Recent content by Simon Haggis

I did 48 hours on the Thames for two bream in the heavy rain. River came up a lot, looked great, hidden snags getting pushed around in the river. I can’t recommend it when the rain is pounding on the umbrella so hard there‘s no chance of sleep. Thought it would be peak time but no joy.

sadly this attitude is what has allowed the Tory party to ransack the country for more than a decade.

Just don’t vote Tory please.

Fair comment.

This is one of many examples of the decline of the UK that has been allowed to happen under Tory rule. The country needs change and thankfully not long to go now. Just awful how so many things will take years to sort out. But there is hope as long as people recognise Rishi Sunak is not the way...

I think the issue I have with the rig ring is that the distance of the bait to the hook is quite tight. That’s fine if you like catching chub but I prefer a small gap so that a chub can pull the bait, feel it’s got a big lead connected and let it go.

It’s a flaff tying on the hookbait to the rig ring isn’t it? so I’m not sure it’s better.

Tbh I‘d pay £8 not to have to watch a program about eels though

As someone who works in producing commercial broadcast content I know how much things cost. It costs a lot! I work as a sound recordist. The smallest professional documentary team I’ve worked in is two people just this week actually. A DOP/cameraman/woman and soundman/woman totalling about...

Oh yeah, I also had 2 bream so there goes my theory about making a break proof rig..

Yep great barbel bait!

The rig works well, had a couple including this 14lber which gave a fantastic fight - so the hook klips are fine. I have noticed they unclip when resting the fish in the landing net - so maybe they are a good safety feature too?

The Aqua fast and light is excellent.

Which rig do you prefer Simon? I think the swivel mounted boilie version is too tight to the hook so you’ll get too many chub. i prefer the knotless knott version and use a boilie and a half so that it’s too much of a mouthful for most bream, and chub can have a pull on it before releasing when...

They are small but they have to be really. They obviously make your hook longer when they’re covered by a kicker so you have to think about using a shorter hook. I think the perfect hook for me to use with them is a Ridgemonkey Curve size 6. With the hook klip and a kicker on it all comes out...