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Surely There’s some sort of support group out there for you Simon.

As another one who uses a mixture of vintage and modern gear, the only OCD trait I see in myself is that I can’t bear seeing the both mixed together at the same time. I recall seeing a picture of Peter Stone in Waterlog Magazine (I think) and he had a Shimano baitrunner paired up to MK IV and...

Last night’s episode of Grand Fishing Adventure was pretty crap it must be said. I turned the tv off and pondered how not only cream seems to rise to the top but also the occasional turd. This, by contrast , is rather lovely, as indeed are nearly all of the Fallons films. I often spend time day...

This is appalling. I’m trying to figure out how this could even happen during playing a fish out and can only assume that somehow it’s happened in the net. The possibilities for damage with a heavily spawn bound big carp and that thing in the net don’t bear thinking about.

Luckily for OMC and Ali Hamidi there are a lot of donuts about. To misquote Mr Disraeli… There are three kinds of donuts: donuts, damned donuts and angling donuts. As it would happen, I very nearly fell into the later category myself by almost acquiring a Magic Twig as part of a larger auction...

Hmmnnnnnnn, I wonder? 🤔 Could it be….? Might it be….? 💵💰💶🤑💷💲 Surely not….?

Such a shame really. The premise of the show is quite good and the subject matter has huge appeal. I mean, Comizo barbel fishing in Spain, who on here doesn’t fancy some of that on their TV? If only they could get a decent presenting crew who have a little maturity, charm and wit about them...

I saw about ten minutes of Monster Carp a few years ago now and immediately became an x-watcher, mainly because of Ali. I’ve since watched a few of the last two seasons episodes and agree with both of the above posts: it’s actually rather watchable now and Dovey and Spooner have an easy going...

Yes, it was. Excellent use of understatement, Mark.👍 😉

This is very true but I’d also add that learning just how much of a pull is required for the distance desired and also when to break the drum. Getting these both right is the hey to avoiding over runs and the resulting birds nest. I’ve always found that twisting the rod slightly so the handles...

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Well, if we are talking books then I deserve to be given a thoroughly good wedgie for selling Terry Lampard’s First Cast. As for selling Jeff De La Mura‘s Hooked On Floats - guilty your honour! - then only a damned good beating will suffice.

I do hope it’s not the case for your chair Stephen, but in my own previous experience chairs that lack the bracing brackets at the junction between the leg and the cross bar tend to fail fairly regularly. Constant flexing at the weld and it ends up breaking, as it did on two of my old chairs...

Fox duralite for me too. I absolutely insist on having arms on my chairs and the duralite weighs in at 3.2 kg. I suppose I could have saved a bit of weight without the arms but I’m happy to lug the extra grams for the comfort. Adjustability is minimal compared to my JRC Relaxa Recliner but...

That looks like the screw for the fulcrum that holds the ratchet spring in place. There’s also another part (the fulcrum) inside the reel. If you’ve lost both then you’re looking at someone making one up for you or buying a cheap wreck of a reel to salvage an old one. Might be worth trying Gary...

A couple from the Wye last week. Aramstone, lower Hill Court and the view from Yat rock

Unless they’ve made a right pig’s ear out of it then a shortened reel seat on a Speedia is unlikely to be a problem. They were originally made for cane rods with reel bands rather than Fuji reel seats and thus are usually too long for the later. I shortened one myself so it would fit a modern...

To be fair it looks like damn fine weed rake actually. 😉

Sometimes but not all the time Richard. Quite often I will use either meat, soft paste, expander pellet, worms, sweetcorn or maggots directly mounted on the hook.

Not really seeing much in the way of hysteria. More just a general feeling that some people feel that it’s either unethical, un-sporting, ineffectual, over-priced twaddle. My thoughts are that it’s all of the above. But hysterical? Nah, I doubt I’ll get my knickers all in a twist over it. 😉