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I'll echo Tom Casey, sensor is spot on. Another favourite of mine but not so much of a bargain line as sensor is bayer perlon.

When touch legering my go too rod to use is an avon style rod, although any rod of suitable power will do. I've used a 12ft chimera 1.75 test rod for the purpose of touch legering many times. I find I feel a tap through the blank rather than through/on the line. The tip will always show a...

Thanks Julian 🙂👍

I went to the river on the opening day but didn't even got the rod out of the car when I saw the extra water on it. I had a nosey at the river level check and the level had dropped off to a decent level for me to wade and trot the float. Anyhow, I had a chub second trot through, then a few...

🤔 It's not just my thumb that's got worn down 🤣😂 Richard 😉. No the youngs reels don't have knurled rims. I only have two reels left that have knurling on the rims, those are an adcock stanton and a swallow. I know the latter Adcock stanton makers charged extra for a knurled rim, there is a...

No need for thanks Andrew, I agree with your opinion bud. I manage ok playing powerful fish in rainy conditions with reels that have no knerling on the rim, but I manage much better with a knerled reel rim in those wet conditions.

Imo there is no doubt that a knerled rim makes playing a powerful fish in rainy conditions a better experience.

I must have been lucky with my Youngs RS reels, they are both spot on, no problems with the ratchet after over several years of heavy use. Line off the bottom for me.....it's a no brainer 😂.

🤔Very nice 👀

Many years back I was fishing the river with a lot of extra water flowing through which carried copious amounts of debris which would snag up on my line within a few minuites of casting. I found if I cast out and used captive backleads which pinned the line down solved the problem for the...

I'm not too sure about that regarding the 14ft specci and 13footer. I have kind'a took a shine to the 14ft speci rod over the 13footer because it feels that bit more powerful when i've been catching barbel with it. Same scenario with the 13 and 14ft sphere wagglers, I find the 14 footer to edge...

Appart from pictures i've never seen a TSI float rod. For whatever reason I'd assumed Alans TSI was a 13 footer. I think Alan gave a good description of the actions. After reading online that the tsi rod was as light as a specci accy rod but was rated to 12lb lines!...I was very curious in...

Interesting Alan, going off your description my preference would be for the acolyte rods action.

Glad you like it Alan. I'm curious, how would you compare the power and action between it and the TSI?

I just ordered a pair of these photocronic polaroids.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124862089414?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=w2s3ajlyrrk&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=FKVbC7l4S7S&var=425940743469&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY I bought a pair of them which are just plain sunglasses a...

They are still available.

I very rarely ever use stick floats and have loads so i'm gonn'a let these ones go if anyone wants them. There may be a couple of marks on them but I can't remember ever using any of them. There are some drennan and some woodys floats, plus some Steve Maher wire stemmed sticks amongst them...

I used to scrabble to get out on opening day, but nowadays i'm not fussed, opening day is usually an anti climax anyhow. Then there' the circus....they usially dissipate after a few days 😉.

Lol, Richard, i'm not telling anyone what kind of hooks to use "where have you got that from"? If you go back to my post you will see that I simply pointed out the fact that barbless hooks do not all just drop out on command, many stay firmly fixed and bed further and further in. As I said...

I use a folding abu net, similar to this snowbee one. I clip it onto my belt whilst wading .... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233716782987?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=TtyHeAFUSNe&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=FKVbC7l4S7S&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY I also have one with a solid...