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That looks like a right lump of a pike there👍

Used to do well on the original elips on the Severn but seems the ones they sell now are not the elliptical shape…which is a shame!

I was told this by one of the match guys on the Severn…if fishing the feeder and bites dry up cast downstream with just single baits for a while to pick of the fish that have fallen back, then start fishing a different line a bit more upstream, it works!

Hope it works out for you both Adrian….as much as I am always excited about opening week I always find it a bit of an anti climax

Only advantage I can see if using on rivers would be to get a bait down quickly under weed without snagging up…but would be more inclined to use a method feeder if I wanted to do that. Solid bags are effective on stillwaters and easy to make up if you use the purpose made fillers…..give it a go...

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Could maybe also use a pasta roller/cutter to make a similar shape in the boilie sausages ??

Many LEP. Books have this appalling trait

I find all these type of topics of the unexplained/mysterious absolutely fascinating …we’re not even really sure what’s out their in our own local countryside let alone places like the wilderness in America, the universe and depths of the sea! Topics like this, Bigfoot, aliens etc m definitely...

2 books I still want to read are ‘somewhere down the crazy river’ and Tony miles ‘my way with chub’….but not at those prices. I keep searching the charity shops in hope!!!

Not sure but might be a Maine Coon…there pretty big domestic cats

Forgot about this one, a favourite of mine too based on eccentric but successful bait concoctions and a lot of his fishing is on the Ouse close to me

I have the chirp also, helped me find some river features in deeper stretches I think I would have struggled finding the conventional way

I’m not a serious carper but recently read Adrift by Gareth Fareham and found it very inspirational All of Terry Hearns books both books by Terry Lampard ‘Time for tench’ Chris Turnbull

I predominantly use 11ft GTIs on the Ouse Julian…lovely through action rods with plenty of stopping power…never used a Torrix so can’t comment. Only time I feel they are not up to the job is in high water and heavy leads approach. You also get a nice bend in the GTIs from Chub

I have the Ouse within a 5min walk from home and love the place, fished it since I was a kid and it will always be a special place for me. The river is certainly not the same river it was in what many call it’s hay day but personally I have a different view. I think there is more of a natural...

IMO it’s a bit more like the quote in Jurassic park ‘you can’t alter a million years worth of evolution’ ….fish will just associate the baits food signal (smell/scent etc) with eating something they instinctively know is nutritious for their needs and seek it out if they pick up a scent trail...

3 issues 29, 32 and 33 £10 posted

Use milk & honey instead of F&F, just prebait very sparingly and when fishing just use a hookbait with paste wrap

Same here….superb kit