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    Photos of river scenes

    BTW, this was one of my first regular fishing haunts as a teen. Headings Mill. Usually 3 or 4 of us fished here through most weather's. Our dad's taking it in turn to run us up from Swindon Village (me) and Bishops Cleeve, and bring us home with our stinking kit. 😉 Lob worm was the go-to bait...
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    Photos of river scenes

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    Bit of fun... What's everyone's preferred boilie of choice

    Well looking at the replies here, just about any flavour will work, be it sweet or savoury. So it's whatever you're confident with that will work. Just out of interest, why aren't there any worm flavoured boilies?
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    Beever introduction on Nene (tributary?)

    First off, I'm not an anti, I just think the local councils are kidding themselves that the beavers won't find a way out. Most of us know escapees along the Wiltshire Avon area. I think it's now 14 groups between Chippenham area and Bristol. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ve3240p0no.amp
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    One man's mission.

    Lol, or there'd have been trouble 😆
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    Photos of river scenes

    Low and slow, Great Ouse, 3/7/24
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    One man's mission.

    Yes he does, but I know (from experience), if I had put in the hundreds of hours in, and all those weekends away, that my marriage would have ended a lot sooner than it did.
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    Big Cat sightings

    So they are actively breeding, as of 1976 it is illegal to keep a big cat.
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    One man's mission.

    I see at 26.15 he mentions that his missus cracked open a bottle of wine, that she wasn't going to share. So he buggered off to the river! I wonder if he has a family life at all. 😄
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    Frozen Hemp

    To be fare, its half the enjoyment... never knowing what will come next. Roach too!
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    Frozen Hemp

    What's your river? I experienced that you could catch on warm, sunny days with this method, when all else fails You need a heavyish float, fishing bulk shot style. Size 14 for tares. I used Drennan Super Spades. They never failed me.
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    Frozen Hemp

    Absolutely! Trotting, along with hemp. This was when I lived in Bath and fished regularly with a float for them in the summer.
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    Frozen Hemp

    I do fish tares also, but like the option of putting hemp on the hook. I wouldn't mix the two together anyway, as the tares would fly out further than the hemp. lol I've caught various fish, including barbel, on a single grain of hemp on a 14/16, or 3 on a 10.
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    Frozen Hemp

    I would add that probably the fish don't care. As long as its cooked and smells like hemp, it will still attract. My problem is that I love to use it directly on the hook.
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    Frozen Hemp

    Thanks, but only small/medium there
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    Bargain for someone

    Obviously gave up trying to catch barbel from the Ouse. 😆
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    Frozen Hemp

    Hemp still. Why can't I find any large hemp? ANYWHERE!! :(
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    Weed cutter with bank stick screw fitment

    I've had a couple of these and they're fine. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256178142906?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=uXR8v-RdTEO&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=d6hFrfAqQrK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
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    Recent River Great Ouse nitrate levels

    It would be great to see local universities to be engaged in this type of testing. At least there's something positive happening in this area. I saw a couple of uni students taking samples from the Ivel a couple of years back, to test for suspended micro plastics.
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    Recent River Great Ouse nitrate levels

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