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A different view of the Severn . David

Dishwasher/ fridge / freezer . I am not allowed to put anything in the dishwasher , or fridge . My wife has her “ system “ I come along and mess it up . Likewise the freezer, when I return from a charter wrecking trip and have maybe 30 or 40 cod and ling fillets , it causes much mirth watching...

Wow Simon, you would drive me round the bend 🤣🤣 Equally, I would do the same to you .👍 One of my sea fishing companions would get on well with you, he has exactly the same OCD , I wet myself laughing at him every time we meet. His rods HAVE to match, His REELS have to match, his Tripod has to...

Really enjoyed that ! I am with Gavin on this, not a brand name in sight , no pushing the lastest rig that in all honesty probably is no better than a simple home made feeder or a simple free running ledger rig. A simple honest approach that works as well today as it did then. David .

JRC stealth Recliner is 4.8 kgs , the JRC stealth is 3.10 kgs . Fox duralite is 3.2 KGs, I guess it would be less if you removed the arms, I removed them from my own Pickfords chair and it made a difference weight wise , with no adverse effects to the reclining mechanism. Preston Korum...

Interested in the replies , My chair is very comfortable but takes Pickfords to get it to the bank .Your ask is exactly what I want , with no arms ! David

Not strictly on the bank, but as I was on a fishing holiday it is near enough. Isle of Sky, 21st May this year , about 11.25 am . We were doing a tour of the northern tip of Skye , and came across a ruined church at a place called Hallin , which is a very isolated headland, no houses nearby at...

Quite popular in the vintage tackle world. I have a few, made from split cane, knitting needles, bamboo skewers etc. I use them on a local pond with a swimfeeder for whatever comes along really, they are very sensitive, but a liner can look like a full blown bite as opposed to the twitch you...

Something at least as important. Make sure the lead you want to melt is bone dry, water and hot lead do not get on , and will explode , Its no fun when that happens, I make large sinkers by the hundred for my boat fishing friends /club, and over the past 30 years plus have had a couple of near...

River Teme this morning, has about a foot on since Sunday. Just a flying visit to friends Mike, no chance to wet a line unforunately . We are up on the Teme for a week ,seems that I am cursed with Chublets no matter what I try 😋 David

River Wye at Bredwardine yesterday, about 5 ft on nsl Looking downstream from the bridge, there is normally a large pebble beach to the right hand side . David

If thats what it takes to convert chub knocks into a two foot twitch lead me to the green tights dept in Marks n Spencers . 🤭 Dave

I am actually sat here on the banks of the Teme now Neil . 👀 David

Read over the previous pages and dont understand a word of it 🤣🤣🤣. Call me old fashioned, but I just use a hook, and some mono or flouro , with a home made feeder or home made lead , or freelined bait and it seems to work for me. David

Looks to me like Korda are trying to re invent the wheel. Nothing new there . David

I really do not think there is a right or wrong way to “Wallis Cast “. I taught myself via the University of Youtube and reading a few books on the subject. I basically fumbled around until I found the most comfortable way of doing it for myself. As Ben says,the holding the lead method , I find...

I used to fish the upper Ribble a lot, got to know the swims and caught fairly consistently. The key in my case at least was putting in the hours , keeping diaries and eventually being confident in where I was putting the bait. Sounds easy , well it is not rocket science , but I can say that...

On another thread on here I read something that rung so true with me. I rarely ever buy new gear . What I have works for me , and so long as it does why should I replace it ? Some gear is very old, cane and pin mosty, some vintage fixed spools as well.I like using vintage gear , no doubt it has...

A bit difficult with a vintage Mitchell 300, but if I have to I manage to trip the bail by manually releasing the bail arm ”catch” . TBH the Mitchell Bail arm is a really good design imo and works as an auto closing system as well or better than many modern ones . My Beach fixed spools all...

Pellets and Spam , I do not see the need , or want to be bothered with boilies. For me they offer nothing in the way of being a bait , altogether too artificial for me . I do not dispute that they work , but I am a bit old fashioned, I even feel a bit of a fraud using Hali pellets tbh . In...