Recent content by Richard Isaacs

I wouldn’t know if the super stick is or not mate. I was always under the assumption that drennan never spliced anything and Shakespeare/tricast pretty much spliced everything back then 😂

The old drennan certainly fits in with its era of the 1990’s. Very Glossy and colourful. It’s a beautiful little rod and ideal for small floats down little rivers. It was Chris J that got me intrigued by them with his vast knowledge on float rods and this one in 12 or 13ft being the only...

Which ones mate pink n blue or hydra X

I thought the monogram area on the hydra was not to bad for in your face branding being kept relatively sensible. The colours they’ve used don’t seem to jump out like a lot of other rods. I find it quite tasteful compared to some. It could be a lot worse…… they could make em pink and blue again 😂

See attached Jon. Tip section weighs 15g Total rod 204g

I struggle with circle hooks for pike because I can’t get my head around waiting to hit them. I understand the concept that you let the pike take the circle right into it’s mouth then just wind down until the pressure is applied but it doesn’t feel natural to me to not hit em at the very early...

Another curve ball here…. I bought a hydra X-one 450 10-30g from benwicks. Wasn’t planning to buy it but after a shop waggle and pull around i couldn’t resist it. I am reluctant to start shouting about it regarding barbel because i haven’t caught a barbel on it yet since buying it and im not...

The acolyte is a very low resin thin walled blank It doesn’t break on its own but it doesn’t deal with being mistreated as well as what other blanks might do. I’ve owned several and caught a lot of good fish on them and never had one break. Im convinced A good proportion of the story’s you...

I do the exact same thing. Couple drops in a box full of chopped meat and shake. 😎

His chicken tikka is lethal for barbel. They absolutely love it. 70ml in a bottle is roughly the equivalent of 420 eggs at the levels I use it at That is seriously good value for money

You did a great job with it Kevin on the derwent. I remember you starting out with half a kg of my base mix to give it a try out and got results quite quickly from using it very effectively. It’s pretty obvious it can for some people on some venues be very effective.

I think it depends on afew key factors before any benefit of it can be seen. Firstly it’s not going to be beneficial on runs waters. Testing any baiting theories out where there is a substantial amount of fish to go at, that are competing heavily for food is a waste of time especially if they...

If it’s possible do it with a friend or 2. Me and 2 very close angling friends did this one season and we had a rota in place for baiting up. It was on a small section consisting of 3 pegs that nobody else was fishing on the river nene and we concentrated our efforts into applying this bait...

There’s afew advantages but it’s not pixie dust and they are only as good as the work you put in to them. As Gavin said above, you are going to the river not only with something as fresh as it possibly can be but also unique and probably something the fish haven’t seen or tasted before. Do...

I’ve used one afew times and Personally I don’t think they make brilliant trotting rods but they do make very good specimen waggler type rods. For trotting I like something more tippy in action and these seem to be quite stiff in the tip and have a reasonably powerful all through action. I do...