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I stick one end of the hook length in my hand and then stretch it out sideways, and the other end goes under my chin. I cut the hook length material and tie it up. Edit; Just measured it. 3' 2"

A bit of a personal one this, but here goes. In late 1999, my Mother passed away in the house my Dad had built as a retirement home for them both. He'd passed away six years earlier. I inherited the house and my wife and I now live there. We had very good next door neighbours, and spent a lot...

I need a new pair of wellies, my current chameaus have just started to leak. I get through wellies like they're going out of fashion, but the chameaus have lasted a good while. My problem is, I have size 13 feet, so I have a limited choice.

Sadly, I’m going nowhere.

Back in my match fishing days, we fished a march on the Oxford canal at a section called Ivy Bridge, near Braunston. If my memory is correct, we had to cross the canal, then turn right down a track to the canal. There was nothing down this track over than a church. You drove down the track past...

Is it too early to talk about how a dishwasher should be loaded,........ 🤔🤔

I'm still using Maxima, or if it's allowed, braid. Mainly Bream fishing though. Silstar matchteam in the larger sizes for the float.

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My match fishing gear is a miss match of different makes, but it's been gathered over the years and serves the correct purpose. I'm not bothered about that all matching. But I do have two Daiwa AWL 11/13 stillwater feeder rods. Both rods have extra tips than came supplied with the rod. Guess what ??

Back in my match fishing days I was a bit short on room in the fridge. So I put a small tub of white maggots inside a larger tub of reds. Needless to say they got mixed up. So I sat and picked the whites out.

Anyone suffer with OCD in their fishing ?? I'm not too bad, but things have to be right. One of the reasons why I use a tripod rather than bankstick is so my rods are equal. If one tip is bent more than the other, I try my hardest to get them level. When I use banksticks, if they're not equal...

Well today didn't quite go to plan. I loaded the car up last night ready for an early start this morning. Went to the car at 5:30am and the car wouldn't start - flat battery. Put it on charge, but it never held any charge at all. I had noticed the battery wasn't starting the car all that well...

I've got a day on the Trent tomorrow so I've put one of each on the rods to try. Personally, I like the "Carpy" style. But I'd imagine in fast water it may not work as intended. However, as soon as you lift the bait up, the hook point does face downwards, so in theory, it should get a good hook...

There, managed it.

Just been having a play about with the klips. Made one up Carp style with a size 6 Bank tackle wide gape. I did take a picture of a 15mm boilie attached as well, but it won't load up for some reason. I might give this rig a go rather than the knotless knot rig. Then one with just a...

This is our view out of our lounge window. We've lived here since '99. In all those years, we've never seen anything untoward.

I made some out of wooden dowel years ago. Used pushbike valve rubber for the hinge. They worked surprisingly well as long as they were the correct weight. Two eyes were whipped on and a little red paint as a sight on the end. pretty "heath robinson" but they were OK. I think Tricast still do a...

Christ, they’re small. Bought a packet of the medium ones. £4 a packet. Bound to drop the odd one. We’ll see.

I've told this story before on here, but here goes again. I was fishing the Dove just downstream of Tutbury. It was a very misty night. I could see the lamp posts shining through the mist. The mist would lift and then drop, making the night very atmospheric and ever so slightly spooky. Out of...

I'm not a massive Carp angler, I probably only go a couple of times a year. However, I do like how the Carp anglers construct their rigs. Some of them have been really well thought out. With regards the kicker. Their rigs are invariably short and mostly fished in stillwater and the fish could...