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The Trent, that's the bunny. I didn't realise the two were that different (IIRC the Trent completely sold out before I was even aware of its existence).

Did anyone ever get one of these or give it a tryout? Lots of places seem to have been out of stock for ages (although they are still available from Youngs directly). I've been keeping an eye on used ones on eBay, but they seem to go for not-far-off full retail. I don't think it's one I'll...

This season never even happened for me - plans to move house, with associated DIY and prep took up most of my free time from late spring into late summer, which were then scuppered by the new LTV mortgage regs meaning we couldn't borrow the extra we needed (which is just as well as about six...

Black pudding would never make it out of our house, let alone the river!!!!!

Very very rarely go without one and I consider them as essential pieces of kit - useful for everything you need quick and easy access to that won't fit in your pockets. I have three - a "dumpy" shallow Korum one which I use for sit-down day sessions on lakes where I'll typically stay in the...

Absolutely. Another forum I'm a member of is predominantly made up of people in their 20s and 30s, and a large chunk of them are (or were) staunchly anti-angling and always lumped it in with fox hunting and the like. But most, if not all of them who have watched this now see fishing in a...

I can also vouch for the 4000ST - my go-to barbel reel. Easily handles them. Because I'm mobile and always on the move I don't like the bigger and more cumbersome baitrunners, so the 4000 is a perfect size barbel reel for me. Build quality is just as good on the newer ones as well - mine has...

Yes, thanks for clarification Neil - I always get Parsons and Dawson's names mixed up.

Not seen the new series yet, but looking forward to it. RE Athletico Mince - I have absolutely no interest in or knowledge of football (or sport in general for that matter), but it's one of my favourite comedy things. By about episode 8 or 9 they've all but completely dropped "proper"...

Tom Unless you know what you're doing (Mark above sounds like he does) and you're confident with it, I would echo Steve R's advice and get in touch with Garry Mills. Whilst the Kingpin is not a top-top tier expensive pin, neither is it an el-cheapo unbranded pin from China.

Absolutely Joe, although I don't think I've ever quite known anything like the large-scale bashing Nash have been getting for the last few years. It's made even the perennial Korda haters seem positively reasonable!

Another vote for Pallatrax and Bank Tackle. I tend to buy "used" job lots from eBay, so a lot of hooks for your money even if a few are duff (although more often than not most of them are unused) and I've tried most of them. More generally, and straying a little bit off topic, I have...

Date nights must've been a real treat with you Neil;)🐽

The concrete channel has been there for as long as I've known it, so at least since the early-mid 80s. So you could well be right old man;). But it's the weir in the memorial park I'm thinking of - way too high for even the most adventurous barbel to get over. I'm sure one or two would have...

Not necessarily Neil - they'd first have to swim up that long channel where the Chew joins the BA (and, as I'm sure you know, it's just basically a concrete funnel similar to the flood relief channels in LA, and which most of the year is only a few inches deep), and then they'd have to get up...

Barbel have been stocked annually since 2009 (along with roach and bream) and as recently as early 2019 (by Keynsham AA, as far as I know with permission from but without the involvement of the EA). I know for a fact that "a few" have come out but not reported, and not many people fish for them...

Great story Howard. Similarly, I've been sending letters "FAO mid 90s Jamie Lee Curtis" for years, but they just get returned unopened, so I guess my luck is even worse than yours. At least you get a response. I am aware of a Richard Carter custom Aerial that took nearly 11 years and which...

I can't say I've noticed any luncheon meat type product out-or-underperform another - everything from el cheapo bulk processed Mattesons type stuff through to the neutral buoyancy stuff made specifically as bait (and therefore costing about £6 a tin) and everything else in between has been...

There DEFINITELY were some in at least one of the smaller lakes at Anglers Paradise, but obviously that's a commercial stillwater and they were almost certainly stocked as bred ornamentals. I'm going back to the late 90s mind, so I've no idea if they're still there. Not easy to check either...

Yeah, a few BA clubs have been allowed to stock in recent years. That I know of - Avon & Trib, Riverside and Somerford. Also sure I read or heard that Bathampton put a load in at Claverton not too long after my disastrous visit a couple of years back.