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Originally posted on Wye river reports end of August: What do you make of this...hooked 12 barbel today ... also had 7 chub. So nothing out of the ordinary... but all the chub were bigger than the barbel (except for the last lost fish) with the chub all being around the 3-4lb stamp and the...

Chairs is an oft repeated thread on BFW. Some just sit on unhooking mats but sloping banks and as you get older, your needs require a little more comfort - especially to be "higher". Unfortunately comfort comes with weight so there is always a trade off. I friend of mine has recently bought a...

One thing you might consider is a large golfing umbrella which I take as an insurance when it might rain for short bursts but would not be torrential or with hurricane winds. Very light, easy to strap on or in small quiver with your net handle etc. and good protection if you huddle underneath...

One place I fish is gin clear. After casting you can actually see barbel swimming into the line and giving donks (or smaller dinks). So in this case the barbel were not even mouthing the bait. Eventually one might take it and you get a 3ft twitch. In daylight you can actually watch barbel reject...

Sorry - I am after a different model (but then arn't we all!)

Hi. I am after a Bob James SU Specimen rod 12ft 2lb TC green blank, detachable butt. Its old but then so am I!

I bought an inside / outside digital thermometer from Liddils for £3.99. You are supposed to feed a lead with a sensor through a door crack to get the outside temp. - I just chuck the lead in the water! Of course to truly take water temps you should use a castable sinking thermometer to show...

Depends how wet they are!! If you have fallen in the oggin turn them upside down to pour the water out then newspaper then hair dryer. I have two wooden broom poles each with a short piece of wood hammered on the end so like a figure 7 with a short top line. These slide in the boots or waders so...

Maybe I shouldn't, but I have had loads of barbel to over 9lb on my original 13ft Carbonactive and using a 2ft extension to 15ft. This includes loads from the fast waters of the Wye on up to 10lb line straight through! One particular swim is a hook and hold running a float to a tree overhanging...

I went through exactly the same thoughts about a new barbel float rod and eventually settled for a drennan series 7 13ft Power Carp Waggler. Reasons: 2 piece with 1ft detachable handle so easily transported, 13 feet so good float control, recommended up to 8lb line so lot of backbone...

I used one once and never again. I could just not wind the handle against the pressure needed on the rod to play the barbel, even when pumping. Even biggish chub OK but barbel definitely no.

search and see "A fishing chair that isnt really a chair but you can sit on it. And it carries stuff."

Trouble with straight through is you never know where it might break. I use loop to loop or loop over a micro swivel link or eye to attach a hook link to the main line. I was initially dubious about loop to loop but its an unbelieveably strong connection and I have had barbel to double figures...

I agrre about trying to get it to split - next time I will buy the normal size but might use some of the giant for hookbaits

For float fishing for barbel I actually bought a 13ft series 7 drennan power carp waggler which has the detachable handle for packing into a "set up" rod case and is slightly beefier than the tench rod. I have been very pleased with it's performance and ability to pressure large barbel away from...

Let me kick start a thread with a useful item that has improved my fishing. It's a pair of folding secateurs. They are fairly light, cheap (£10 or less) and fit in a pocket like scissors but are really useful to remove the stinging nettle or thorny branch that just happens to be in the wrong...

Interesting about a red light torch filter not spooking fish but is it the colour of the light or the intensity? Most red light filters are a lot dimmer than the white light. If the red light was as bright as the white light would they be spooked? I do a lot of trotting for barbel and prefer...

Many hooks are barbed or micro barbed. What would you use as a barbless hook? And don't say take off the barbs as my club specifies manufactured as barbless! I have tried various ones but can't seem to find one I really like

Please do tell about the chair leg through the punt. I remember the story of one guy who stood up in a punt when he hooked a powerful carp. He leaned back to put more pressure on and the line snapped. He fell backwards into the lake and completely disappeared under the water still holding his...

Years ago Dave Steuart developed a rig where he used say 4 small size 10 trebles along a deadbait as he felt pike were becoming accustom to big trebles and only "lipping" baits. He could then strike straight away. Similarly last winter I was not hooking pike properly so I moved the tail root...