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Had fun doing this (at work, with literally no work to do for literally the first time in my life) as I've never counted or listed my rivers before. My list is a bit false as I do get around a bit, go camping for reasons other than fishing, but take some gear with me, and I do tend to fish...

I've always assumed that not only do they drop down to deeper water, where they expend less energy, but also they stop feeding until there's a temp rise. So is there any point in looking for where those swims are or is there a bit of a Catch-22 in winter barbel fishing in that as soon as you get...

Well done Mark - beautiful. While we're on new Yorkshire river records, has the recent Aire record been mentioned on here yet? I'm not really much of a one for records meself, but it is good that the official record is no longer about 3 or 4 pounds lighter than fish one hears about quite...

Absolutely beautiful. As for other hobbies, I try to play as much local cricket as I can before the coarse season starts ... so maybe I should carve a barbel into the bat!

This is still one of the greatest posts I have ever seen on any fishing forum, both in terms of the achievement of the campaign itself and its adaptability as a model, not to mention its sheer satisfying quality as an angling story. I've been inspired by this strategy and adapted it on more than...

Most will, but there probably won't be anyone within a quarter of a mile of me on the river Nidd. I'll have as many swims to choose from as I can be bothered to hack access to!

Really excited here. More than ever for me, it's just about getting out on the banks amidst the incredible wildlife of Yorkshire, just sitting in a jungle of birdlife, insects and small mammals somewhere watching the river go by, and I have no expectations of catching much ... I didn't bag a...

I came back to fishing in 2014 after a 36-year hiatus meself, and it's the Wharfe (for barbel) that has been the biggest revelation for me... but then so has the whole of Yorkshire compared to the rubbish venues I fished as a kid (Dee on Welsh border was a s good as it got for me back in the...

And go somewhere where you can't see other peoples' tackle, lack of unhooking mats, and poor fish-handling, fish-resting skills. If they do come into sight in the distance, don't watch them. Having said that, my last 13 barbel - so in fact all my barbel in 2020 - have been from free fishing in...

Going downstream in order from Addingham (where as stated it's all club water)... The nearest free stretch is a short stretch at Otley, upstream of the town centre, 20 mins drive from Addingham (but a LOT longer during the very long rush hours). Not a great stretch but there are some chub...

Not as warm when they leak or when the soles go. me & Mrs both got green pairs this exact time last year. (after seeing a thread on here in fact). Warm and comfy ... but both soon leaked. left it too long before taking them back, cos don't really pass near the shop regularly, so they only...

So well done to Joe Winstanley who sent me his answer by P-M and reckoned that this link is good enough to confirm that the only actual "river" in England that is a fifth-level tributary is, as I thought, the tiny River RIBBLE (no not that Ribble), which meeets the River Holme near the...

Fry ... briefly ...in plenty of olive oil with finely chopped fresh garlic, paprika, garlic powder, sweet chilli & garlic sauce ... then freeze with as much of the oily liquid as poss in the bag/container.... also do the same with lots of tiny pieces which won't fill up the fish, but will act...

Well done - I'm surprised you could google it at all, rather than just looking at the maps online, which is what I had to do. The purpose of the exercise is mainly to check out my question, to see if anyone can point out another '6 river combination.' So feel free to post the answer tomorrow...

Glorious workmanship! If I say so myself, my 50p glow sticks are a similar shape when I've applied a few micro-slivers of parcel tape, and they aren't going anywhere or snagging any line (can you tell I rarely night fish ;) )

I try to use tiny bits of thin brown parcel tape in such a way as they taper and there's no obstruction for the line to catch on. It's v. fiddly and it only works easily if everything's dry when I attach the isotope, ie there's no dew in the air.

Feel free to move this to the social board of course Admin, but I thought it would get more views here and as I am involved in setting interesting quizzes, I am keen to pick the geographical brains of anglers from all over the country. Anyway here's my unusual question, and it does relate to...

That's terribly unlucky. Just a suggestion from an outsider's perpective (which may be a daft one, I dunno) - if it should happen to be in flood again next time - there will be a number of those attending with York or/and Leeds books, so spread the event out by a couple of miles, pool...

(a year on from the last comment, which was about about series 1) This fantastic series was just as good in Series 2 I thought. And it was part of the charm of it that Bob Mortimer seems to get worse as an angler with each episode. A bit like me in that respect :). In the very last episode of...

I noticed, from across the river, two distinguished-looking sporting gentlemen preparing pegs on the Cherryfields stretch yesterday afternoon. I wondered if perchance this was any of your good selves?