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Never mind the location of the fish, more interested in where you found a pub open!!:D Seriously though, well done, cracking fish.

Very true. Most rivers show this to a certain degree and the 3 rivers I have noticed it on, the Severn, WA and Thames do't fish at all well during this period.

Interesting point Neil, some rivers do tend to have times they switch on which, if occurring regularly, are obviously at different moon phases/times. It is surprising how often the magic dusk period fails to produce and I have, like many others on here, frequently moaned at clubs like BAA...

When the moon is overhead. I'm sure Chris Lyons said that the halfway point between moon-rise and set was a possible prime time. I guess that would be when the moon is overhead? I'm starting to get interested in this moon business again! I think keeping records of conditions, moon phases etc...

Usually the case but not sure always the case Richard. I think in terms of what they initially find palatable you're right, but I think some baits seem to blow quicker than others for some reason. I know the instant attract shelf life have a reputation for that, but I never found Activ8 blew at...

Interesting observations Richard. Quite different from Chris Lyons theories which, if I remember rightly, pretty well always had 3 days after any phase as grim days. I also read somewhere, not sure if it was Chris Lyons or someone else, that the day directly after the first quarter was the...

A lot of well known anglers have rubbished the theory Rhys, Stef Horak was particularly scathing of the theory, and he seems to do OK. I wouldn't want to base my fishing around it to any degree, not that I can with work etc. but it's interesting to look at if you have a really good day for no...

When you look at a calendar with the moon phases on you'll see a little drawing of the moon at either new moon, first quarter, last quarter or full moon. The days with these little drawings are what the moon phase theory was about, in general way that is. If I remember rightly the two days...

It is a small carp water that I haven't fished much and I started using Korda curve shank but kept losing fish. I've never had a problem with animal hooks before and used them a lot in the 10-12 size range when using maggots and landed plenty of barbel on them. But admittedly I haven't used the...

Chris Lyons grim,good and excellent days were pretty much set by the 4 quarters/phases of the moon each month with the main day being excellent and the days immediately either side of it, or two either side of it, being good. The rest mainly grim. All you need is a calendar with the moon phases...

How do you know if a hook is going to straighten if it's from a make and packet you'd previously had no trouble with? I recently got an Animal size 8 straightened by a modest carp, yet never had a problem in the past. I had also tested the rig by pulling from a fence beforehand, as I always do...

I find it helps to test your set up thoroughly (and set the clutch) by attaching the hook to a wire fence or similar and putting it under maximum pressure. This is obviously different to a bolting fish but it will find any obvious weak spots. My issue was losing carp through hook pulls (and one...

The original Activ8 was just about the best barbel bait I ever used, and that includes pellets.

Totally agree Neil, Pink Fairies are my favourite band, well one of my favs anyway, and It's surprising how many of taodays younger generation are into 70s music. The best era by a country mile for music, even bands and songs I didn't like back then sound good now.

I think it may still be Ruislip Mark, or more likely, nobody. The river has declined to such an extent that I don't think anybody would pay rental for the fishing any more. It has become pretty neglected at Shipston, with some swims completely unfishable due to fallen trees in the river. The odd...

That was a very big fish for the Cherwell at the time Paul, big anywhere back then in fact.

It was a fantastic river Joe, to qoute Trefor West, the whole river from above Banbury to it's junction with the Thames in Oxford, was one long continuous chub swim. It always had plenty of chub that were exceptionally thick set, broad shouldered fish that seemed to weigh much heavier than...

No footpath Chris, and if I'm honest I wouldn't pay peanuts to fish it now. It seems bereft of fish, like much of the Cherwell, and I prefer to remember it as it was. It just seems like the end of an era, but I guess many rivers are like that now. To me and my friends who spent so many happy and...

I was sorry to see one of the best stretches of the Cherwell is no longer fishable. The stretch at Enslow, know locally as Long Meadow, was one of the very best chub stretches at a time when the Cherwell was one of the country's top chub rivers. The sign on the stile now reads "Private Property...

There is no better hook for barbel and chub in my opinion Luke, I never use anything else.