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    Change baits !

    Agree the scary sweetcorn thing is quite a thing, maybe the colour yellow or whatever they see is a danger signal.?
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    DNA Secret 7 Boilies

    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...
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    New Age Of Barbel Fishing

    Para Para Pragraphs . I literally fainted 😵‍💫
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    DNA Secret 7 Boilies

    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 😉
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    Heat!

    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.
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    Thoughts on Block end feeders.

    Love Blackcaps, If you desire a more accurate deposit on the river bed, just tape up the body, and leave the ends free.
  7. Neil Smart

    The Tackle Box specialist landing net handle 1.6 to 3m

    Hi Phil👍 good to hear from you again, maybe wrong but I thought you gave up fishing? Hopefully if that was so you have seen sense 🙂
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    Pellet size.

    8mm.
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    How much bait?

    Thing is there are not enough Barbel at the moment to shoal and be a feeding frenzie on the feed, also by introducing large amounts we are bringing in unwanted attention from Bream😮 The Wye and middle upper severn are more aligned to carpet bombing I would think. I too use pve bags which gives...
  10. Neil Smart

    Natural baits

    All of th All main diet for most species so yes of course, that's why bait companies replicate such attraction in their baits. It's just not very convenient having to forage for bait. My local river have a huge amount of mussel below a weir, and Chub and Barbel feast on them at night, in the...
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    Natural baits

  12. Neil Smart

    New Normark Rods

    👍
  13. Neil Smart

    Natural baits

    Ahh beat me to it 😁
  14. Neil Smart

    Natural baits

    Not really natural but was thinking of trying cooked mussels, just recently some clips on youtube as to their effectiveness with carp.
  15. Neil Smart

    Re-corking a WH Norris split cane rod

    Yes agreed those reel fittings were very 60's kit builds.
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