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I have been using them for years....they stay sharp, they are strong, they are the dogs doo da's ....but each to their own, however a size 2 put through a quarter tin of meat (300 mg) has caught me so many big barbel, I have never been let down by a DCBH, I always worry when I have to pull for...

I wished I still had the numerous personal letters and sketches Chris Yates, sent to me in the early 1980's during my Golden Scale club days, unfortunately my ex wife saw it highly amusing to dispose of this now valuable anthology of a bygone time....

In my opinion Drennan Continental boilie hooks sizes 2, 4, 6 and sometimes 8 will cover all your needs....whether hair rig or in and turn

From information I have gained gained from insiders of the EA and Angling Trust, tree removal is more to do with the solids in raw sewage, bankside trees can be a problem with the solids that the raw sewage can contain these days such as Condoms, tampons, sanitary towels, panty and nappy...

downstream of the Armoury pub/ Welsh bridge is Quarry Park, this stretch does the odd very big fish, with back up barbel being 8's or 9's....I have heard on the grape vine a couple of big 12's came off with a few doubles last year, though its essentially a match dace and roach stretch, there are...

A superb , heart felt epitaph for a barbel fishers life summarized in a few words, so what has changed Paul? Everything has changed that's what. I see the same problems on midlands rivers, emphasized by the lack of or significantly reduced numbers of barbel, my rivers haven't got a signal...

Utterly superb....

I agree, i suppose ultimate accuracy is also affected by atmosphere, air temperature and testing methodology ....but what happened to the humble dram..i remember the old gudgeon record being 4oz 4 dram...

Actually Richard the way they test scales, or the way the did, was to test at various weights, both low and high measures, so in essence a set of scales could be bang on, or maybe plus or minus one ounce up to a certain weight and then be 3 ounces out above that. My old Avons showed at 16lb 3oz...

When I witnessed Howard Maddocks Severn record all them years ago, despite having 4 or 5 reputable witnesses (?) my Avons (which I still have) had to be sent to Birmingham weights and measures dept. and they came back bang on, on all weights tested....high, low, pounds, ounces etc. You must...

Looking at the amount of leaf on the trees, this is no recent capture....🤫

Korum fibre glass brolly.....perfect!

superb reels an absolute bargain and a saving of £100 on the new price....I have a pair and they really are the best fixed spools I have ever owned, and I have had a few I can tell you.

Trouble is the Severn rivers trust, Angling Trust and the EA to a lesser degree dont give a monkeys about the barbel on the Teme, its not only the barbel that have gone on this once wonderful river, big pike, chub, bream, wild carp and roach....all gone.

Yes Terry with every question answered another two remain unanswered, I am no scientist, just an old barbel angler thats interested in these things. I think climates change environments, Katie Guttman Roberts did a very good PhD study on the Teme regarding the declining barbel numbers of the...

I don't think so Terry, though the EA dont tell us, the angler everything they do or know, this is why i would like to see some form of study done whilst its at its peak, because the stocking of Calverton fingerling barbel and the whole creation process of aquacultured barbel in being...

I think the phenomenon of large barbel, has reasons that are varied, I think the development in aquacultured barbel is one of the main reasons, I spoke to a well known freshwater biologist only last year and discussed this very thing and he stated that not enough is understood of nature of bred...

Kingfisher guild was a junior page in the Angling Times and you got a badge upon joining not for catching a specimen, well not when i was 12 years old...I did join the Kingfisher guild though, i wished i still had my badge

Its a question that is often asked, without doubt barbel respond well to higher river temperatures so very large barbel are a thing of our times, the warmer the river, they longer the feeding periods, so they are getting bigger. Richard Walker once was asked what constituted a carp angler, his...

For some weird reason spell check changed the C to a K..... you are of course right, Scopex...