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Rods are soooo subjective. Just look at the threads on here I've had a pair for well over a year, used them once last season and didn't particularly gel with them, so they've been sat looking pretty and gathering dust. I had a poor session using tried and tested Chimera 3s a couple of weeks ago(...

They were 2nd hand but new and unused bought from a member on here, so I didn't deal with him personally but the member spoke very highly of him Just a really nice, unfussy build finished beautifully. Similar to Dave Lumb rods. Only thing I would have changed if I had specc'd them would have...

I have these rods built by the same guy but mine are 12’ That’s a fair deal and brilliant build quality

All sound stuff Joe as ever.Thanks. I can live with the smell, I got covered in N-Butyric a few years ago. Anything is preferable to that pong. The overfishing point is very pertinent. Like you I don't fish pellet in the winter but I do a lot of piking which doesn't help with the above point on...

Joe Out of interest, do you know what happens when a halibut or elips ( hi-oil) pellet is left in running water? We all know out of the bag, they are a hard, shiny, oily pellet. After say 20-30 minutes at this time of year it transforms to a softer, insipid looking, fluffy thing when you reel...

Possibly Ian I changed yesterday to 2lb Torrix which I have to be honest I wasn’t a fan of but I needed to cast biggish feeders Same line & rigs & bait Didn’t have one hook pull and I had a red letter day Quite possibly just down to me as I’ve been off all week and felt dialled in yesterday...

And just to finish , bites slowed on L&L so switched back to a 10mm pellet which went within seconds Result was a pristine 10-4 which has made my season

Plan today was maggots and hemp/ castor Got here and overnight rain had brought peat in and the water is black - normally kiss of death Maggots worked fine .. for perch and persevered for an hour Upstream rod went off on 10mm halibut so switched from maggot to pellet and very slow Changed out...

I don’t know about that Tim I couldn’t catch a cold at the weekend and the big chub gave up otherwise that would have fell off I’m sure Some days you know you’ve fished like a plonker but that wasn’t one of them and it started Friday night and continued Saturday. Yorkshire rivers all seem to...

Well it happened and it’s not my first rodeo🤣 I’ve had literally hundreds of barbel on the C3 so no one more surprised than me?? Maybe just one of them days, possibly I wasn’t play them hard enough? Still landed a good few and a 6lb chub so Not a disaster

Interesting 24 hours River was up and likely to rise so I opted for C3s which will be the first time I’ve used them this season but rods I am very familiar with Normal summer I prefer 1.25 Torrix which lean toward the “ soft” action when catching modest barbel Fishing was good, not manic., but...

Reels received today Absolutely mint - great comms Thanks Steve 👍

Yep I have a pair but they are getting on

My pleasure Steve Hope you get a few on the Trent👍

have you considered using a helicopter rig? I use them occasionally on super snaggy swims and have about 1m of lead-free leader( leadcore without the lead) to handle the abuse. It must be spliced and attached to the mainline loop-loop, so that if you break the line, the hooklink can move up and...

I've used 15 and 25lb Amnesia - no issues at all, good for abrasion and heavy so it sinks well.

If it works , it works! Who said they have to be 12 or 11’ ? I know I swerve some swims because my standard 12’ rods are too ungainly which is stupid on my part

Correction In the video I previously mention right at the start it looks really sketchy but he does get onto a plateau which is shallower but the pace of the river would still be too much for me

Assuming that Dave Roberts will have had at least one other person with him( cameraman) That makes all the difference. I saw Andrew of Andrews knots wading in some really pacy waist deep water recently on YouTube. Beyond my personal comfort zone on that occasion. Be safe, my mate fell in...

I don’t see anything wrong with it. Arguably better for the barbel if your pals are inexperienced and the gear is robust but balanced. Only possible concern is brutish big hooks and tether rigs but presumably you will see them right on that front ? Most of use ‘ carp’ gear at some time be it big...