Recent content by Jim Foxall

Hi Jon, Long time no hear. Where on earth can you get garlic spam from? Best wishes, jim

There really is no need to worry about how many rods you can use. According to a friend of mine who works in Leicester, he can obtain special concessionary rate rod licences. How does it work? Apparently, because he buys licences in bulk, he has buying power and hence can negotiate special...

505 Snap. I landed 3 double figure barbel in a session on a 505 when I started barbel fishing. On each occasion I had to release the spool cover as the reel jammed. God knows how I landed those fish. Lady luck was definitely on my side. As Chris mentioned, they were popular with the match guys...

Very impressive, a bit of applied science with the ad and ab. Top post.

Is it possible that fat deposits around the liver will lead to diabetic barbel? If so, the result is that they will not be able to breed, hence the decline in stocks.

Cracking post.

Think thatI might have one of those.

That's nothing. I worked 24/7, 366 in a leap year and at the same time worked in a parallel universe and still managed to find time to go fishing.

I can understand how some threads can appear tedious. However, I don't think that we can ignore any threat to our fishing. As a group we have had the otter reintroduction thrust upon us without any discussion or dialogue. Therefore, those responsible shouldn't be surprised if we kick back. Us...

Sounds like you're ranting aimlessly again Dave. I'm well aware of such things thanks (I'm a fully paid up member of the WWF), I grew up watching Attenborough and still watch him and many other such programs, I don't need an education on mans destruction thanks. Rhys, I can see no reason why...

Probably the boom you have witnessed in fishing in general (specimen,and match) is probably because of the relatively low numbers of predators. With the burgeoning numbers of cormorants and otters you have probably seen the best of it. Yes, I agree water quality has gone up which will have...

Cats are popular because most need little looking after and tend to do their own thing. Great mousers though. As for cuties, rabbits are perceived as a pest and are not in the same category as swans. I've yet to see a family feeding wild rabbits but I do see families feeding swans. Back to the...

I think that the public are bothered about what otters eat if the prey are "cute" and swans and ducks fit this nicely. I did query in another thread why otters were hunted in years of yore and it was suggested it was for their pelts. I Googled this and apparently otter pelts fetch a shed load of...

I wouldn't shed too many tears for the goosanders. I appreciate that we are drifting back to otters again, but the decline in water fowl may or may not be accociated with otters and is no more than circumstantial evidence. What is required is hard evidence, a photo or better a video clip with an...

Good to hear from you Dave. It would seem that the groups releasing otters were not overburdened with legislation and played fast and loose as to what they could introduce and where etc. I would have thought that the same rules would apply to moving/relocating them where they are proving to be a...