Recent content by Ian Murfin

I'm extremely pleased with my Paramo. 5 years heavy use dog walking every day and no drop in performance. It doesn't russle like other waterproofs and a bit warmer too.

Thanks for that

Have you got a link for the online carte de peche, Mark? I always try for the odd day fishing when on hols in France but often struggle to locate an open 'tabac' to get one and then my dodgy French makes things challenging to say the least.

Indeed Nick. I'm sure most of the knowledge exists with people on the forum. But it's quite a technological challenge (for me anyway).

If you find out the secret let me know Rich, admittedly I don't get to fish much but it's a long time since I had a barbel on the bank.

Bob Robert's has created a complete guide to the Trent, including maps showing which clubs controls each stretch and which you can get day tickets for. Link Quite a useful resource. Wouldn't it be great if something like this existed for all our rivers. Quite a task though.

Maybe you can adjust to lean further forward in bad conditions?

Am I right in thinking that you can send Avons away to get serviced?

Hilarious 😂😂😂😂

Well my old small rucksack has finally given up the ghost after one too many closed season mice attacks. I was gutted as it's been just about perfect over the last 10 years or so. Well I was very pleased to discover pretty much the same bag for sale in the local army surplus shop in Burton and...

Give John Robert's anti-tangle booms a try, they make a huge difference for me

Could otters be a red herring? If otters were able to completely clear rivers then how could they have made it through how ever many eons of evolution both they and the fish have had? Surely there would just be population cycles like you see with other predator / prey relationships. What...

Maybe you need this:p

There's some info in the doc linked below about minimum DO requirements for salmonoids and cyprinids. It's a lengthy document and is a bit inconclusive...

It is but I don't believe the max oxygen that can be dissolved at a given temp changes significantly with 'stuff' dissolved in it. But the 'stuff' can absorb the oxygen