Recent content by Simon Burt

15 rods and 13 reels. Must have a little thin out. Anybody fancy a 15ft Okuma float rod?

Second hand Daiwa Powermesh. I can use it for just about all my fishing, the action is brilliant and my Speedia fits nicely with the sliding fittings. Brilliant rod.

I enjoyed chatting to him on the banks of the BA. He had the most incredible eye sight, picking out fish in deep water and only casting to the doubles! RIP.

Saw one last month on the Bristol Avon at Bradford and there used to be a huge one that cropped up between Warleigh weir and Limpley Stoke. I suppose they get washed out of garden ponds.

Claverton weir run out on BA 15+ years ago when there seemed to be more water and barbel swimming in shoals. I had my first successes at night fishing and I seemed to catch doubles for fun.

Do you mean the old Drennan green ones? I think they still make them. I tend to use the Enterprise Adjuster stops (bit expensive and fiddly to set up but do a decent job), although I have been using Guru Super tight stops this winter. Unlike a lot of float stop style bits they don't move easily...

Donation made. Seems good value for a site I look at everyday and gives me something to think about on the many days where I can’t hit the river.

Happy New Year Roach people! I had my first trip of 2022 this afternoon and despite getting caught in a horizontal downpour I was very happy. Fishing the far bank, slightly upstream, for most of the session was quite tricky with the wind but worth it. First one I’ve bothered weighing this...

My set arrived this morning. Many thanks Andy. They look a serious bit of kit. Hoping to use one to guide some bread towards a roach next weekend.

14lb from a very flooded BA on the 'Island' in my first season after them; third ever barbel! A long time ago now and sadly they are very few and far between in the BA. I still remember how excited I was to catch such a huge fish on half a tin of spam!

I would love to have been fishing the BA when the big fish shoals were intact around Malmsbury. A use a variety of rods for my winter roach and chub fishing: a Fox specialist 0.75 (or is it 0.5lb tc - never really sure); Drennan Im8 bomb rod when I can get away with it and I have a Daiwa power...

You were right first time with 'effect' :) I only regularly use a feeder when I am fishing the Wye as I do worry about the splash on a small river like The BA or the Somerset Frome. However this year I have tried a small cage feeder with some groundbait and a few hook bait samples locally and...

Thank you Bill!

We are on honeymoon on the banks of the Spey. It’s unbelievably beautiful. Very happy just looking at the peaty water as it slides by.