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I’ve been blowing the fishflix trumpet for a while now. The quality of filming in some of the videos is the new bench mark for me. I’d also recommend watching the videos, which initially you may think wont be of interest to you. As an example I don't personally pike fish, but the pike video...

I too have caught Barbel on bread whilst chub fishing. A few years ago, I recall watching an amateurish fishing video on YouTube. In the video, the guy was moulding flake around the hook and then dipping it, in tinned steak and gravey, acting as a glug. He actually caught a few Barbel, but I...

According to the NFU….. “all farmers are guardians of the countryside” 🤣

I did read somewhere that the Guru Barbel rods were built by Daiwa?

Yep hooks look good. I always liked the original Drennan Barbel hook, although the straight hook point was prone to turning over occasionally.

Best Chub hooks ever made IMHO. Many moons ago the BFW shop ordered me a load from Harrison Rods, who were the Owner importer.

I find the vast majority of stuff on Youtube to be amateurish, product placement mad or both. I’m also finding the latest Matt Hayes content to be a little dated in its style. My recommendation is take out a one month subscription to Fishflix, as the content from Martin Bowler is awesome and...

Message sent Joe

Of interest there’s a complete new range of Drennan Specialist Hooks due to land, including a new Barbel Hook with a beaked point. Current choices: Barbel - Korda Wide Gape. Meat - Original Partridge Barbel hook Chub and Perch - Kamasan B983 Specialist.

I may now actually consider an Acolyte 13ft Specimen or 12ft 2 piece Carp Waggler? As the river season is coming to an end, I’ll puchase something for next autumn, when my Perch season starts again. My other go to Perch rod is a 15ft Acolyte Plus, but its too long for certain tight swims...

This is an old thread! Anyway, I received some of this last week in blue cheese flavour and it stinks: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/323232261867?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=o0Y33dnnQaG&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=&var=513394184847&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

It’s horrible as per my previous posts above

I only just realised that there’s this option from Free Spirit in 13ft: https://johnsonrosstackle.co.uk/free-spirit-float-rods/19980-free-spirit-tamer-power-float-rod.html Any opinions please, based on what I want it for?

That floppiness is the problem with the Drennan, when laying on close to cover, as when you hit a good fish, the top two thirds of the rod bend right round before hitting the more powerful lower butt section. You’re effectively giving the fish a meter start before you’re anywhere near in...

Does anyone have experience of this rod: https://tacklebox.co.uk/darent-valley/tackle-box-darent-valley-13ft-2-piece-specialist-float-rod/ I want a 2 piece 13ft float rod, to be used for laying on for Perch with lobworms, which are occasionally taken by big Chub and Barbel. I’m not looking for...

Yep Scotland is far more wild than England and Wales, but even Scotland doesn’t have true wilderness. In 2021, NatureScot issued licenses to remove 120 Beavers from Tayside alone, 87 of which were killed under license. Also in England, you dont see the RSPB all over the Beaver success story...

That’s the one Steve, PM on its way 🙂

I absolutely love all things rewilding, but when we have no real wilderness to begin with and all land is owned by someone, then animals which radically change the landscape will cause conflict. We’d love to see the benefits of rewilded streams and backwaters, along with the benefits its brings...

The original XL version has a large outer back pocket and a smaller pocket on the front. So in addition to the main compartment, I can organise everything as I desire across the 3 storage areas. The latest version has one front pocket only and for the life of me, I cant understand, why you...

Does anyone make an alternative open top bag with outer pockets, similar to the Korum Bait & Bits bag? My original Korum bag is on its last legs and I refuse to buy the latest Kourm version, as its a backwards step in design, which falls under the Korum nonsense products category. Its a shame...