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Both good reels but I don't think you can go wrong with the Shimanos.

No it isn't the same area Anthony, it's a few miles downstream. The area Tony fished was Bletchingdon, above the road bridge. My experience wasn't as scary as Tony's by any means. Interestingly enough, I did fish that area with a couple of friends one night and at one point each one of us was...

Back in the mid 90s I was fishing the Cherwell at Shipton one September night. The stretch was always nice to night fish below the railway bridge but never really felt the same upstream of the bridge. Nevertheless, I did fish it and accepted it wasn't very comfortable but some nice barbel could...

Hi James, no, I'm talking about the top ring which is hollowed out to take a quiver tip. The rod came with two top rings, one with the beta light attachment you mention, the other with the hollow for pushing a quiver tip into.

Bit of a random question, but does anyone know where I might find a top ring for the quivertip for this rod? It came with two detachable top rings, one had a little stud to take a silicone beta light holder, and the had a hollowed out end for the quiver tips to push in to. I have managed to lose...

I would definitely agree as long as I didn't have to get them myself!

Maggots are very reliable but the one drawback is you need to know for sure that there are barbel there. Otherwise it's a pretty expensive session. The Thames, where I'm currently fishing, is not the best river for locating barbel and this is doubly so on a new stretch. If I could only use one...

There was a 15+ caught from the Cherwell a couple of years ago too, but must not have been claimed.

No case of disbelieving it, I could recognise the venue, even in the dark. Still a bit of a surprise though. It was never an easy river for barbel, at least it wasn't easy to pin them down, not difficult to catch once you did. A lot of the old venues just seem a bit devoid of fish now though...

I see on FB a 13.12 has been caught on the Cherwell. This is very much a rarity on the severely declined river these days, and there's a possibility it's the same fish that claimed the river record a few years ago at 15.8 (?). Anyone else hear about this?

500+? That's an interesting figure Simon and I must ask how you came to it? Not saying you're right or wrong, but how on earth do you speculate on the number of doubles in a river the size of the Severn? I know it's possible on smaller rivers, or at least on specific stretches, to get a rough...

I think the alarm bells might ring when trying to figure out where his left hand is, and how the front of the fish is being supported. Not sure that's down to picture quality.

Same as our canal in Banbury Graham

Thanks for that Simon, I have been reading a bit about it.

How does a thuderstorm cause a drop in oxygen levels? I would have thought it spiked them. And why now? We've had thunderstorms before. Banbury has also suffered a big fish kill on the canal through the town.

I have seen this also on the Warks Avon and the Cherwell. Supposedly it is a sign the fish is about to feed. The bubbles coming up are the fish adjusting it's swim bladder apparently. There was one particular swim on the W. Avon where fish rolled constantly above a snag but never seemed to take...

Hi Graham, the website says Tenchfishers members get 10% discount on season tickets, not free fishing?

Good point about the BBQ Richard, but can you also smell the salad? :) This pretty well illustrates that a barbels effective distance at smelling a bait depends mainly on the bait being used.

Interesting question. I also fished the maggots and hemp approach on the W. Avon and Cherwell with, most of the time, considerable success. But I never thought the method was good for bringing barbel that far upstream and when barbel numbers dwindled so did the effectiveness of this method. That...