Recent content by Nigel Gray

I wouldn't normally dream of posting what I'm about to do but your ill informed and derogatory comments about a picture I posted of a witnessed 48" long salmon gives me a tad of leeway. Whilst I couldn't give a stuff about your willingness to denigrate another's capture purely on the basis of a...

There's a certain irony to your post Paul as, a couple of hours earlier that day, there was a 40lb plus salmon landed from the Royalty! :D

It was taken in the Great Weir on the Royalty behind the Shop.

The 10' version is more suited to stopping trains than barbel. :D

And here's the proof that mine behaves herself when out salmon fishing. :D

No, that's my bitch's wazzock ears. :D

:D That's her litter sister who is owned by a mate who also takes his springer with him fishing.

My ESS has been going fishing since she was three months old.

Give us a call at Davis Tackle, James, i've checked and we do have this rod in stock along with the LA landing net handle

Or this Harrison 4 piece built by Harrisons themselves for Davis Tackle

Like rabbits, rats are exempt from the hunting with dogs legislation.

Only my daft 8 month old ESS.

The local mink hounds were out on the Somerley Estate this month Neil. Avon Diary 2015

Back,when I was a kid and there was only one set of Pipes across the Royalty, if no one was around we used to free line off the attached walkway, flicking the meat upstream beneath us and then batting the pin back as the meat sunk naturally down and then playing line out as the meat passed...

I guess nobody told the many barbel I had freelining meat from the Royalty in the 70's and early 80's that mono was a definite no no Craig. ;) As well as feeling for bites I used to watch the point where the line enters the water, striking at any sideways or abnormal movement. Unlike rolling...