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Smeatons has 6 or 7 very tight pegs. Kelham is expensive and has tight pegs. A1 pits I know little about. Bob's Island can get very busy. Gunthorpe can be very busy and very slow. Fiskerton is not busy and there is plenty of space. Collingham is busy in certain bits but there is plenty of...

Fiskerton. Day tickets from the post office. I think they are £6 but no night fishing. If river is low and clear evening time is best.

I agree that there are stretches of the Trent that are very busy with long stay, bivvied up fishermen. However there are still many miles of river that hardly ever sees an angler. It's a big river and there's plenty of room to do what you want. The bivvy brigade tend to attract each other and...

Let us know how you get on when you try it.

I've sent you a PM.

Not been many fishing at Fiskerton in the evening. In my opinion the best time. Plenty of chub and a few barbel showing to feeder and pellet.

Yes I use Trilene XL for reel line and hook lengths. You must have had a bad batch.

I use Trilene XL for my barbel fishing and for fly leaders. In my opinion it is a great line. Limp, lower diameter than many, knots well and it is durable.

I use Berkley Whiplash for beach fishing in 60lb. Amazing line. Very low diameter, smooth and it lasts very well. Never used it for barbel and don't intend to. I like a bit of stretch in my line with these incredibly powerful fish.

Most of the tidal Trent is not free!

Lots of the Trent around Nottingham is free. Bob Roberts guide shows where the stretches are. http://www.bobrobertsonline.co.uk/the-ultimate-trent-guide/ I've had some great fishing on some of it!

My MP personally replied to me (Mark Spencer). He tells me that he is an angler also which makes me hopeful. Surely fishing has to be one of the safest pastimes. Much safer than cycling which is allowed. I've seen people on bikes that obviously don't know how to do it safely. Wrong side of...

Getting back onto topic! The Angling Trust is urging everyone to write to their mp to support their proposals. I have had an email but you can get to the right place by going to the Angling Trust home page and clicking on "Our proposal to Government to get us fishing safely again" I've done it...

TFG have set up a website for coarse gear. Not much on it when I checked last week. Airflo have set up a fly fishing site as well.

I would replace the entire eye. Never heard of being able to just replace the ceramic. When this has happened to me it was because the ceramic had cracked. I got some quiver eyes from Ebay. No link as it was ages ago.

Think I'll socially isolate for a few hours this weekend on a trout lake. I need to get away from all this coronovirus madness at work (and home). Thank goodness for this wonderful hobby of ours! 🙂

I have one of these rods back from when they first came out. Still use it now for the occasional Trent bream session. In fact I caught my first two double figure barbel on it. 10lb 8oz and 11lb 14oz. They are even now a great rod for big river chub and bream. Bit lightweight for barbel. They...

Black caps for me. Most with extra home made leads attached. Some with slots to deliver hemp seed and caster. However I mainly use groundbait feeders nowadays.

Why don't you go in and try them on? That's what I did. I liked the salopettes so much that I bought a coat and lightweight fleece as well. They are still going strong 12 months later. Still waterproof. Some of the best and cheapest clothing I've ever had!

I fished the barbel society water before they took it over and only ever fished the way you do. Caught plenty of barbel as well. I found it fished better on a run off tide. Not when backing up. Also better when it starts to run off, not at the bottom of the tide. Also good late in the day into...