Recent content by Steve Kenchington

Swing tips ! Really good fun albeit only suitable for underarm swing casting. At risk of showing my age I caught a carp on one on Tuesday.

Yo You're right Phil, sorry for misleading you Ian. The rest though are true Avon classic beats that are available on day or holiday permits. Phil is also right about the throop. Wow, what a river in its hey day, alas very low concentrations of barbel these days but I believe it has produced a...

Ian, I had a 16-12 last March on the float on the H Avon which is one of the most iconic of the southern chalk streams. There are a few day ticket stretches down there and also Christchurch Angling Club offer holiday memberships which are worth checking out if you ever fancy a week down there...

Awesome !

Rich Issacs and Ian Woods are experts at the art and I would recommend some of their posts on here to really get some top tips.

It is certainly fun catching them on a pin isn’t it.

Don’t generally use two rods as prefer to rove around these days. I do however usually have one rigged with the Shimmy and one with the youngs lightweight (leaving one or other at my digs) depending on the beats I intend to fish that day. I will occasionally fish two rods if I’m feeling...

I believe you are correct Ralph. I have two of each and really like them. I have the 1-6s matched with Rapidex II centre pins for use on my local pond after tench and crucians and the 1-10s matched with either shimano bait runners or youngs light weight centre pins when after barbel on the H Avon.

I think you do. I’m down next Saturday for a week and can’t wait. Maybe see you there. All the best.

I fish meat almost exclusively on a low stock river and usually manage to get one or two over the weeks when I am fishing. This has included two fifteens and a sixteen in the last two years. Never write meat off as it is a wonderful bait especially when there is colour in the water.

Well done mate, great fish.

A happy end to the story ! Having been watching various auction houses and of course EBay since I originally posted, a good looking one became available on eBay so I took a punt. I payed 160 for it and it arrived today. Very happy with it, spins lovely and very clean and I now have it as a...

I’ve caught barbel on the river Ribble on yellow tutie fruitie boilies in the past. I think that Alan is correct in that if they are there and feeding you can catch them on anything edible.

About 40 years ago I was sitting back from the bank above four feet of water on the short bank above school bridge on D Stour between the two oaks that used to be there that for those of us old enough to remember that far back. I heard a noise and looked over and came face to face with a large...

Good fun thread this one. 😂 We’ve all had our fair share of run ins with livestock in one form or another over the years, I think it is a “right of passage” for the rural angler. I once had a mate who was hassled by a small donkey for about three hours non stop. He was petrified of livestock for...