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  1. Ian Grant

    Big Cat sightings

    I do think they're out there, but obviously very few, probably there must be instances of successful litters, but it must be far from successful breeding, watching a you tube video on Big Cats, the evidence was convincing, but there have been captive big cats of various types in this country for...
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    Unhooking mat or not?

    My answer to the first points ! ... 11ft or 12ft rods ..... 12 ft I only own 12ft Barbel rods Centrepin or fixed spool ..... Fixed Arsenal or Spuds (well obvious really :) ) ... Pops ... What are you on about ??? 🤔 Chairs with arms or not, ... I've got both, i never hold my rods, so it dosn't...
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    Unhooking mat or not?

    Don't know how i missed this thread ! 🤔 Because i would have commented before 😁 ' QUOTE' ......Ok, before I duck for cover, wi' my tin hat firmly buckled on tight, can anyone give a single reason NOT to use one? Well no I can't, or not a reasonable one anyway ! And I always do..... Always ...
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    Big Cat sightings

    So before I start, I never actually saw anything of a Feline nature ! Just what you might say is circumstantial evidence ! So this was on St Patricks stream, I can't remember the exact year, but it was long before the dedicated car park, when we used to park along the field fence along Loddon...
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    Big Cat sightings

    Ok 😁
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    Big Cat sightings

    Now i could tell you about an experience i once had ... Maybe later ;)
  7. Ian Grant

    Photos of river scenes

    A lovely Thames Sunset
  8. Ian Grant

    OMC magic twig

    Ideal for poachers looking to catch for the pot 😡
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    Interesting Vid from Mark Tunley

    My guess is spooky Barbel ! … for whatever reason ! Had you changed your rig were you experimenting with something ? Different rig or bait ? I guess not or you would have said, it may have been the swim, in fact I think it’s most likely with that many takes others probably know of it and fish it...
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    Interesting Vid from Mark Tunley

    Watching the video again, I think Mark is not suggesting that you necessarily use a poker stiff rod, merely stating the physics of one extreme to the other, he says.... ' No ! You need to apply pressure on the fish to get it in the net ' Which is true ! .... suggesting a softer type rod to...
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    Interesting Vid from Mark Tunley

    I get the thinking, but just don’t agree ! Think of it this way, at one end you have the fishes lip the other you you have the reels clutch, and in between the line, maybe mono, maybe braid, depending on breaking strain of tge line, and the stretch or lack of it, the setting of the clutch, and...
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    Interesting Vid from Mark Tunley

    Going against the grain here, but sorry doesn’t make sense to me at all !
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    Thames Barbel

    Photos can be very misleading, but I do agree it looks suspiciously small for 22lb ! 😲 for comparison the fish I'm holding in my Avatar is 16lb 8oz, if it's a genuine mistake then he hasn't caught many Barbel , if his claim of weight is deliberately false then as has been said, he's only fooling...
  14. Ian Grant

    New to site

    Welcome Lee, you'll like it on here I'm sure
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    Bait

    Moth Chrysalis, if you keep it it will hatch .... Great bait by the way ;)
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