Recent content by Paul Richardson

Agree I have a pair - uppers are fine - sole is splitting but they must be over 10 years old and done a lot of miles Excellent boots - must save for a new pair

Hi Neil I don’t use either tbh With barbel fishing you don’t need them If I’m in the dark it’s the leds on the alarm that alert me and that’s all I need and a tight baitrunner simply to help prevent the rod going in I sit on my rods and pick them up at the first indication of a fish on Pike...

Great alarm - I have a few Use them all weathers for piking and no issues Good battery life, can add and remove snag ears, loud enough and a neat mute function when setting drop-offs I use then as front rests for barbel( with snag ears) pretty much all the time ,only turning them on if I...

OP - there’s your answer If I was going to fish the Trent a lot I’d take advice from someone like Jon

I’ve used black barrel swivels for the same reason as the weight pins things down and negates the need to mould tungsten putty on the knot

For me 8mm is about as small as I go for barbel, 10mm being my preference But I nearly always fish them as singles

I can completely understand why people fly under the radar with big fish captures For sure some anglers are secret squirrels but for an average angler who is in the right place at the right time and gets a special fish, in this day and age sharing this information could literally be the kiss of...

Why not get a bag of 10mm halibut pellets or Elips or a tub of Pellet Os and you’ll always have a few options for a switch bait and they all catch I always have Pepperami fire sticks and cheese strings as a snack for me but both also can make a good switch bait in the right conditions Naturals...

An old timer swore blind that early part of the season a lip hooked minnow on a bottom rig was a killer barbel bait Never tried it personally as castors do it for me and you need to catch them & then club rules etc.. Always fancied trying mussels as the lad on Andrews Knots catches some...

Knotless - god knows where moles knot came from?

I don’t want to sound flippant but honestly I don’t think barbel give two hoots about the hook kicking off when using the knotless knot on mono If it does bother you you can tie a supple braid hair using say 10lb Gardner trickster , whip it on with a moles knot and then tie the hook + braid...

A 2.25 tc rod will find a snag just the same as a 1.25tc rod. There is so much interpretation on ‘ backbone’ and ‘ power’ but really it boils down to how much weight you want/ need to cast to fish effectively Actions are again very personal - no rights or wrongs - Torrix are different to...

No idea why? System glitch? Maybe next season for me

Good luck Gary I’m getting close - think 129 in Ashfield Angling waiting list but to put things in perspective the end of the queue is 3723!!!! Then I’ll spend some time on the Trent

I went in a jungle’ swim this morning Very steep and took an age up and down bringing gear in Got set up and looked an amazing swim Just about to put a bait out and noticed insect activity- well more specifically I was about 3’ from a hornet or wasp nest and had plonked my mat over the entrance...