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This thread sparked a bit of a review and I bought myself a Cadence CL10 Bait Apron, which arrived today - good timing as I’m out of the river tomorrow. First impressions are good. Don’t see the need for a side pocket, but that slipped off of the belt easy enough. The rain cover is a good idea...

Oh my - what an abomination!!! 80% of my fishing is spent in chest waders, out in the water trotting swims that you can’t get to from the near bank. I love this type of fishing so I’ve spent years refining my gear for this. A lightweight Orvis waistcoat bought in 2000 with a small box for...

I have the TB Darent Valley 36 as my syndicate water requires 36” minimum for barbel. Awesome bit of kit for the money.

I have mine matched to a Preston Centris 320 or 420 (same reels slightly bigger spool on the 420). NT (old version) has conventional drag; SD (has a speed drag) and a folding handle. I've not had any barbel on the float with them, but numerous chub in the 5-6lb range, and the Centris works...

What a brilliant idea - why don’t know this already!!! Gonna buy one tonight as I tend to make a lot of hemp. Anybody tried vacuum packing maggots by any chance?

Second shout out to diverdave- brilliant service and able to do amazing things with waders!

2 trains of thought on this - and I spend a lot of time in chest waders - probably 80% of my fishing I’ll find an excuse to get to a swim that necessitates waders. Most of my fishing is trotting / roving, so for a couple of decades at least I’d been buying chesties. Used to by cheap(ish)...

Just ordered some of these - how long do they take to defrost?

I’ve tried some practical evaluation today (in the kitchen). Acolyte, Hi-S and two different spheres. One of the things that struck me when using the Hi-S was an achey wrist after a long day - which I didn’t get when using the Acolyte or shorter Sphere. I now think I know why. Weight wise the...

A bunch of us fish the Lower Itchen Fishery every year when it opens for coarse rods. It was £31.25 last year. Never caught so many grayling in a single session before! I’ve fished the Itchen below LIF since I was about 10! My largest roach from LIF was 3lb 4oz below the lower weir in 2019...

I used Dave Harrell Pro Match at 6lb (0.20mm) on both my 13’6” and 15’6” splices rip Sphere with absolutely no problem at all.

I have both the Hi-S Power (14’) (new version) and the Drennan Acolyte Specimen again in 14’. I’ve also got the Drennan 14’ ultra and plus - so have had the chance to try them not just back to back - but on the same day both tackled up the same. Preston Centris 320, 6lb main to 5lb hook length...