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Glad it is sorted. 👍 Strange sort of rod though compared to my 5 piece 12 foot rod. I can see your dilemma regars transporting it.

If I fish two rods that are not side by side I always put an alarm on the rod furthest from me. As for the second question; never happened yet. But I live in hope.

My thoughts are that no matter how you introduce bait, other than a bait dropper, a lot of the bait ends up further downstream than you think it does. Combine that with the lesser disturbance caused by the lead or feeder landing in the swim and it is the ideal place for fish. To take advantage...

This is what you can do if you release and enhance the starch from maize and hemp. These were made using the method described above using coa-coa powder to soak up the liquid that was left over from the simmering process. The mixture was stirred regularly while cooling then, when cool enough...

I took this photo in 2008. Minnows were leaping a small weir on the Dearne just like salmon in minature. Once they cleared the waterfall they had to swim like buggery to get over the fast shallow sater of the apron. They were there for three days with marauding chub mopping up the stragglers.

They look like minnows to me. But I can't get a big enough image on the tablet device to be sure. The movement does not suggest a bottom grazing fish like gudgeon and barbel. Near where I live there is a bridge over a tributary of the Vienne. It is a barbel nursery with gudgeon sized barbel...

I would be happy to blank there too :) Have you seen the fish spawning Steve? Up here they spawned about three weeks ago a few days after the mini canicule started. It is all done and dusted here.

The Charente just a few kilometres downstream of Angouleme..... While I was saf on the bank having lunch I noticed a bream swim past just a rod lenth out. Then a tench went by the same route followed some few minutes later by a common and then a mirror carp. By the time I had finished my...

If you want sticky groundbait add the water from a boiled kettle to maize groundbait, enough to cover it, then stir in some flavouring and corn flour. Leave to cool and for the maize to swell. Cheap chocolate drink powder or custard powder will also add starch to the mix. If you have milled...

From memory I think that I paid about £35 each new. That would be about 9 years ago when we bought our first camping-car. Full size rods would not fit in the luggage compartments. Someone I know had the standard JW Avon / Quiver and really rated it. I have no complaints about either rod.

I keep reading bad reports about the Masterline and Youngs travel rods, but I wonder if the reveiwers have actually used the rods. Like you I rely on these rods for cycling fishing expeditions, in my case when on holiday. The John Wilson rod is a light Avon, but has accounted for barbel of 8lb...

OK, no problem. Hope someone can help. As a ball park figure; the John Wilson 11 foot, 5 piece is 74cm and the JW Youngs rod, also 5 piece is actually 12 foot, and measures 80cm.

I have a Masterline John Wilson Travel Avon / Quiver and JW Youngs Travel Barbel Avon / Quiver, both 11 foot. I could measure them to give you a rough idea if no one has the actual rod that you specify.

They used to sell it in Asda and the Co--op when I was over there. If you get stuck try the Polish deli shops. They should have it. Just try and avoid any with too much white marbelling. The darker the better to avoid floaters 😧 In France it is hard not to get garlic processed pork meat. I...

Great way to catch carp Neil. 👍 I see you have mastered the carp angler's gaze at the fish's head too.

Hi Steve. Yes, I have been there, but not yet fished it. I have ridden the towpath from St Cirq to Bouzies and explored the other roadside bank from St Gery back down to St Cirq. After leaving Cajarc I went off piste in the 3.5t camper along the towpath leading upstream from St Gerry. Not to be...

Luncheon meat can also float as it is made up from compressed pieces of pork off cuts and some contain fat. If you dice up luncheon meat into 1cm cubes and throw a handful in you will see that some sink a lot faster than others. If the meat is diced smaller some pieces will float. Some brands...

You can also buy luncheon meat cut off the block at the deli counter of many supermarkets. Sometimes they have it in garlic flavour.

It is a shame your river app isn't like one of those hive things where you can turn the heating up or put the lights on from anywhere with your app. Then you could have turned the valves up while we were fishing. Last month I fell foul of another information board failure. The ebro barbel...

Had three days on the beautiful River Lot and met up with our BFW River Lot correspondant Steve Arnold who is fortunate to live between two of our favourite holiday destinations and just a short drive from the river. Sadly the dry spring meant lower than desirable flows and my first session...