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Unless it has changed since I used to fish the Stour, the Mussclife stretch is free. Runs from Northbourne, site of the old donkey sanctaury down to the Throop. Longham is also free, from the road bridge down to the weir, oposite bank from the pub. The pub bank was free from the style to the...

J P Mcmanus, once paid one million £s for a single round with Tiger Woods, Money went to charity. It is said that after meeting on the first tee Tiger did not speak to him once, not even to ask him for a 'Quickie' behind the club house. Think Mat's price is the better value. If people will...

From the whippings, the rod below looks like a Diawa float rod with screw in top eye. One of these was my first hollow glass rod. Took me to the next level. Cast a float miles and play Tench on light gear. Still have it, will never throw it away.# Shaun

Hi Julian Where you from? I am stuck away in Rural Mid Sussex, with little more than a portly bearded gent for company. Always on the look out for some one close. Shaun

Now is the time to find out how good your fishing is. Temps up, no frosts, cloud cover, westerly and south westerly winds, and the dreaded Himalayan Balsam has died back. In answer to the question I spent the summer wondering if there were any Barbel left in The Sussex Ouse, had one,and...

Dave, I am probably being a bit slow here, but why would farmers think of Buzzards as pests. They eat rabbits and wood pidgions. I have an urban Buzzard who regularly visits my garden. Scares the crop raiders off, always welcome. Shaun

Black eyed beans start with slightly savoury taste, but are very good at taking on flavour. Freeze them with the flavour, and add a bit more when you freeze unused stuff after the session. Best to use shop stuff as oil based stuff is not so easily absorbed. Cheap as chips. Only cook for 20-25...

Sorry, been drinking.

Bait, black eyed beans, flavoured with nan plau fish sauce and anchovy. Feed 17 beans and wait for 37 minutes. Then a gentle under arm cast, just upstream of the over hang. Rig, combi, size 8 raptor, short shank, wide gap. ESP 12lb sink braid, 1.5 cm, then IQ flurocarbon 12lb, 46 cm. Running...

It is rare for me to take a fish, although I always observe the regulations, I think we have got this the wrong way round. Couple of years ago I watched I young fella catching a small Bass a chuck on rag worm. He put them all back, good lad. There are times when the sea appears polluted with...

Hi Ricky Holiday on Hayling Island at least once a year. Mill Rythe area on the east side. Langstone run, and the south beach just east of beachlands are bits I like. As for Sussex, the quiet bits both sides of Brighton are worth a go. Saltdean, and Shoreham( by the lagoon), are...

Hi Martin I will give you the lower end of the market/on a budget answer to your question. I have an old carp reel filled with 18lb braid, casts like a dream and you can feel every knock. Washed down after use it has not coroded. One 9ft telescopic spinning rod, max casting weight...

Hi Steve Not sure Longhorns are the answer. You could have undigested seeds emerging from the other end in their own ferterliser. The two bulls, three ex bulls, and three cows that I shared a field with yesterday showed no interest in the HB. Still grumpy

Hi Fred There is too much of it, and I don't get to visit enough. Walked upstream to a seldom fished bit yesterday. It was thick and over 6ft high. Kept shooting seed pods at my face as I walked through it. Got up this morning to find badgers had dug up my much treasured asparagus...

Not sure why this is on the Barbel bit. Looked at the pictures, and not sure how they have offended. Went fishing myself yesterday on the Sussex Ouse, a bit totally taken over by the dreaded balsam. My mate ended up in the river when the bank gave way, shallow rooting plant that pushes out the...

Hi Andy I struggle to catch Barbel from this river in daylight during the Summer, however after dark and when Autumn comes (more rain and flow), things get much easier for me. For what it is worth, this is how I tackled the Barbel in this river. Picked a stretch that was...

Actually think Paul's post, 27, Was really good. Not indulging in 'faint praise' or trying to be patronising. Loved the spotty 14 year old analogy, Struck a chord with me. A good friend, a recovering alcoholic, started going fishing with his teenage son. It became one of his favourite things...

Leave him alone Paul, he was only asking, and you can be a tad obscure at times. Doubt if Hurgen is 'part of the problem', after looking at a few of his posts. Just console yourself that all associated with AT are booked for the third episode of the garden of earthly delights along with many...

Metal flask, can't break it. Walk miles so always trying to cut down on weight and bulk, however, no flask of coffee, no fishing. Bored Shaun

Fish a small river, and the bit I fish does not get a lot of pressure. Started off using about 8 inches of braid. Worked well then things slowed down. Went for a longer braid rig length, which caught but started getting tangles. Now use about a foot and a half of flurocarbon and a short length...