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Thanks Darren, I actually have the rod you mention above but personally I found it a bit stiff. I hope you enjoy yours.

Thanks Nick, funnily enough I did look on ebay last pm. There's a 1.75 on there at the moment which I think is a tad too heavy. If I can't get a replacement event from Daiwa I'll keep looking on ebay

Thanks Stephen, good idea I will contact Daiwa - nothing to lose

This morning I managed to shut my car boot on the spigot of my 12' 1.5tc Daiwa Theory rod. Loved this rod, found it perfect for paste fishing for chub. Having looked on line, it looks as if this rod maybe out of production. Would really appreciate any recommendations for a suitable...

Two years a go I literally went head first into the Hampshire Avon off flat ground. The swim had wet mud and as I went to put my chair on the edge of the river (to use as a rod rest - I was traveling very light) my feet somehow flew backwards and I went straight in. Luckily the river wasn't in...

One of my most successful carp baits was 9oz liver flavoured munchies (ground of course) an once of calcium caseinate (Casilan) and a table spoon of liver powder

Tony, I don't wish to ruin your holiday before it's begun but I would be highly surprised if you had a barbel from Fordingbride Park. Better off targeting the roach and chub. Lovely stretch of water though.

Daiwa Theory 1.5tc my go to chub rod.

Not a patch on your pic Dave but I took this on the Royalty today

And that's the rub. I'm a member of three. BAA which is £40, the other two both cost me circa £200 each

Watching Country File this evening and they are saying there is something of a crisis in agriculture currently due to the prices of fertiliser rocketing (Russia being one of the major producers). One enterprising farm who has several thousand chickens is using chicken muck instead. Looks like...

My apologies for revisiting an old post but further to the above post, may I ask Graham do you use SS8 V2 (30lb BS) for the mainline and hook link?

Failed on both accounts. Best roach 1lb 6oz best chub 6lb 4oz. In mitigation, I did get somewhat sidetracked by the Avon this year with a 7lb chub and a best roach of 1lb 12oz

Maybe time to revisit this thread to celebrate success or commiserate with failure. My personal update to follow

I've been doing a few after dark sessions on Throop lately, arriving at 7.30pm and fishing till 9.30pm. Plenty of action with a best of 6.04 (below). Thursday I thought I would get there earlier just to see how I got on. Between 3.30 and 6pm I had 6 chub but bizarrely never had a bite after...

Always thought that was the most aptly named programme in the history of television - Pointless Celebrities

Yeah, I have a feeling that with the increased pressure above the bridge in the last few years a few of those tidal barbs have dropped down a bit lower. I keep meaning to try and find the time to find out but keep getting distracted by other piscatorial intereststs. - ever the case.

Dream come true that Neil - getting paid to go fishing! I wonder if the barbel still frequent that area particularly the deeper water from the caravan park down through to MEXE? I'm not aware of anybody putting any time in down there although I did hear of a barbel from opposite the caravan...

The barbel above was actually my 3rd barbel. I was fishing at Iford for bits when an angler turned up, set up and cast out in front of some reeds on the opposite bank. He had two or three barbel and left. I never saw that angler there again (although it was my local haunt) and I think the...

6lb 13oz Dorset Stour Iford Sept 1988 (sorry its a bit wishy washy)