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I miss the days of discovery shed where it was non stop John Wilson, mat hayes, Kev green, Rex hunt.

I don’t do it as much anymore but if I hadn’t had a touch for a while and was going to recast I always used to try count 60 seconds in my head then normally add on another 10 seconds before I reeled in. You’d be surprised the amount of times I’d get into the 50’s and get a bite

Was planning on going after work but recon the Severn will have burst its banks by that point so not sure if I’ll bother yet. Good luck though

I used to know a lad who was big into fishing until he had most his gear robbed. He never bothered replacing it cause at the time he had just got into scuba diving so spent his spare time doing that instead. He used to go diving in carp lakes and used to tell me about how you could swim right up...

I generally have my bag and bait buckets in the same place next to my chair but it’s not a deal breaker. The main thing I’m anal about is always setting my net up before I set my rod up as one time years ago I got a fish on and went to grab my net and realised I hadn’t set it up. Not the easiest...

I did have a 3rd of a tin of meat on as well which is about 3oz so in theory I was casting 7oz of weight

Edited my post. 4oz is the heaviest it cast on the 2.25 and 3.5oz on the 1.75

Been flicking 4oz out but wouldn’t really want to try launch that too far to be honest. 3 1/2 feels a lot better on them. That’s on the 2.25. I have used 3.5 on the 1.75 as well but again I wouldn’t want to give it too much beans

I’m not a fan of fishing weirs on my own to be honest. They’re too noisy so you can’t hear anyone approaching you

I guess it all comes down to where you fish. As I only fish the Severn my hooklinks get battered up way more frequently than my hooks. Also it depends on what bait you’re using. Fishing a chunk of meat with the hook buried in it means a lot less hook damage than a hair rigged bait.

Definitely. One of the reasons I don’t use 2 rods all that often is that in my experience most swims have 1 sweet spot so once you’ve found it you’re better off concentrating on that.

They are easy to catch on stretches that contain large amounts of barbel but it still needs you to put the bait in the right place. I know plenty of pegs on the Severn where you can bag up but only if you cast to a certain part of the swim. Cast anywhere else and you might get lucky and catch...

lol I pretty much clicked on the thread ready to type exactly this. The only things I’ve ever sold have been old reels and low end alarms and stuff on car boots. I’ve given stuff away to mates starting out fishing but nothing I’ve ever missed not having. Problem with not selling stuff is you end...

Caught one on a bigger lure once. Was reeling in and all of a sudden I was in. Was playing the fish for a bit and got it under the rod tip then the lure came out the water but couldn’t see a fish. One of the trebles had somehow gone through a lead clip where the line runs through and there was...

Love mine. Gotta remember to keep the batteries charged though as they don’t last that long. Makes spotting little knocks easier when you get to that stage of the night where your eyes start playing tricks on you and you think the rod tips moving when it’s not. Plus you don’t need to constantly...

I had a mate who started off carp fishing with cheap gear. I got him into fishing for barbel and he used to use his carp rod as that was all he had. He was the luckiest fisherman alive though so normally outfished everyone else no matter what he was fishing for even though he didn’t really know...

If that’s his elbow surely his arm would be coming up that sort of angle. Looks to me like he’s holding a smaller fish like a perch or something and this barbel has been photoshopped over the top

I brought one of these to stick in my bag to maybe try with some self takes in the dark. It’s extremely bright for its size. It’s got a little magnet on the back so should be able to stick it to your chair leg or bank stick or something

What’s your local river? Maybe some of the guys who fish it may be able to give you more specific advice to get off the mark

Well the second battery lasted about as long as the first. I’m on the one I charged last week now so I’ll see how long that lasts. I’m just gonna keep one charged in my bag ready to swap over when needed. One thing Iv noticed is when they start dying they no longer glow green but if you get a...