Recent content by Terry Simner

There'll be some that reckon that they'll have lost their effectiveness even if they've been vacuum packed and frozen. But I reckon if they look ok, and smell ok, then a bit of a glug will make them at least 90% as effective as they were freshly made. 'Fresh' boilies are home made ones, the rest...

We're talking here about using less than 1grm of soldering wire, which may contain 1% of flux, that may be acidic (HCl), which would be 99.99% sealed into the central core of that wire. Plus it will be very firmly attached to the hook, not the bait. The amount of acid that might, just might...

There's a few for sale on Facebook Market Place, and one's ending its auction on eBay at 7.30 tonight.

That's when it comes down to the rod and reel you're using. Rolling Pins are made precisely for the job, and there's no better rod (IMO) to match up with an R/P than a Torrix 11ft/1.75lb. That's the 'Dream Team' I reckon.

PowerPro Slick 8 ... with a 1m leader/hooklength of Seaguar Soft Plus.

For mini-maps of Middle Severn, the BAA "Where to fish" page is a good place to start your research. https://www.baa.uk.com/rivers/severn The usually busy stretches are always less busy in late autumn/winter/early spring ...and that's when the barbel are at their biggest.

I use Gripz #2 or #4 on coated braid (ESP Strip-Teaze/12lb) with the last 3-4" stripped off above the meat. I mount it by pulling the hooklength loop through the meat, and 95% of the time I use Tulip Bacon Grill (cheap, and though). With that you/I can cast that 20-30m and be 100% confident it...

I use Seagur Soft Plus ...best of all worlds.

I've used stuff I'd stored lose in an open topped aquarium for 20+ years (I'd put it in there during a house-move) and it was totally fine. 24hr soak, put in pressure cooker and bring up to full pressure, turn heat off and check after at least 4-5hrs. If not split, bring up to pressure again...

The quick, easy answer is ...make each bag prior to each cast or, inject premade bags of unflavoured pellets with your flavour of choice (using a wide-bore hypodermic needle).

If I was plagued by bream on the Teme (just had the odd one) I'd be going with ~18mm bait, 25-30mm hair, off a #2 Gripz. And sit on my hands 🤣

I too view all 'Halibut Pellets' as a generic, basically a fish meal 'starter base'. And whilst that base can be used 'as is' and will catch you fish, I see it as there to be flavoured. That base is to be a carrier of flavour. I take a base pellet (a HP) and glug it with a flavour, then make a...

The closest BAA stretch to Coalbrookdale is Apley Estate water. https://www.baa.uk.com/fishingarea/apley-estate

Harrison Torrix I would guess.