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Winds me up seeing small barbel 6/7/8/9 lb hoisted up for photos during this weather , exceptional fish then yes but do we really need to see so many small fish all over social media , inhook in net if you must go out in this extreme heat and let swim off once recovered ,

Is that your thinking for mono hooklinks

The albright knot that connects the two materials , if tied correctly, is a very reliable knot

Esp clawhammers

RIP Chatty

Combi , 20lb Amnesia albright knotted to 20lb sinkbraid

How did it fare for barbel Nick ??

Hi, any on here still favour this classic over modern reels ?

£ 250 or £230 to any BFW members

Extracted from fleabay

Hi, just to let you know ive put a swallow pin on fleabay 👍

They do seem to get good reviews , just concerned on size , im using ss2600 's atm and dont want a big pit reel on my barbel rods , i fish Hants Avon mainly atm and most of my fishing is 2 rod lengths max so i dont need a casting reel , might get one and have a look

Appreciate the feedback

Hi, any users of these care to comment on these reels , the carp boys rave about these for the value for money , just wondered how the size compares to say ss2600 's ?

Hi, just curious to what sort of rods people are using when fishing the Thames , do you step up to higher tc or is 1.75 lb tc suitable ?

Perhaps we need a separate section on BFW called Rigs where anyone who has any thoughts/ideas can post on with a view to discussing and sharing ideas and at least if anyones not interested in rigs or rig mechanics they dont have to go into that section and leave us who are alone

I showed the examples of the German rig mainly because i know there are people on here who are interested in rig development and thought they may find it useful to them or even find that there are some already using it but after reading some of the comments after my post i dont know why i...

Or just seen this , Martin bowlers barbel wafter rig , quite similar to the German rig but using a wafter boilie

Something like this ,