaxanthin is added to salmon feed to boost the fish's immune system and to protect their tissue. It is also a source of vitamin A. Astaxanthin is...
  7. Graham Young

    Elliptical Pellets

    How much of the ingredient is in the capsules do they contain a carrier for it?
  8. Graham Young

    What hooks?

    Great hooks that have stood the test of time.
  9. Graham Young

    Angling trust

    Very good news but none of my cash will be going to them, I was a member but I just don't trust them anymore to many strokes pulled for me.
  10. Graham Young

    hooklength length???

    I think you are suffering from what I call bread flake syndrome Matthew :) Is it still on or not? I have used hook lengths of 6ft and more with no problems, I have a friend that goes to the extreme with hook lengths using them up to 12ft on the Trent, not something I would do but he has been...
  11. Graham Young

    Front Page

    Super fish Ziggy congratulations.
  12. Graham Young

    Merv Wilkinson

    Cracking fish for a lovely bloke.
  13. Graham Young

    Perch

    A day to remember, well done Graham.
  14. Graham Young

    Stupid weights

    I have to agree that weights of Barbel are difficult to tell from a photograph although some claims are obviously exaggerated. I have found that Barbel from different rivers and sometimes the same river can be deceptive in their size to weight ratio.
  15. Graham Young

    Stupid weights

    Personally I don't care if anglers want to fool themselves, there are anglers that I would believe without photographic evidence there are others that I would struggle to believe if they told me day followed night.
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