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The rod is based on a 1.6 TC Harrison Avon blank to my understanding? The reel is built by the sadly now deceased Dave Beale who was a very good angler and accomplished engineer, producing centerpins from his home workshop close to the lower Dorset Stour.
this example has a very good side cast...
My recently acquired Rolling Gear (yet to be used for that purpose) which I christened with a couple of Barbel at the start of the season.
I hope to have a go at rolling next season.
I currently have a proper quandary, in that, although already a member of CAC, Ringwood and Dist AA and Worcester AS, after many years on the waiting list, I have been invited to join Prince Alberts AS.
The membership fee is £130 with a joining fee of £130!
Anyone else on here a member and can...
Hi Matt
Floodwater fishing is quite an extensive subject and lot's of us will have differing views on the best way to approach them.
Different rivers demand different tactics due to the substrate of the river bed e.g. whether the river bed is gravel or rocky and therefore snaggy.
I feel you...
It's all relative, I have had 3 Barbel so far with the biggest being 9-7 but have been beaten up twice and lost two biguns 😬 but since it's the Hants Avon I'm fishing, I'm very happy for now;)
I have been using these for a few years and find them excellent (same recipe as Elips allegedly)
https://www.klipsbaits.com/product-page/klips-pellet they do a 10mm version ;)
Sorry to Pee on your parade boys but my experience of losing fish with spade ends when targeting big fish means I would never use them again, eyed hooks only for me ;)
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