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UPS are very good . I remember sending a rod to Italy during the pandemic . At the time the Italians put exclusion zones round certain towns / cities and UPS could never get the rod to its destination , they tried and returned it to me x4 times but persisted and it arrived unscathed after months...

I have posted scores of rodsin UK and all over the world only experiencing the occasional problem BUT , the cost of posting long rods is very expensive [ over 1.5 metres ] . also if you read the very small print , most couriers don't insure rods for damage in transit .I have found UPS and...

Not sure Nick , but I don't think that is a drag knob . Clive Shipman, who I think is a BFW member is the man to ask about all things centre pins , he's on F Book

You blanked even on a juicy lob ? Maybe the Barbel were already stuffed Terry ,like Mr Creosote !

I never used fixed leads , can't see the point . Yes you will sometimes get a pull on the upstreaming method but if you leave it they will dislodge the lead and you get the big drop back the fish hooking itself against the lead and the pressure on the line . In these conditions I don' think the...

If your swim allows it cast straight downstream close in and point your rod where the bait is , with only the shallowest angle possible on the rod for bite indication , this method allows you to use light leads and reduces amount of debris hanging up on your main line . Works best if you are...

I reckon a worm or worms take some beating for the Barbel in a flooded river . When you think about it loads of worms must get washed in by the flood water ,Barbel must stuff themselves on worms in such conditions

I feel that the greater the distance between your hook and your lead reduces the occurence of line 'bites' and fish spooking when they hit the tight line above the lead . Wherever possible I also fish with my rod as low as possible to minimise this problem . This said many anglers fish their...

Some great advice here . I would add that in extreme floods fish in a spot that you are familiar with at normal levels . On more than one occasion I was flood fishing and on returning later when the flood subsided , discovered I hadn't even been fishing in the river proper but on what would...

My comment above was not directed at you Haydn , but at all contributors to this thread

Yep , still got it David ,Suzuki GSX 1425 cc , it's for drag racing , my son rides it now , it's a money pit but we have fun . I am too old ,fat and creaky for such stuff now and after 35 years of competing in drag racing I have hung up my leathers ,probably ......

Alex, I have a Redmire evening pitch weird tale but I will leave that one for another time . Here's a little one that has always mystified ,and, if I was honest troubled me . I do most of my fishing on the Yorkshire Ouse being only 5 minutes drive away . When I was working full time a lot of my...

Hello David . I empathise with your experience to a great degree . I have learn't , and I am a slow learner, that it pays to take your Barbel goggles off so to speak, and look at the greater fishing picture . I was on the Yorkshire Ouse a few weeks a go , at night , in the throwing rain , in a...

I am nothing like as obsessive about my Barbel fishing now as I was a few years a go when I would be on the bank as often as possible in all conditions . In winter I did a lot of blanking but I kept going trying to tick the boxes of a Barbel in the snow, or a Barbel in a winter flood . Looking...

Re read the comments on this thread , then go on you tube and watch '' Martin Bowlers life in Angling '' it may change your view on this matter

On the face of it this is not a good look for Martin Bowler .Being charitable maybe they mean't they were simply going to put the hook back in the fishes mouth and re film the unhooking process for some reason ? On a wider more general point ,aren't we being a little naive here ? These videos...

I have a had a few odd experiences , here is one for starters . Many years a go I was fishing with my then 9 year old son Patrick [ he's 33 now !] We were fishing on the Yorkshire Ouse at night , pitch black and it was hammering down with rain , so heavy was the downpour we had to shout at each...

Mostly use ABU Cardinal 54's or 55's , over engineered , beautiful reels .Sometimes mitchell 301 or 411 , nice reels great ergonomics but ''clutch'' a bit snatchy , occasionally a Shimano with a baitrunner facility ,can't remember what model it is but does a job , and of course various centre...

If an angler sees nothing wrong in pitching up next to you or fishing opposite your swim I am afraid that reasoning with them and pointing out that its bad form is unlikely to get you anywhere , just move . This sort of experience can have a positive effect in that you may , in your search for...

Whole process sounds dodgy , just buy em !