Search results

Most definitely Stephen...

Just remember guys, the EA tell us the reason for the otters successful re-colonisation of various rivers is a key performance indicator for them on how they have cleaned the rivers up and improved the environment, however, others and some of you here are arguing amongst yourselve's and blaming...

When it comes to our rivers and the coarse fish that inhabit them, there is little doubt that the barbel is the most iconic species. Barbel can be found in many of our river systems, in fact on some they are indigenous (The East flowing rivers), and on the others they have been stocked. From...

Yes mate no trouble at all, they do take Rays Rollin Pin...we made them to accommodate most pins, they are also water proof, the dont retain dust, grit or damp....they can be also, brushed and shook clean, we have tried to cover all aspects and eventualities...they really are a simple but...

Yes, they are very well made and offer great protection, not a bad price as well

In this world of expensive, hand made, well engineered centrepin reels or maybe a vintage cherished example, or perhaps a well used 1960's heirloom, the one thing that they all need is robust protection, So I discussed this with Centrepin guru Garry Mills of Mill Tackle a few weeks ago and we...

I my experience on winter barbeling is that barbel will feed at very low temperatures i.e. sub 5c, but what barbel are less inclined to do at low water temps is to move about and search out food stuffs , barbel during certain conditions will stay put and allow food items to come to them, many...

The thing is this whole otter debacle isnt just about barbel, I have witnessed a few rivers personally on how otter predation affects them and their fish populations, I think the large singular, or small groups of female barbel are the perfect prey for an otter and in some instances, back in the...

A pair Superb pike/zander rods, very rare, only used a few times, totally unmarked. £300 the pair plus postage.

Terry, good point, I think what constitutes as a healthy river is a good example of one and the Windrush is a good example, where barbel are indigenous and where the barbel population has been destroyed by the otter....

I never said the otter's attentions were limited to big barbel, i said because of the ease of capture of a large female barbel with little protection of the shoal and with lesser numbers of female barbel, on the basis that all double figure barbel are female, the effect of an otter killing a...

I am trying to emphasise the ludicrous situation that surrounds the otter...but we aren't going solve anything here, we just end up bickering, so i am bowing out of this thread..tight lines everyone and happy Christmas.

I know a farmer that has 300 free range chickens he keeps in pens overnight, over the last 5 years he has shot 2 foxes....i was born well after the second world finished. I am being logical thats all and stating facts...

Does a farmer require scientific evidence to shoot a fox in his chicken coup?

I have never suggested a cull, the otters Achilles heel is its short life span, so if orphaned ( due to road kills) otters are brought into otter sanctuaries they should not be re released into the wild, there should be a program of dog otters being trapped, sterilized and kept in captivity...

We aint got time, but if we did, where would the £30k come from to finance it?

Mike, Not just small rivers mate, the Severn, compared to what was, is on its knees, as i have said, there isnt a barbel river now, anywhere, that isnt in decline...once the barbel have gone, the chub and pike soon follow...

Well Mike, i suggest you prepare for the worse and hope for something that may not be as bad as you thought.

Well said Hatter: but unfortunately there are anglers amongst us that still demand that science proves that otters have a detrimental effect on barbel populations, and will not accept any anecdotal evidence. Otters without doubt have caused the total collapse of barbel populations on many...

The PAG ( see Big picture 2) have been frustrated by the Angling Trust every step of the way, John Wilson warned of the effects of the otter before he went to Thailand, the Barbel Society raised a petition for a none lethal control of the otter, it got 12000 signatures, to suggest nothing...