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Worms and maggots will catch anything that swims . For Barbel, if I had to choose one it would be garlic flavoured Spam . These days I very rarely use a feeder when Barbel fishing , except with maggots ,so that part of the equation doesn't come in to it

Interesting read , thanks for that Terry . I am afraid the cons far outweigh the pros for me . I simply don't understand why braid manufacturers don't explain the actual/real breaking strain of their product , can't they be bothered ? I note that some of them break at nearly 50% lower than the...

Anyone have a view on braids breaking strain , i.e. stated BS and actual BS ? I have heard many accounts of its unreliability and tendency to break far below the actual BS, leading anglers to use braid in ridiculously high stated BS to compensate for this .

A face only a mother could love !

The best quality centre pin reel I have ever used / owned was made by a chap called Kenny Kendall ,crafted to amazingly fine tolerances , spins forever and very durable , I would never sell it .I think I paid £50 for ut second hand not that many years a go

Its biggest disadvantage is its utterly unreliable breaking strain ,this alone puts me off the stuff . There have been many threads of here regarding the pros and cons of braid , look back in the archives and you will find lots of opinions

I would avoid digital scales , there have been previous threads on this subject and many have experienced problems with electronic scales , I would go with reubon heaton dial scales or avons , avoid the reubon heaton mk2 flyweights, I bought 2 sets , small and compact they may be , accurate...

So if its minus 6c at night and plus 8c in the day where does that leave you ? I used to take water temps but gave up as at best they are only a vague indicator . For example last night here in york the air temp was + 5c , daytime temp now is +8c ,combined figure of 13c , fill yer boots ...

Have a read through the resurrected big cat thread entitled '' is it me , is it real ? '', some very interesting reading . I has forgotten all about it

He was was probably just checking peoples YDAA books

Alan , if you regularly see this creature , I would suggest a trip [ pun intended ] to the quack .Also , as far as I am aware, Maddo does not have a pink tail but I stand to be corrected !

I have always been intrigued by this subject . I know 4 people who have seen big cats in the UK [ all large black panther type creatures ] Two of these people were anglers who saw them at close quarters whilst out Angling , 3 of the 4 sightings were in daylight . I have absolutely no reason to...

I rarely fish x2 rods now ,i.e. one upstream and one downstream but in the days when I did I always caught more fish on the downstream rod than the upstream one , no firm answer as to why that was but looking back in my diaries it was virtually always the case

Just a note with regard to timing chains which are designed to last the life of the car , great selling point BUT this only holds true IF the vehicle has been regularly/ properly serviced , regular oil changes plus all the filters is a must , service history is everything . Also with vehicles...

Never spent more that 2k on a car so have had all sorts of heaps in the past but most have been reliable and could accommodate fishing gear with the back seats down . I have a van [ Toyota Hiace SWB] ultra reliable but useless for fishing as rear wheel drive and gets stuck on a wet dock leaf ...

Go second hand , get a Speedia , you should get a good un for £50 , great little reels , plenty on the market , or perhaps an Okuma Aventa , not strictly a centre pin as they run on a bearing but nice well made reels

Claimed breaking strain of braid is utterly unreliable , i.e. it usually breaks way under it 's claimed BS , hence people using braid lines with very high breaking strains to compensate as it were . Given this , its poor knot strength ,and woeful resistance to abrasion I see very little point...

I would be very interested to learn how anyone has posted a rod with Parcelforce / Royal mail with a length greater than 1.5 ms for £13.95 . Did you book online , or take in to the post office ? If you took it direct to the PO and paid there , did they measure it ? I am not wishing to labour...

Pa Parcelforce may carry parcels of this length but not for £13.95 as was quoted earlier

basically your local PO are not sticking to their own rules regarding length , I wouldn't enlighten them as you are on to a good thing there !