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I have just asked my neighbour about it, apparently he has loads of them! They are supporting the beans nicely in his garden........:p

I haven't used a fixed spool yet this season on the river and am forcing myself to get used to a pin. The ferrari of the pin world, Mr Cortesi, is proving to be very, very good. I did think they were a bit chavvy but i now think that they work very well. It is quite easy to operate the ratchet...

Nice account that Andreas. Very pleasing to read about someone enjoying their fishing and passionate too, about a recently discovered style. I love hooking dace when trotting so am many years away from being addicted to float fished barbel.

Neil, that is not really my style. It did get a little over the top, it did nearly come to blows (he was at least 10 years younger and a damn sight fitter!:eek:), and he was antagonistic which made me angry and then accused me of walking away after 'trying to start a fight', at which point i put...

Exactly Chris! And no more than 3 metres apart too which is a very sensible rule for the rivers.

I have emailed the local club this evening to see if they need any help. It is a start at least. Ref 'lesser anglers'; an angler is an angler in my eyes regardless of tackle or technique......... .........Unless they have no decent landing net or mat.....or fish around the...

Useful that Adrian.:rolleyes: I would have to disagree with you there, people who rant quite often get what they want in todays world.:)

The other two were white but as they didn't speak they may have been European, American, Oceanic, or Asian or African. I will endeavour to gain more roots information for you next time so that my rants are complete.:D

That is a risk i am happy to take Adrian because i do give a damn, am passionate about fishing and have no reason to hide it, least of all on an internet forum called Barbel Fishing World. Maybe though, i should channel some of this into something useful. What would you suggest?

Neil, it was an observation. Much in the same way as 4 Polish people walked along the bank that evening too that i didn't mention. Why the enquiry?

Paul, the title of my post ('Another Rant'), kind of gave everyone a sneak preview of the 'tone' :rolleyes: And the fact that everyone who was fishing last night was doing so to an extremely poor standard at best. I won't labour the 'point' as quite frankly, there wasn't a point in the...

I agree with Keith Speers well presented post. I too have helped youngsters to have a go at fishing also which although can be hard work at times is very rewarding when they catch a fish, so i do practise what i preach. The chap in question (that in reality was the last straw of the evening)...

You can speak some twaddle at times but that ranks as one of your best. I thought you had half a brain. My latest evaluation puts it at a quarter. Amazing how i get attacked for being shocked at the level of fish care on a stretch that has recently lost one of its biggest fish possibly to...

Had a waddle along a stretch of barbel river this evening. I came home again thoroughly ****ed off with the level of fish care. The first pair i came across were a pair asian anglers without a mat and a landing net handle but had 3 rods and danglers and buzzers. They were fishing a prime barbel...

Must say that the Cortesi does impressive cartwheels. Although i thought of them as a bit chav like initially, my recent purchase of a brace no less has made me re-think. For £30 they are not hard to beat but bloomin' impossible! I will admit that i will only be using them for static fishing...

Any man that chased gravel pit chops with mackeral is a bit quirky.

I tie the hooklength to the kwik link, call me old fashioned, stupid or whatever you like...but why the hell are people tying loops in their hooklengths to attach to a kwik link?????? :eek:

I have used a much heavier lead (3oz), for my upstreaming and the rod tip is not bent into the weight of the lead - in fact almost the opposite as there is just the tension of the flow making the tip bend a little. Both (yes, only 2!), takes from barbel were smack rounds - the barbel doesn't...

Hi Matt, I used them for nearly all of my barbel fishing last season. A very sharp hook with an 'attractive' anti-glare, teflon finish. I had quite a few open out on me while playing fish and decided to up the size a little bit, which was helped by a tackle shop owner using a micrometer to...

You should have changed your hooklink after the pike.......:D