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I don,t know about barbel, but if you want a brilliant eel bait, shell on prawns takesome beating. I get plagued by them at times whilst salmon fishing, chub too, the odd perch and even had carp have a go, following the prawn upto the surface from 10ft down. For barbel ,I would be tempted to...

For me the worst I,ve seen, was on my first night catting on the Soane with Luke Moffat, hooked a very spirited fish and after a lenghty scrap, luke got hold of the hooklink and suitabley gloved up grabbed the bottom jaw, fish went nuts, luke screamed. One point of a 4/0 treble, through the...

Early morning, first few casts with a fast sinking flyline, heavy fly on a size 6 double hook, managed to get the hook embedded , both points as far as they could go in the ball of my right thumb, Pain was unreal, and being very right handed, made the extraction rather tricky, loop of line tied...

I use one of those sterilising tablets (as used for baby bottles) just drop one in,fill with water, leave overnight and rinse out, job done. peter

Have a look at the Leadertec website, go to destinations, boat advertised on there, if you contact "spike", you may get a lot more info! Good place to start. peter

MMMM? I suppose a method of lice control using another fish species, bred specifically for the purpose is a step in the right direction, far better than chemicals which impact on many other sea dwellers. Quite how they intend to make the poor wrasse eat lice and not the salmon feed pellets...

consideration of the weight of the reel is important,you don,t need a large line capacity, so think small, you will be holding it all day, and even a 5000 size baitrunner type reel will feel heavy after a while. Multipliers are a very good option, easy to use and much lighter. peter

Not the brightest for sure, had one have a right good go at a 20g weight(black) with a perfecticly good floating devon in close proximity, three times it followed, grabing, nipping at the weight, totally ignoring the lure, bizarre or what!!!!!!! peter

A big yes there, very soft , hugs the bottom well, far better than any other type.. peter

Just put up a brolly and keep your activities on the bank within its shadow, simple! peter

NO ,open to all, not a cheap ticket, but given your location, may be well worth a look, check out their website. If you fancy a go at salmon, the Somerley ticket is good value, somewhat like rocking horse droppings, but worth the effort! peter

If your piking, then the 7000 series are a tad OTT, get a 5000 series or similar, plenty tough enough for any pike, look at some of the Revo models to, you don,t need the large line capacity of the bigger sizes, the thumb bar models are the dogs wotsits for lure work. The Diawa megaforce reels...

The Test at Broadlands offers season tickets for coarse, trout and salmon fishing.The game fishing is probably available, the coarse is not, waiting list longer than a phone book! what about the Avon, closer than the Stour, some dayticket water, but the best bet would be to join Christchurch...

Yet more otter based hysteria, in the natural scheme of things, a number of cubs, even a majority will die within their first few months, from natural causes, why should this case be any different? Lets hope that turns out to be the findings in this case. The thought of some idiots laying...

This dire situation is set to continue unabated with such a toothless Scottish government, the Government back peddling following a threat of legal action from the producers smacks of either cowardice or downright potential fraud, backhanders and all! If the elected SMP simply don,t do their...

Saw a number of big fish there in season, far bigger than any caught, one pool (leaning tree) had 3 in residence for some weeks,one nearer 30 than 20lb for sure, steadfastly refusing everything, I and everyone else threw at it. They should start dropping back soon, but I probably won,t fish it...

All coatings used in fishing weights smell, plastic powder coating stinks, but it soon fades. If your making mesh feeders, try plastic coating them, bit tricky, but it lasts far longer than paint. peter

The Test and Itchen don,t start until march, hopefully the bulk of the kelts will be gone by then, but I did get one interested mid march last year. This milder weather, with hopefully some more rain may well bring in some more fish, time will tell! peter

Its that time again, can,t wait. My goal this season is a nice fat springer, had a shed load of summer fish last season, just want to bank one of those elusive springers,a rare creature, but possible on the chalkstreams, given some water and a spell of warmish weather, fingers crossed! peter

I,ve tried a lot of lines over the years, each to his/her own, for barbel, 15lb X-line, pike, 15lb adrenaline(casts well, no memory), salmon 10-20lb berkeley fireline(pike in the20lb too), sea fishing(boat) fireline 20-30lb.Works for me. peter