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The Dave Moore ones are very interesting too.

Just to confuse you, my 11ft 1.75 Torrix has 8 plus tip (also built by MT). It wasn’t built for me but I really like that arrangement. 7 would be fine, but I particularly like having 2 rings on the butt section as I fish with bobbins a lot.

If you want to clean stuff really properly, get hold of some Virkon disinfectant. Available in small sachets from some vets. I fish in Iceland irregularly and they demand all tackle is disinfected before you go and you have to have paperwork to prove it. Or they do it when you arrive. Lucky...

Well done, more successful than me ! I’ve done 2 short tench sessions this week with no sign of fish or better still a bite. Just checked my diaries and that is my first proper tench fishing since 2008 !

Exactly right. I’m about to start tench fishing and I know my bait (the boilie mentioned above) catches lots of tench and carp - so if I put it in the right place I will catch some. If I design a new bait, my naturally negative mind set will tell me it’s no good when I blank (regardless of the...

There is also the issue of how you apply the bait and how quickly the fish will start to eat it…. If you hardly ever use boilies, then IMO there is little point in using a very expensive, bespoke (eg JB) base/flavour combo that is designed as a food source. These baits are conceived as long...

Do let me know if 53” will do; otherwise I have no issues getting the other one back. I have about 25 old rod bags kicking around - so can easily swap it…… PS a 13ft 3 piece Daiwa AW light float rod is the same length as the feeder rod bag….

I made my own bait for years and am mates with several people who know a great deal about bait (including JB). These days the only bait I make myself is chub paste in 1 egg mixes (from JB). It involves no equipment apart from a bowl and a fine measure ! I use quality boilies bought frozen...

Found one. Blue and white as above, decent used condition. Sections are 53.5 “ long. Actually for a feeder rod. Will that do? Otherwise I know where there is a ‘real’ one from a 13ft float rod, but I have given the rod away so will have to do some grovelling to get the bag back ! But...

Think I’ve got one that you can have……will do some searching.

You don’t get a ‘fighting drag’ on an SS. I’ve used Shimano fighting drag, rear drag reels since the early ‘90’s. Brilliant Stillwater feeder fishing reels and also great for river work with up to about 10lb line. Mostly 5:1 gear ratio.

If you can’t find a copy; ‘Red eye’ by Mick Cutler is very good and very up to date. I own both and they are both excellent.

Just for the record some of us might have had 2 way conversations with Martin via private message…..

Gavin, I have one of these available - PM on way.

I bought one last season including nights after June 16th. It’s only the serious carp/tench tickets that sell out early.

Frog hair is just ano brand that claims to be thin for its breaking strain. I would choose Stroft in preference or one of the match coarse fishing hooklinks eg N-gauge.

If it is for hairs/threading baits what about fly tieing thread ? All different diameters, colours and materials - some are Kevlar (allegedly) and very strong. I’ve got some very thin braid sold years ago by a company called Big Fish Adventure (the bloke behind it was called Howard Barkley). I...

Just google ‘guru underwater 2’ or ‘guru underwater heli’. No 2 is the heli and hybrid feeders. Very very interesting - but they could use some help from a top Stillwater specialist angler who fishes with feeders.

Tricast Triaxial 13/15/17 Torrix 11x 1.75 Tunley 11.5 multi tip. I obviously only like rods that start with a ‘T’.

Shimano 4000 Fighting Drag, rather than baitrunner.