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On stocking Barbel I find it hard to understand the EA,s changing attitude. My club now has Barbel because the EA stocked them in the 90,s. They have done very well in the river, including spawning successfully. The amount of anglers that joined the club for the Barbel fishing saved the club...

I will not be adding this to my rucksack. I would rather carry less cargo.

Really sad to hear the derogatory stuff about Longham. I used to fish it back in the 80s and I loved the place. Got my pb roach and barbel from there, and the roach is still my pb. I actually did used to leave my gear unattended when I went for breakfast at a nearby cafe, never had a problem...

Virtually all my Barbel fishing is hit and hold, the exception being on the rare occassions when I fish a very popular and very busy weirpool. I use size 8 barbless hooks, Raptors or JRC's. The bit I fish has very little angling pressure, and I have yet to catch a barbel with any mouth damage...

Hi Martin I use the flurocarbon because of visibilty. However the braid is joined to the fluro by a swivel, and I think it helps with tangles and kinking, both non existent for me. The fluro I use is some Japenese stuff called teklon, 13lb. Bought it at a car boot sale, use it...

Hi Martin. I have a couple of feet of flurucarbon at the end.

HI Hugo Vanilla flavoured Black eyed Beans, scopex also works. Cheap as chips and dead conveniant, keep them in the freezer. Used to get them as sweet as I could, thawing them and then adding more vanilla before refreezing them. Shaun of the dead

Still not as good as Chira bacon grill from lidl. Shaun of the dead

Hi Matthew Sidewinder Sand eels are very good, apart from the red tails getting bitten off(better than being ignored), and chuckbugs are also good, and very exiting to fish. You can get them a way way out with the right gear, braid and 20-45 gram casting weight rod. However...

Mean and moody, not smiling, dead hard, and no cleavage. That is is so much better. Take me to the river, and wash me down! Shaun of the dead

Very depressing picture, but Jeff they are not ''everywhere''. My worst confrontation last season was with Charlie big patatos, a brown bull. Ended up falling down the bank into a huge bed of nettles. My mate Ian thought it was very funny. Later in the day his bank collapsed and dumped him in...

Great pic, looking only pleased, not smug, and no I am a really serious angler glare. Very well done, now back home to the house work.

Thank you Tony Stone for posting one that was not a double, Bob came close but failed. Mine 9lb from the Sussex Ouse, oh the shame. However it was from a bit about as wide as my front garden path. Punched the air and smiled so wide the top of my heed nearly fell off. Hope I never grow up. May go...

Anyone else have this problem? I am in my mid 50's, 6 ft, and about 2 1/2 stone overweight, most of which sits above my sturdy belt buckle. In a lot of situations the best way to conceal my self is to sit back from the river bank in a very low chair. However on connecting with a Barbel, hook and...

I fish a small river. Best thing I ever read was by John Bailey. It was about not doing anything, or taking a step, before concidering the cosequences. Went from not catching to catching. Also learnt to love a really strong wind, lots of noise, bushes and trees blowing every where, all natural...

The despised late shift is done. Bishops finger, a bit of US open and bedders, Nighty night.

Cracking post Paul, one of your best in my humble opinion. Off to work now, Royal Ascot, and the despised late shift. Roll on aut.... looking outside I think it is here. Where did I leave my Shakespeare power avon?

I think you are right Neil. I found this site incredibly helpful when I first found it. Loads of modern stuff I knew nothing about. For some it just has to descend into point scoring, antogonism, and I have always been right, wronged, the best, mistreated, misunderstood................

Nice thread Chris, nice first reply Bob. Now count the posts and see how many it takes until we have ''snobbery in the sport'', and I'm right, more knowlegable, my fishing is better blah blah blah, than you lot, and nearly everyone else for that matter. Lovely illustration of what Chris and Bob...

How on earth can something I do to relax and escape from the stress of modern living, cause so much anger and stress? Roll on autumn!