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Not just Gloucestershire. Good friend from Yarnton, North Oxford had his shed turned over two months ago, Cleaned him out, but didn't take his golf clubs worth over £2000!! Perhaps fishing tackle is easier to move on. The only consolation the insurance company paid out promptly.

Anthony, I see the next Catch Cult release (no 4) will include an article on using a sonar by Ian Crook. Will be worth a read. If you are fishing smaller and shallow rivers that you can wade in, then I think you'll be wasting your time using one. On larger rivers like the Thames, which have a...

Very useful pieces of kit. Can save hours of casting a lead around. Used an old smartcast to map a length of the Thames below Oxford just before the start of the season. Found two drop offs to 19ft that we never new existed. Ran it over a couple of prebaited swims to give ourselves an idea of...

Luke, was referring to the closure of Joe Taylors tackle shop as the sad event, he is certainly gonna be missed by everyone in this area.

Jason, think he shuts first week of October, not too sure what's happening with the stock. Very sad day for fishing, end of an era.

Jason Try Joe's. I bought a couple, two weeks ago, Mark went out the back and found some. Better be quick before he shuts down.

Thanks Jason, it did look as though it had been abandoned, a lot of trees down in the water just past the A34 bridge, but once you get round the big bend it looks half decent, now its free fishing will definately give it ago.

Mark, never attended a Barbel Society Meeting, but yes, did fish the caravan field for a few years, incredible fishing. Some exceptional anglers caught their PB’s from that stretch, big fish at the time and well before pellet and boilies became the norm. Hardly use to see a soul there, apart...

Jason, totally agree with you about the reasons for the demise of the Barbel fishing. As regards the water colour, I have just read the NRA Cherwell Consultation Report that you posted the link too. Page 91 seems to confirm the effect that the Coffee Processing Plant and its waste precedures...

Mark, i was a member of Gerrards X but left about 94, too many restrictions, no night fishing, and banning fishing on the left hand bank facing downstream, apparently it interfered with the occasional match on the opposite bank! I think I dropped the Ruislip ticket in 96. Not too happy, as were...

Jason, the barbel in that pool, were probably the most pressurised on the the Cherwell, they got hammered for a good 10 years years before you came across them, probaly explains why they didn’t hang around after the close season! A friend did have one a couple of seasons ago, 9lb 8oz, and it...

Hi Alex I would say that the Jacobs Douwe Egberts processing plant in Banbury and the King Sutton Silo’s a couple of miles downstream have to be the number 1 culprits. I did raise this in the previous thread on this subject a couple of years ago. The said processing plant obviously dont...

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And that was the key, keep that dropper going in for an hour or so before lowering your feeder or straight lead into the swim. Only ever used braid as well on short hook links, especially when bolt rigging, 10lb Merlin, never let me down once. I would use mono in the winter if using a longer...

I’ve still got some of the feeders I used. Drennan 2 oz with 4 inches of stiff rig tube superglued through the middle, was before drennan bought out their inline feeders. Found one of my old bait droppers in the garage (old Heinz spaghetti tin coated in black hammerite), what a beast, half a...

Jason Spot on. This rig accounted for a lot of big Cherwell barbell in its heyday and multiple catches too, in both clear and coloured conditions, summer and winter, especially if used in conjunction with a large bait dropper. The chub would hang themselves, even with a size 6 drennan super...

Cheers mate, I'll take you up on that, I'll give you a bell mid week

Used to fish both parts of the lake a few years ago, the main lake and Bladen lake, on the bank permit. Some big roach and perch as well as the tench. A friend was still catching well on the main lake a couple of years ago with tench to 7lb. I looked down from the bridge at the Bladon end and...