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Good and Bad Wherever possible I will support my local shop-partly selfishly because I will always need somewhere to get odds and sods, and bait. Having just moved to Reading, I can say I was underwhelmed with how helpful one shop was (spent about £80), made a vow to myself to put my business...

Hi All, Think the article from Trentbarbeller is excellent. I have always found that a rising river can be outstanding, but then the rivers I fished most were the Severn, Teme, and to a lesser extent the W Avon, two of these rivers get a flush of warmish water from the West the majority of...

Thanks Ian, will give it a go, to be fair, whatever pulls the float under will be welcome! Cheers DT

Graying Fishing around Reading? Hello, Wonder if anyone could recommend any day ticket stretches on the Kennet that it would be worth fishing for Grayling? happy to drive an hour to get there if necessary. Cheers in advance. Dave

Taste HI John, Can only speak from my experience/comparison/mini trial(not a well designed clinical scientific study), but using pellets/shelf life boilies-9 sessions 1 barbel, then using Taste 11 sessions 9 Barbel. In a proper trial (if you were getting very objective/scientific) you would...

Hi, 12ft Trefor West Century Barbel Rod,Green Harrison Blank-would ideally like to swap for an 11ft Harrison blank based rod (travel a llot is South East/Central so can travel). This rod is the forerunner of Trefor,s upstreamer rod, and was one of Tref's actual rods he used. Regards Dave

Thriving Would have to agree with Shaun on this one-condition/health of the fish is very important to me, and whilst I will always try to catch the largest fish I can, I do not fish stretches because they hold big fish. Some of the most enjoyable fish I have caught were from areas no one else...

Hi All, One of the things I find enjoyable in my fishing is to find/fish stretches with very little angling pressure or presence. Nowadays this is not that difficult-stretches on the Lower Severn (particularly below Upton), may only be fished by singular individuals if at all, and even Rivers...

Hi, Quick question-have a choice of buying a Fox or leeda brotel (from a mate having a clear out), which is best, and how much would you expect to pay? Both are in good condition. Cheers in advance. Dave

Hi Hugo, Can you say why it is not the way to go? Re stocking rightly or wrongly put Barbel in a number of rivers-why is it not an option now. I am not of one opinion or the other-because I do not know enough about stocking fish. If you say it is not an option-put the reasons why, then...

Hi All, After reading part of the thread on Barbel stocks, and having countless conversations (all of use and informed) about why Barbel are declining, unless I have missed out on some of the threads, I would ask what we do next. There are a number of groups lobbying goverment (Predation...

Hi Alex, The point about Barbel not being indigenous relates to the impact introducing an animal-the Barbel will have an effect somewhere in that ecosystem, something would have been affected- some of it positive, some negative. Fishing around Worcester I have benefited from Barbel being...

I don't normally reply to this type of thread, but would have to say the majority of anglers I know welcome seeing Otters-myself included, partly because I feel as though everything does not revolve around angling. Introducing Otters is on par with introducing Barbel to rivers-there is some...

I have a spare copy of Theory and Practice-like Scuba says-make me an offer. Dave