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Other than using flavoured marbles and ball bearings are there any barbel baits resistant to crayfish or that they do not like? (to dream the impossible dream!!)

Although I have caught barbel "on the drop" using a "dinner gong" 5oz feeder crashing in like a housebrick(!), there is a train of thought that spooky barbel are scared of the (even small) splash of a dropper and particularly the thunk vibration it makes on the hard (gravel) river bed especially...

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One of the things I have noticed is that the lenses on your glasses can scratch where the clips fit. I have slipped some clear (shrink) tube onto the clips to prevent this. I do have some overfits as well which are better but more bulky and difficult to carry in a pocket

In my experience we walk to a swim. Walking makes feet sweat, sweat chills, feet get cold. We need something to wick the sweat away and keep the feet warm. My solution: I wear merino wool socks on top of which I wear BAMA SOKKETS (£9 Ebay) which are really thick so I then wear boots at least...

I too have had problems with prawns floating. To get them to sink you need to take them out of the freezer earlier and then give them a good long soak in water so they rehydrate

Originally posted on Wye river reports end of August: What do you make of this...hooked 12 barbel today ... also had 7 chub. So nothing out of the ordinary... but all the chub were bigger than the barbel (except for the last lost fish) with the chub all being around the 3-4lb stamp and the...

Chairs is an oft repeated thread on BFW. Some just sit on unhooking mats but sloping banks and as you get older, your needs require a little more comfort - especially to be "higher". Unfortunately comfort comes with weight so there is always a trade off. I friend of mine has recently bought a...

One thing you might consider is a large golfing umbrella which I take as an insurance when it might rain for short bursts but would not be torrential or with hurricane winds. Very light, easy to strap on or in small quiver with your net handle etc. and good protection if you huddle underneath...

One place I fish is gin clear. After casting you can actually see barbel swimming into the line and giving donks (or smaller dinks). So in this case the barbel were not even mouthing the bait. Eventually one might take it and you get a 3ft twitch. In daylight you can actually watch barbel reject...

Sorry - I am after a different model (but then arn't we all!)

Hi. I am after a Bob James SU Specimen rod 12ft 2lb TC green blank, detachable butt. Its old but then so am I!

I bought an inside / outside digital thermometer from Liddils for £3.99. You are supposed to feed a lead with a sensor through a door crack to get the outside temp. - I just chuck the lead in the water! Of course to truly take water temps you should use a castable sinking thermometer to show...

Depends how wet they are!! If you have fallen in the oggin turn them upside down to pour the water out then newspaper then hair dryer. I have two wooden broom poles each with a short piece of wood hammered on the end so like a figure 7 with a short top line. These slide in the boots or waders so...

Maybe I shouldn't, but I have had loads of barbel to over 9lb on my original 13ft Carbonactive and using a 2ft extension to 15ft. This includes loads from the fast waters of the Wye on up to 10lb line straight through! One particular swim is a hook and hold running a float to a tree overhanging...

I went through exactly the same thoughts about a new barbel float rod and eventually settled for a drennan series 7 13ft Power Carp Waggler. Reasons: 2 piece with 1ft detachable handle so easily transported, 13 feet so good float control, recommended up to 8lb line so lot of backbone...

I used one once and never again. I could just not wind the handle against the pressure needed on the rod to play the barbel, even when pumping. Even biggish chub OK but barbel definitely no.

search and see "A fishing chair that isnt really a chair but you can sit on it. And it carries stuff."

Trouble with straight through is you never know where it might break. I use loop to loop or loop over a micro swivel link or eye to attach a hook link to the main line. I was initially dubious about loop to loop but its an unbelieveably strong connection and I have had barbel to double figures...

I agrre about trying to get it to split - next time I will buy the normal size but might use some of the giant for hookbaits