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I use a centre pin for the stick and a Daiwa Ninja (small and light with front drag) for waggler fishing. I love my Speedias and I also have a Bewick that is running in (it has got some catching up to do to wear as smooth as the vintage reels!)

I bought a pair, new, off eBay very cheaply and have been impressed. I got the big river version to use for trips to the Wye and was able too cast heavy feeders with confidence. The finish is good and the action was nice when playing some fish hooked on the far bank. Not sure why they are so...

I just watched it on iPlayer and loved Henry bream as well, especially "sleeping in the skip" by the microbrewery. Isn't it great the way going fishing with an old mate takes you back to childhood and simpler times - a great antidote to the stresses of everyday adult life and taking your...

Totally agree with Clive. The highlight of my season was a day at Lacock on the feeder and float with bread and worms for bait. I had 7 different species and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Not sure a blank waiting for a barbel would have been as much fun. Looking forward to a lake session on...

And a typical tench for the water. There are also silvery green ones.

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Back for more this morning and it was excellent. Lots more quality Rudd, beautiful tench and the first crucians I have caught since I used to fish the old Norton ponds near Taunton in the 80s. I also had perch and a skimmer; all on sweet corn. In a quandary now about next weekend, river or pond...

Woke early so took the chance to see the mist drifting across my local lake. i struggled to get my bait past the ravenous Rudd but did get lucky with 7 or 8 beautiful little tench between 6 and 1pm. Must have had 50plus Rudd as well! Cheers, Simon

Spring 2017 Having not had much to post about on the barbel pages last season I thought I would get after some tench this Spring. I have had a very exciting couple of weeks having found a beautiful little lake that I can cycle to. It's run by a small match fishing group and they have been busy...

I used one a few seasons ago before it was stolen with everything else from my garage:mad: The rig roll was a nice idea - light and compact as you say but I chose not to replace it. I found that I didn't need all the storage spaces in it - too many hookilnk slots and the elasticated tube...

Barbel river, m.everard

Just a quick note to recommend the customer service from Southend Angling. I bought a pair of Wychwood waders from them through ebay and used them for the first time on Monday; unfortunately they leaked! I have just received a replacement pair a day after my enquiry with no quibbling...

Cross country transfer of river water could be disastrous for the receiving rivers. The water chemistry of the Severn is very different to that of the Thames founded as it is on the rocks that make up the geology of the catchments. The varying aquatic ecosystems that exist in the different...

Wow, I didn't mean to spark off a heated debate about the merits of the Closed Season - I was just pleased to see some barbel after a long lay off from the river following the birth of our son! We went out again today, to a different stretch and saw lots more spawning action and even one or two...

Hi All, Have just got home from watching the barbel hard at it on April 21st! I guess that the warm weather we have been having recently has got things started early this year. I counted 11 fish in all many of which were fairly small (3 - 4lbs) along with 2 or 3 larger females. Like many, our...

Mark Everard's roach book has its moments but it is intended to be something of a scientific treatsise. His 'Barbel River' has more romance and has some good ideas on behaviour and response changes in the course of a season. The John Bailey roach and perch books are great and I got mine cheaply...