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Said it before and I’ll say it again…….. green issues are green crap to this government, which get in the way of economic growth and house building programs 👎🏻 Also this is an interesting statement: “Alongside the move the government is announcing new environmental measures including doubling...

Sainsburys Chopped Pork and Ham (flavoured in glug and pre frozen), its as firm as Spam and much cheaper.

When did Starmer last ask an environmental based question during PMQ’s? The bottom line is, he never has done 👎🏻 Also consider when Fish Legal challenged NRW over the impact of intensive poultry farming in the upper Wye Valley, NRW replied stating there is no problem, quoting data from 2009 and...

To some Tory MP’s including senior Tories, its all just green crap, which gets in the way of economic growth 😡😡😡

Things are changing in the Shrewsbury area e.g. Montford Bridge to Cressage. For years it was a case of good sport with shoalies in the 3lb to 8lb range, but within the last five years, the Barbel have packed weight on and my best last season in this area was 12.12lb, the season before was...

That Desert Storming Norman look was also covered under the Thistle Garments mass production run 👍🏼

The sizing is odd e.g not M, L and XL, I’d had my previous jacket for a numbers of years, so just took a punt on a similar ebay jacket, in the same size and it was fine. On arrival it smelled a bit musty, so I washed in nikwax tech wash followed by nikwax reproofer and it keeps me dry 👍🏼 This...

All gortex or any other jacket will eventually fail on the shoulder and neck seams, due to constant pressure of carrying heavy gear on your shoulders. For this very reason I always buy ex army DPM camo jackets from ebay, which are described as lightly used or new. My last jacket cost £35 and...

I very nearly bought a River Specialist recently, but after corresponding with a couple of users on Facebook, both complained about the force needed to engage the rachet. One described it as a two handed operation, with some series brute force required. The other guy said he’d contacted Youngs...

This is a subject, which makes me quite angry re the UK. The useless E.A allow them to be stocked in land lock waters, but this doesn’t stop selfish idiots transferring them to rivers and the E.A know this! It’s a bit like Prussian Carp, the E.A know that some waters haven been stocked with...

You cannot get away from the simple point I already made, privatised water company combined debt £54 billion, amount paid in share dividends £66 billion. There was little to no debt to begin with! I only see two paths forward: - taken into public ownership and at what cost, which bill payers...

Yep they have 4 billion debt, which is tax payer liability and environmentally, they perform no better than the privatised water companies 🤷🏼‍♂️

I honestly believe that this is one of the biggest scandals of my lifetime! Cant get my head around why Keir Starmer never raises this in PMQ's? But then again, has he ever even asked an environmental question in PMQ's? As anglers and conservationists, who are we supposed to vote for at the...

A must sign for anyone who cares about our rivers...

As of Dec 2022, combined water company debt £54 billion, dividends paid in the last 20 years total £66 billion!

The acolyte ultra is similar to the bomb rod in action with the 1oz tip fitted.

Are you intending to fish rivers? I personally targeted Perch on the Severn last autumn/winter with lobworms, taking fish to 3.15lb. My preferred setup is a Drennan Acolyte Plus 15ft rod and centrepin loaded with Silstar Team line in 6.6lb. I use overshotted Avon floats (between 3AA and 6AA)...

Let me rephrase, putting high end custom rods aside. None of the mainstream tackle companies do an 11’ or 12’, 1.25lb twin tip Avon rod, which is higher end, as an off the shelf rod in the £150+ price range. So it’s not rubbish! For such rods, the bench mark for me is still the original Drennan...

£200 WTF! I had one of these. The cork on the handle was ultra thin, giving a cheap feel. The Avon top had a horrible action and I never used it. I did use the rod with the quiver section for light Chubbing on a local small river. I swapped the supplied quiver tip for a Drennan SS 1.8oz glass...

From the Skretting website: Do salmon and trout feeds contain colouring? In the wild, the flesh of salmon and trout can be a red/pink colour, due to an antioxidant called astaxanthin.  Astaxanthin is produced in natural waterways by algae, yeast and bacteria, all of which are in the food chain...