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Thanks for the report Derek. Hope you remembered your passport and visa, we try to keep the fishing quiet this side! I did a job into Eastham a couple of days ago, spoke to a chap who was just packing up at Eastham ferry, he said that he'd only had whiting but had caught some 4lb+ codling on the...

I found the neoprene wellies a bit narrow fitting for me even after buying a pair a size bigger than normal.

Congratulations to Dave Maddison, top bloke, excellent angler.

Your regular post event driver let you down did he? Sorry mate, busy at work this year!

I hear that congratulations are in order for you and your colleague Paul Richardson. Well done, great fish! http://www.ebro-catfishing.com/blog/lower-ebro-catfishing-latest-catch-reports-mid-august-2018/

I'll be working off the west coast I'm afraid. Hoped to get cover but not looking promising.

Most of my carp fishing is with the floater gear these days, Enterprise tackle artificial mixer on a size 8 hair rig and chum mixer freebies. Bizarrely I've had a few carp which have by-passed the real ones and taken the artificial. You can only do it on venues without a good head of waterfowl...

In this long running and informative debate I've been firmly of the opinion that the vast majority of us are sensible and can make an informed decision based on experience and local conditions in deciding whether to lay off barbel fishing. In the last 24 hours I've read two posts elsewhere which...

Paragraph 6 of your link explains it. Sorry but I can't explain it better, only that the AOD figure becomes less as a river reaches sea level. In your example if Mirfield datum was mAOD then it would show a river level of 45.58m which is a bit daft and why a local datum is used. It would follow...

Angus, click on 'key information' and all is revealed! Phil is correct, Newlyn is the datum point but local stations have their own datum relative to Newlyn.

Haven't fished a river for a week but the carp on my local lake are feeding well on the surface. Not for everyone I know but I find that watching a lump approaching my hookbait is as exciting as a three foot twitch.

I'd go along with the sight fishing thing, last week I had three carp stalked on floating crust, that rush of adrenalin when one approaches your bait is fantastic and despite missing more takes than I hit I had a great time. Variety is the key to maintaining my enthusiasm, different waters...

Thanks for reminding me Mark, saw it on another thread yesterday then promptly forgot - been to work since then!

I tend to choose a swim that I've had success in before and stay put. Sometimes you have to put up with the chub for a couple of hours before the barbel eventually move in. The only time I might move is when fishing from first light and I feel that my chances are diminishing as the sun rises...

I fish a gravel pit which doesn't contain bream or carp, the tench can often be seen rolling on the surface at first light. I generally fish the margins which are around 14' deep.

Mike, as you know we fish the same rivers. Derwent and Nidd I dropper plenty in on arrival and top up via feeder with freebie hookbait. On the Ouse and when casting to the channels it's all via big feeders.

Mike, you forget to mention looking lovingly at the carp's head or tail for the photo! Something that seems to be way things are done in carp fishing. I've recently got back into it temporarily during this three month lay off, got to say that wandering around with an alarm receiver strung around...

That will of course lead to even more confusion with some rivers open and others not. I get it all the time now when walking my local rivers with anglers claiming not to know that it's the close season.

Thanks Cliff, an interesting read. I'm always on the look out for something a bit different.