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Yeah it's a shame, not long ago I was helping her up the hill to her home cause her battery cart had run of juice and the dog was biting the hell out of my ankles the whole time 🤣🤣 Was a nice venue they had/have but the busy nature just wasn't for me and I never fished it.

Anchor was still closed towards the end of last year around November /December time, not heard anything about it being open again.

Is there anything left in stretches of the W.Avon apart from Manor Farm? 2 seasons now on a BAA stretch with zero barbel. Your time is probably best spent on a stretch of the Severn but I don't like that river so I can't suggest any areas I'm afraid.

I was going to ask this, I mean, with smaller independent shops going one after the other, who's to blame? Are the brands giving places like AD the better prices which the smaller shops cannot compete with? We've all seen the low prices that some korum stuff gets sold for at AD for example and I...

For someone who's into lure fishing for perch too, I've found the majority of braid on AliExpress not to be genuine. The Xbraid stuff is 100% fake, I wouldn't trust that this is any different.

Looks a nice reel, and just from the view, the reel seat mech looks very similar to what we were building at Youngs in the Rolling Pin. Probably my favourite of all the reels we built out of Redditch.

Just picked up the new Drennan Specimen 1.5lb, same weight as my Shakespeare Solitude 1.25, coming in at 197g, nicely balanced too so will be nice to hold it for long sessions. All my other rods can now be sold. I'll probably pick up the new 11ft quiver to eventually and those 2 rods will...

Thank you everyone for the advice and input For the time being I have a Avon rod that I can use but moving forward then investing in a more powerful rod that's not heavier is something I can look into Regards the method and the use of a pin, I just need to make a change, my barbel result...

I knew you guys would mention those Harrison's 😂 At the moment funds don't allow one. I have been looking at the 1.5lb FS River tamer and have a Shakespeare Solitude 1.25lb which is on the lighter side to hold. What are the John Ross ready built Torrix like? I've seen Thomas Turner suggest...

Hi all, What's everyone's set up for touch legering and rolling baits? You're gonna want a light rod if holding it all session so what are people using? Light Avon rods or even maybe power float rods? Reels? Is something around the 2500 sized more than enough? Enough to hold 100m of 10lb...

If Young's don't reply try Garry Mills, he should possibly have a line guard and the screws available

Sounds like a lovely rod, I'll be going for the 1.5lb version first as I'm not catching many Barbel from the W Avon anymore and it's sounds more like than enough for the job (the Thomas Turner classic 1lb Avon I also looked at suggests they are using those for barbel too, even for such a light...

Are the quoted rod weights for these correct? They seem awfully light for their TC compared to a lot of other rods on the market and even their own higher spec rods in the same TC ratings

That's that easily fixed then! 😂👍🏻

I wish you didn't say that, sounds perfect and still makes me want one, well in 11ft anyway and I'm supposed to be buying the FS rod.

On these rods, does that mean they feel a bit soft/floppy? I recently had a Korum Omega 1.25 that was meant to be fast action, whilst the tip and top end was soft, it made the rod feel quite floppy, certainly not what I was expecting. As a result I sold it without using it. Could this be the...

I've also just seen that sellers won't have their money released until the item arrives. I'm sure eBay will soon just be another Temu or AliExpress and won't be a place to sell pre-owned items

The Perch one was equally good. I was surprised how small some of these venues were that very big fish came out from.

I was on the fence at first but the quality of the story telling, the filming and editing is first class. Loved the Above Bedford film, funny to hear of barbel of those sizes being taken on 1.25 rods and 8lb line, I remember IYCF having a article with Len Arbery going after Barbel with the...

I almost went for the light quiver but wasn't sure how light it actually was, I see the tips it comes with are under 2oz, is it too light for some Chubbing? Still going for the FS but could be tempted to get the Solitude also