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Chris, If you are considering a 17' Acolyte, my mate, Lee Backshall might have one for sale
https://barbel.co.uk/forum/threads/possible-rod-sale.22335/
Interesting thread. Lee (Backshall) and I often fish together and we are both thinking about a float rod to use for barbel. However, we fish the Ribble which is (a) snaggy and (b) has big barbel.
I see a few recommend power match type rods, but I would be concerned with using them, although to...
Agree with a lot of the comments, there is clearly an overlap of designs and styles, but bolognese style fishing is essentially the ability to fish a top and bottom float at range where stick floats and avons cannot cope with that range. As mentioned earlier, bolo fishing traditionally involves...
Kevin Ellis.......legend & maker of some brilliant videos. Love watching his exploits in France, especially Rainbow, catching mega carp. Very amusing guy too.
https://www.animatedknots.com/albright-knot
Thats how I tie mine. Can be fiddly until you have mastered it. Key is making sure the line comes out of the loop in the same way as you started it, otherwise it unwinds when you tension the knot. I wrap the braid around the mono, normally about 10...
I used to work for Natwest in Devon and knew and fished with Neil Grant for a few years for NatWest's angling team and saw him regularly on the local match scene.
I also knew Geoff and frequented his shop in Exeter. He loved fishing the Tiverton canal - I was Treasurer of the controlling club...
Me too Kevin, I have absolute faith in this knot.
Last season on a snaggy Ribble swim I had to pull for a break having snagged on the bedrock or a boulder. I was using a size 8 nash fang, so a strong hook, 15lb amnesia to 15lb braid. Pulled, got it all back, only to find the hook had snapped...
I mostly use a combi hook length comprising 15lb amnesia, to a 2 inch 15lb braided hook length. I fish the Ribble which is snaggy as hell and think the Amnesia is far more abrasion resistant compared to mono (and is cheap!).
I might switch to mono or flouro in daylight in very clear water if I...
Might well know of him then Simon. I lived in the area until i was in my late 20's and got in to match fishing in my teens. EAC was the go to tackle shop in the area. Geoff used to fish lots of our matches on the Tiverton Canal and used to have the odd pleasure session with a few friends after...
This was my first full season where targeting barbel was the focus, having joined a club in mid 2023 with rights on the Ribble.
Before that my barbel fishing had been spending up to 2 weeks on holiday around the Middle Severn, plus the odd day trip as I didn't have much barbel fishing locally...
Very sad. Never visited the shop but bought a couple Fox barbel x4s from them last year and the service was brilliant - competitive price, free delivery and extremely quick despatch.
Just be mindful of potential future changes in your prescription too if you're considering expensive models.
I got a pair of designer prescription sunglasses several years ago, not overly expensive, but encouraged me to keep wearing them even when my prescription changed slightly about 2-3...
Cheers Ian, lost a barbel late on that day, having caught plenty of silverfish on my maggot feeder rod. Hoping to get out later this week, either there again or on one of the other stretches we talked about :p.
Nice clip Ian!
Think we met on the river a week or so ago and had a chat. I recognise the rod/reel combo and the greys jacket. I was the guy fishing upstream from you, who found that huge pike lure 😬.
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