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I had a vintage coarse anglers basket, not a square one, but more like a very big fly fishing creel. it has a flat back and a bow front, with a deer antler fastening. must be going on 100 years old but very useable. I have been searching for one for ages, and suddenly there it was. Ideal for...

And wagon wheels David.

Certainly not a sport imo. I always equate a sport as being a physical thing, how the international olympic committee ever thought that chess fit that criteria is beyond me. So , for me at least I am happy for angling to be a hobby or pastime. No doubt others will disagree. Dave

My twopennorth is that to buy something , probably with a hiked pice, just because it is endorsed by some “celeb angler”is about as shallow as it gets. Not that I dislike MB, he seems to be a genuine sort of chap from the limited exposure to him I have had, nor for that matter do I have any...

Ask your friend what he was doing , no shame in improving your chances . Having said that it could have been you that scored and your friend would be wanting advice. David

Easier to spot than the Osprey, or the little brown bird next to the welly . David BTW, River Wharfe, not that you would know it .

I will get a size guide from mine for you . I Am 6 ft tall and 14 stone . Jacket Salopettes. I am fairly sure that if you buy online and they dont fit you can get a refund from an Aldi store, but dont quote me on that . I bought something from an Aldi in Cornwall when I got home...

A lot depends upon where I am fishing, a slow moving or slack water swim , I will only loose feed small amounts of hookbaits in the area I hope to catch, plus a pouch or two of hemp. The hookbaits are usually Spam or Halibut pellet behind the smallest lead I can get away with, even sometimes...

You can buy the bib and brace, and the jacket online from Aldi. I bought a spare pair of the salopettes a couple of years ago, but the ones I originally bought a year or two before have been so hard wearing , warm,and waterproof I have not needed to open them yet . The jacket is likewise a warm...

Sat one evening fishing on the Ribble down at the bottom of one of its steeper banks, speaking to wife on the phone . All quiet , a peaceful evening, birds chirruping , the odd fish rising, we were chatting away when suddenly there was a bellowing at hundreds of decibels from behind me, at the...

Thanks for that Rhys, 👍 David.

Hi, for next year I am looking for a stretch of water on the Severn with a reasonable head of Barbel ,somewhere around Ironbridge . I would like somewhere that I could buy a reasonably priced yearbook for . Could anybody recommend any clubs that fit the bill please ? Many thanks . David

To be honest, I like both Mortimer and Whitehouse as comedians , they have both done good things in the past but having watched a couple of episodes of it, it just did not do it for me, so I have not bothered at all since then . Just the same things , but different places. It seems disjointed...

Not really Gage, even though I dont use them too often, they are my go to floodwater rods. If I let them go I would only have to replace them with something else. Dave

Not that I fish the Trent much at all, but I have a pair of 12ft Fox Barbel Duo floodwaters ,2,75lb TC.They are Green with a nice cross weave They are lovely rods, lots of low down power. I suppose they are on the older end of rods , I hesitate to call them old school though when I usually use...

For me it started way back when I was about 13 yrs old, 1965, it would have been, a friend took me to see the Swale at Topcliffe, a very different place then really, the Bull length below the bridge was day ticket and had Barbel that lived just under some nearside bank willows, the willows had...

One thing I didnt mention, is the “ bycatch “ of some big Chub occasionally, a 7 lb Chub has no problem engulfing a a haf a tin sized bait at all, goodness knows how they do it but when they come along they are a welcome interference. David.

Hi Michael,, Thank you , yes, I am a sort of dedicated cane bodger 🤣🤣. I make things from all sorts of odds and ends. The top of the rest is actually a wooden spoon that I adapted as a sort of rest top to stop a fish pulling the rod in .It is a telescopic rest as so many places need a...

I think Bob is bang on the money there. I fish a couple of swims on the Wye very similar in description, I do use a small link ledger about two feet back from the bait . I use 12 lb hooklength to 15 lb main line.Why the heavy setup ? Well I have been seen off a couple of times with fish heading...

👍 Well spotted Mike !