Recent content by Ian Murfin

Aren't they all made by either Coppens or Skrettings for the fish farm market? If so does it really matter which reseller you choose? I guess that some resellers add a little extra flavour for their own USP. Does that actually make much difference? Only the fish know for sure.

I've been through a few rods although not the Basias. I'm very happy with my 2.25 C3's, to the point where I dont have itchy feet and I'm not looking to try the next great thing. They are great at casting heavy feeders, but still give a very enjoyable fight which is the main thing for me.

Those salaries are clearly big numbers, but when you consider that's for 10 years and that companies like Severn Trent have turn overs in the Billions I don't think the salaries are surprising or out of the ordinary. That's not defending them in any way, i think the uncontrolled discharge of...

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You don't have to 'hope it rains', it will rain, we just need to store it when it does rain so that we can cope with the dryer periods we are experiencing

It's roughly 3.5kWh of electric per m^3 of water if you go down the desalination route. Or you dig a hole.....

I'll take this as well please. Thanks

I'll take these please Martin.

I'll be close to home on the upper Trent. The chance of a barbel is low, but a chub would be nice.

The John Roberts are the best I've found. Simple, secure, low cost and available in the BFW shop. https://barbel.co.uk/product/john-roberts-barbel-rest/

I often fish with odd rods, to me it makes sense on the bigger rivers to fish an inside line with a lighter set up and mid river with a heavier set up that can handle the bigger weights needed to hold bottom.

I wasn't aware of this, it sounds like a great initiative. I'll put my name down for the next one. https://www.freshwaterwatch.org/pages/events

I know very little about cane rods but am tempted. What fishing is this suitable for? What would be a safe line rating to use? How long is it? Any other info would be useful.

I've sent you a PM James

Thanks all, some great info there. I couldn't find the tenchfisher's article, you might need to be a member to get to that one. I did find a tenchfisher's youtube clip that demonstrates the Hellerman tubing option though. That looks good to me. Thanks for the kind offer to send me some Hellerman...