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My exact thoughts Haydn , I miss his musings terribly , he made BFW for me , lovely chap

Didn't match angling legends Benny and his son Kevin Ashurst come from the Leigh area , perhaps they had a tackle business?

Sometimes I think Barbel angling is slowly going the way of Carp fishing where anglers are chucking in far too many free offerings than are required . Call me old fashioned but I thought ' groundbait ' was designed to attract fish to the table as it were, not leave them in a Mr Creosote like...

Many years a go a study was done on barbel spawning migration from the Yorkshire Ouse , up the tributary river Nidd . As I recall it was determined that a weir on the Nidd was hampering Barbel spawning migration so the weir was altered to allow them an easier passage . In terms of Barbel moving...

Worms anyone ?

I have sent many rods to destinations in the UK and around the world , none were damaged and only one was' lost '. Contrary to others experience I find UPS very good, albeit expensive . The prices however are a rip off .One courier I would avoid are Yell , I once watched one of their employees...

I use 55's and 54's , as stated they are superbly engineered and very robust , when Garcia got involved with ABU the quality deteriorated

Still on E bay , price dropped to £149

Would imagine you would need something with a fairly strong ratchet to stop line being pulled off in a strong flow . 2nd hand there are loads of different pins , perhaps a mordex merlin or a mordex major , maybe speedia wide drum all these come up regularly on E bay . Contact Clive Shipman ...

That is very touching .

Yes still living in Tollerton by the Sea !

Yes still get on the rivers John .Bit more of an all round angler now , still chase the barbel when the conditions are right , mostly Grayling fishing this time of year

They are hard to source , last time I looked my local tackle shop Mitre Angling had them in stock , they come in 2 lengths

I know we are in the game of sticking sharp things in to fishes mouths but do we really need to use these ? Try Stonfo bait holders , like an elastic hair but without the fiddling about tying them on

Old Horse nipples is back ! Very good at the Wallis cast if memory serves me well . good luck with the fishing John

Red Lion Bredwardine , a certain faded charm but the rooms were comfortable and the food hearty , river is close at hand and you can drive to your swim if its not too muddy or flooded and the staff are used to catering for anglers

I think brollies and roving about are mutually exclusive . If you are anything like me , once I am under the brolly I'm loath to move !

If you can find one [ I think they are discontinued] try a 12ft Shakespeare Ganza Avon twin top

Of course you can move Edward , just do it carefully !

New old stock one on E bay now £170