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I have found the Kamasan B525 hooks to be the best. I rarely suffer hook pulls and have enormous confidence in them. These are tied direct to Preston Power Reflo line which I also rate very highly and use as mainline on the pin.

Is this a 13ft rod with a 2ft extension Richard? What species do you generally use this for and what's it like at the long range strike!?

No need for one now Dave as there are enough people taking the pi** out of me.

My Witcher pins!

Wise words from Stephen. It's incredibly easy to get put off them with some early bad experiences. For trotting I have tended to work within the limits of my casting ability which means on larger rivers such as the Wye, I am looking for swims where my feeble casting ability wont be cruelly...

I think it's achievable to get out but requires careful planning and an enormous amount of sherry. Essentially you need to combine two things: 1) get everyone attending your Christmas lunch violently drunk, even children and babies. 2) engineer a massive family dispute. Here, it's vital that you...

I have asked for a large parcel full of spare time (I don't mean knock off watches). A stock take of my fishing bunker revealed I probably have enough gear to last me until I am mostly dribbling, very incoherent and making a terrible soggy mess in my polyester slacks. The office Christmas party...

I think I saw the same thing on FB but its all gone a little quiet. I did then see a report of a 17lb fish which may have found its way into one of the weeklies. Made me wonder if the 22lb fish was actually this 17lber. Would agree that there is certainly no reason why the Thames couldn't...

Shocking news it really is. I dread threads where the title is someone's name. The word that will be used most will be "gent" which describes him perfectly I think. RIP John.

I remember that day on the Kennet very well Darren. And the phone call "I've got something here you might want to come and see!". To my relief it was a large barbel. I have benefited from the curse once. An invite to fish a southern chalk stream resulted in a 3.9 grayling on my second cast in...

I've lost count of the times I've forgotten to go fishing and ended up at work instead. I reckon it happens most weeks.

That is very sad news. RIP Albert.

Jeff, you seem quite keen to dish the banter out and poke fun but seem much less happy on the receiving end. I find this says an enormous amount about a person's character (or lack off). And I didn't realise you had warned me which has left me wondering quite what will happen in the event of...

"Tongue in cheek" who's being vulgar now.

Jeff, as you are normally so welcoming and helpful, I assume your post was intended for another favourite website of yours. I do hope you haven't posted something on that site about how you enjoy watching your rod pointing skywards.

This 17lb fish from the Derwent was posted on FB yesterday. This and the 16.12 reported here look identical don't they...

I have had to get into the river to free a snagged fish. Luckily it was summer so I could strip down to my underpants and pop the wellies back on. A little precarious but I had a pretty good idea of the depth. It mainly enabled me to get a much better angle.

Back in the olden days they probably thought it was possible to curb what was considered ungodly urges but I think its now generally accepted you cant. So probably not worth bothering Ray with this.

I do sometimes take the same approach, using some fine mono tied to the shank. However, I have found no real difference when using a braid hook length and attaching the casters to the hair. If I use this approach its usually swims close to the bank and upstream of cover etc. and so I will use a...

Too small I think for barbel Justin and would generally use a 12.