Recent content by Neil Smart

Level OK too.

Yes I thought after I was wrong about the line. The avon is looking very good with good flow and some colour. Had a good look around some old lower haunts yesterday p.m and was encouraged by reports that a couple of barbel caught including a little 'pup, I had a quick dusk session, and also...

Think it might be 10 Barry (pedant alert). But what a great piece of skill, upper reaches I think Manor?

Love it Steve...Actually I think I am the only member with a cow in their Avatar😁 They have a wicked sense of humour despite everything.

''Stand your ground'' Seriously that had to be scary, if they were youngsters it might be just that that were curious, or probably you were going to feed them. I know cows with calves can be protective and dangerous, and if you have a dog alongside. However the farmer should be alerted as to...

Temu have a UK based warehouse facility now so fir some items delivery is 2/3 days.Some of the gear is poor at best, recent purchase was a tyre inflation that was faulty, contacted Temu with pics etc, and they refunded and didn't want item returned. Are we sure this stuff is the same as the...

To the kitchen?🤔

Now in my time of life, I can actually afford top quality gear if I wanted to go down that route. But from as as a kid I had to make do with mostly home made rods and reels that were round but that was the only thing they resembled a 'pin'., And who remembers making your all in one bank stick...

It's then just a state of mind not the state of your tackle that counts? I agree there should be no compromise with reels line end tackle, but really a 12ft a rod such as a 2lb t.c Korum is perfectly adequate and for me rather liberating the the cost is c.£100 as opposed to £400. If I happened...

To be honest I can never see why such concerns over very expensive carbon is that much better than any off the shelf rods, especially when chucking heavy leads into big rivers such as the Severn or Trent? Sure I get the reasons why big money is spent on float rods where balance and action is...

Agree the scary sweetcorn thing is quite a thing, maybe the colour yellow or whatever they see is a danger signal.?

Happy days Darren, my fishing gear was very basic back then, I was an impoverished father of three boys and my job was managing the Cirencester Electricity Board shop, which at least gave me every Tuesday off. Those day's off were put to good use in the summer at Bradley's mostly and the old...

Para Para Pragraphs . I literally fainted 😵‍💫

Just ordered Atlantic Heat, noticed their new unit is just behind where we lived in South Cerney. Do you ever have that thought "Why did I move"? Some fantastic Tench fishing; although not quite the same now is it Tim? Bradleys before the Watermark thing was all mine back then 😉

Which is why the old hospital matrons insisted the patients well intentioned flowers were removed at night.😕 In fact plants at night emit Carbon Dioxide.