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Typical carp angler..... complete shining bellend!! no offence to anybody fishes for mud Pigs! Rake the swim with a trawler Send out the bait boat that looks like a duck, then spodding for about 3 parts of a year. Then cast out 20 to 30 times til they get it right. put on their Claxon bite...
Hey everyone not been on for a bit. Hope everyone is well!!
I have to say I absolutely love my frank whitlock salmon net. I believe they are very far and few between nowadays as they were discontinued quite a few years back. I bought it through barbel fishing worlds very own @Clive Shipman about...
At the end of the day mate a barbel is a barbel, whether it 3lb up to 9lb and I bet they still fight like demons. Maybe one day that elusive double will show up. All we can do is keep trying.
Personally I don't sharpen hooks, I can't be arsed to be perfectly honest... However I own a Lansky blade medic which is the mutts nuts for my knives in the house and on the bank, it has a ceramic sharpener which polishes the blade razor sharp, and the carbide sharpener which can actually strip...
The preston ones are quite exceptional for the price. The teeth on the pivotal mechanism inter lock and are quite solid. I did purchase some stainless Steel ones off the bay, but turned out to be dog shit.
Il fish in all conditions to be perfectly honest. When I was a ground worker🥺😢😭 ( very sad and depressing times indeed 🤣😂) we would get rained off when the weather was extreme. I'd get home and load up for barbel fishing. I've fished in the rain, snow, baking hot conditions and caught. I fished...
Anchor meadow and Manor farm right by each other on the warks Avon. Anchor meadow is well kept and spotless. I haven't been to manor farm.
But have heard its nice.
Just made some of these up now, 10 quid for 36 green hair rollers off the bay. I'm gonna leave the green velcro for an extra bit of camouflage. As opposed to leaving them white.
I have caught a fair few of these stunning creatures. Everyone one of them has been an aggressive/ vicious takes ie rod doubled over baitrunner screaming off... but the one i caught on the tidal was strange. As I said In previous posts this was a typical bream or eel take.
I can honestly say I...
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