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Bought a trakker nano light a short while ago and am happy with it. Low and very light but no armrests.

Sunset on a Wye visit this year.

How good are tubular spring balance scales for accuracy? I'm in the market for some lightweight scales myself.

Cat amongst the pigeons time. I never felt or have been lead to believe that low diameter lines for the poundage stated make reliable robust lines. I nearly always go by the diameters. Not pointing fingers but more a point for discussion.

Hydrotuff and gr60 for life dependency. I would also add XT in 12lb after a horrendous battle with a carp and an unknown snag in the spring but haven't used it long enough to recommend whole heartedly.

Still waiting replies from two emails to Royston Swith, my local MP who rejected the ammendment. I'm not holding my breath on a response to either, especially on a reason for his vote. They work for us... Hmmm.

I think they were hoping this would pass under the radar yet they are being hung up publicly for everyone to see. Not a good look. Even my local WhatsApp group are shaming our MP Royston Smith for voting to reject the ammendment. Long may it continue. Save the planet whilst screwing immediate...

Early morning on the Hampshire Avon.

Black handled Jag file. Cuts through the harder hook metals with ease.

Totally agree. Bought the large one as I needed a longer reach. Having used it it for a while, I cannot see why anyone would consider the compact version other than for storage. The large one is fairly compact in its retracted state.

Definitely worth the perseverance as I think Autumn /winter is the best time of the year on the rivers and generally a nice place to be. It's finding the buggers that is hard. Roving and bouncing a bait about the swim will find them quicker. It can be a small area within a swim and all of a...

Sometimes cleaning the line with a wet cloth before knotting to remove dirt stops these breakages. Abrasive particles collected from previous sessions can serverly affect knot strength. To the original poster. I've had knots go just above the eye of the hook years ago. Came to find out that it...

And that's why I would keep an open mind. If I was losing barbel or hooking on the extremities of the mouth then I would think there was a problem but they very rarely fall off (can count on one hand) and are well hooked for the most part. I just don't think barbel have a mouth very well...

Just something else to throw into the mix. There is a theory amongst carp anglers that feeding small mass particle baits makes hooking fish harder due to minimal movement from fish rooted to a spot, hoovering up small sections of lake bed as opposed to boilie fishing with larger food items that...

Crumbs, that was a quick delivery. Spopper received with many thanks.

Too many variables with carp growth and age. Different strains, water temperature, oxygen levels, food availability, male or female, pressured or neglected and if invidual fish are just out and out growers. Some fish will stay low weights all their life others can reach 50lb in little over a...

Gardner Talon Tips are similar. If you tried them before and didn't like them as I did in the past(seemed Blunt out of packet) have another look. To me, Gardner hooks have improved as it looks like they've remodelled the points IMO. Very sharp and don't blunt easily. Atomic Claws hooks are...

Saturday night out and the birds are all over me. Last night on the Hampshire Avon.

Maybe they are renegade non EU regulation straight Barbel sitting in the wings ready to take over when the time comes. There was a theory that electro stunning might be the cause but I find that hard to believe.