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It'd take a furnace to melt the lining to that ring. I'd say with over 99% certainty that it's a drip of something ...yacht varnish, or a 2-pack material. I'd have thought it could be safely removed with a craft knife blade, push in a parallel plane to the lining. As Rich said ...what have you...

These days a Pac A Mac kinda thingie does me, just don't run about too much with one on 🥵 If it's actually 100% "waterproof" then even the best of the "breathables" will result in some sweat under exertion. It's always a compromise IME. (and thinking otherwise can be an costly belief, I reckon 😂)

Let me know when you're coming up Hatter and I'll try to join you ... and hopefully provide some enthusiasm 🤪

I've got my total tackle down to about 30-35lbs now, and for 2023 I've resolved/decided to only ever use one rod, and go back 'to my roots' and fish the Teme much more next year, roving style. I'll see any sessions on the Middle Severn as 'rest days', and I don't think I'll be fishing the Lower...

The "4'c" thing is a 'rule of thumb' figure @Jon Young. Water is at its most dense at approximately 4'c, and the most dense liquid will naturally 'sink to the bottom' in still water. But 'still' is often/usually not totally still, as it's effected by meteorological forces i.e. wind, rain, air...

Have a look here @John Hasler https://barbel.co.uk/forum/threads/braid.19472/

There's carbon and then there's carbon Neil, and in all its forms/guises it will have strengths and weaknesses. That is, diamonds are very hard, carbon black makes a great pigment (but it's made of extremely small particles riddled with microscopic holes that hold air/oxygen, and that's why...

What do they weigh @Stephen Scaysbrook ??

They probably recommend that you don't charge your electric socks whilst wearing them in the bath 😂

The first thing I'd say would be, whatever braid you use, check its actual breaking strain first. Stated diameters are often seemingly way off, and more worryingly, breaking strains can be actually lower than stated (or higher, maybe). So you need to check its strength. Secondly I'd say you need...

See thread "Shelf life boilies" 28th Nov 2021 onwards (my post below on that thread ...sealer & bags bought of eBay ... bait still now as fresh as when I packed it over a year ago)

It's a neurotic distraction from the existential angst engendered by the realisation, and acceptance (on some level), of our own mortality. Maybe😅 (with apologies to 'believers'...and hopers).

Ring the office, or check the email confirmation they should have sent you (you can't fish without it). Anyone supplying you with the gate code is liable to have their own membership cancelled.

Whatever ....as long as we talk about 'fibre' and not the Americanized form "fiber", I'm more than willing to read and learn 😂

Hmmmm, now I'm beginning to lose confidence in the Kardashian Krafty Karp Kamping Kit I just ordered.

Maybe ...... DT ??

If you don't mind catching bream then yes, why not. Maggots are one of the baits barbel (and all other species unfortunately) will take all year round.

Yep, not used a barbed hook for barbel for many (~15) years ....not since I learned how to keep a tight line to a hooked fish😁

I'd say it is to angling what "Carry on Cruising" is to transatlantic seafaring. :rolleyes: N.b.... but there'll be some on here that think it's "the nuts", and that us stick-in the-mud barbel anglers could learn loads from super angling-celeb Ali. C'mon, you know who I'm taking about 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣

ALDI .... all the way (when they have them in stock, which should be soon)