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Howard i suspect the key organisations already think this is in place...except of course the clogged wasp watchers...

Howard nothing wrong at all in what you are saying but mutual dependency in a food chain begins at the first trophic level ie photosynthesisers and without these the whole food chain is in serious trouble. So if we, and it is humans, have significantly effected this in rivers, and we have via...

Craig - precisely, even with the majority they have the Tories are not stupid re such issues and will not waste Parliamentary time on hunting never mind otters. The only chance of any change in the law as i see it is if otters begin to do significant damage to farmers' livelihoods and this could...

As someone who used to teach about water - the article is not surprising. Over 30 years ago i recall teaching about a possible future where wars would be about water (not oil which at the time everyone was het up about). The article hits the nub of the issue - it is about water supply and river...

What i am struggling with is this halcyon past when rivers were in a so called better state...40 years ago fishing in Yorkshire certain rivers were unfishable eg the Don, the Calder was not much better or the Aire in Leeds - these are all so much better now. If we are talking of 10-20 years ago...

Dave Where is your evidence that this is solely down to otters - i fish in the upper Thames catchment and have never seen an otter or a dead fish that looks like it has been killed by one, anglers i speak to haven't either...but the barbel stocks are down. May be there is a cycle, as silver...

Not going to ditch the rod and may just use the pins for legering, could be just an excuse to buy another rod of course :D Odd that many of the newer rods have such a small fitting...I do prefer the old reel fits rather than the Fuji seats. Thanks for the link Andy. Not sure I want to change...

Does anyone know if the reel seats on Drennan float rods are all the same size? I ask as 1. I cannot find a contact on their website 2. The reel seat on the tench specimen rod I have is not large enough for my Speedia or Grice and Young centre pins so need a new barbel float rod. Thanks

Alien..the chest scene springs to mind...

I actually caught one (well foul hooked) on the Yorkshire Derwent at Howsham about 40 years ago and have never seen one since...

Rich Check John Norris or Uttings.

David - a lot of the hunting gear has folks sitting in chairs in the trees in snow...i have no problem sitting in mine...cold after a while but not wet, better than goretex in my view...also i have found the size is generally a fit and in fact i have sent jackets back as they have been too big...

Seeland (reasonable) or Harkila (very expensive) - i find they are excellent - plus a Seeland Poncho for £50 - no need for a brolly...

Even when it's been a fish a chuck, personally I've struggled to catch more than four an hour once playing and resting has been taken into account. Bloody hell i am lucky to get that in a season :D

Neil from where i am sat in the Thames valley some rivers still appear to be in the halcyon period eg Dove, Derwent, Wye (or is this just the Facebook phenomena)...which brings me back to the point about cycles, these will not last forever. However, i do think there are some rivers in which...

Given our concerns about cormorants over the years and recent floods - where has recent silver fish boom come from as there were surely, or so we were all claiming, much fewer fish...On the Thames trib that i fish the large 5lb plus chub appear to have disappeared since the 2013/14 floods...the...

...and with a lake, as my local club is doing with some sponsorship from Korum i believe, it is relatively easy to put an otter fence up unless they become like squirrels or someone leaves the gate open...