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Mega-mega. Well done to the captor. ✌

Chilli powder and boiling water are essential additions to pellets in winter, imo. Use a pellet and chilli powder based paste for hook wraps too. Feeder of pellet mush and a small paste wrapped hookbait is a magnet to most species. Ive fluked some nice roach and dace when doing this in the past.

God awful picture. How can you catch a fish of such magnitude and get such a turd shot? That fish would have some serious proportions and the picture does it no justice whatsoever. I know its bad to knock such captures on the internet and Im not doing that really just knocking the rubbish...

Yep

Ive been using an SJ9 which is mega warm, a long walk with tackle and this will be too much, but I hoody up for the walks and then bung this on once Im sat there. Its not waterproof so I have a big old army goretex to wear over the top if it rains. (@Andy Frances )...

What about layering? Hoody, snugpak and army-goretex jacket (which has a massive hood). Aldi sallopettes or army goretex over trousers. Wait till you've finished walking till you put the snugpak on as they are mega warm, great for when you are sat there.

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Fish for chub or perch in ways that still catch a barbel; ie paste baits for chub or lobbies for perch. That way your actually fishing for species that you have a good chance of biting with the chance of getting a barbel if they are on the feed. It is hard when you are mega keen to hang the...

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Haiths one is good, Andy

Shame Alpkit stopped doing the Gamma head torch which was amazing. Ive still got mine but have had to tape the unit together as it is falling apart.

10lb mainline straight through, quick change swivel, swivel bead, 3 float stops, size 8 pallatrax the Hook with hair whipped on.

Awesome, Andy. Proper proud Dad moment ✌ Well done, Dan.

I can still remember when an 8lb barbel was a big specimen barbel on the Great Ouse! So 8lb specimen, 9lb big specimen, 10lb lovely big specimen, 11lb mega lovely big specimen and so on and so on (adding superlatives as you go up) :) :p 🤪✌ If you cant appreciate a big 8lb fish out of a river...

As above. The 11ft Gti is an excellent all round small river rod. This is all I use in the Great Ouse nowadays when chubbing or barbelling (unless Im on the flake for the chub). It is like an extension of your arm, not over gunned for chub and not under gunned for barbel. Mines battered but...

Yes it did mate. Ive never got the winter skin out the bag though:). I always leave the front off so dont have condensation issues✌

No, mines the Base HQ. Very similar but a bit more dosh, I paid just over 200 quid in Jan 2018.

The Cyprinus kit is quality. Buy with confidence and minus the carp tax. Ive got the 2 man base HQ bivvy and when it turned up it had Trakker on the box 🤪 (just about half price of the Trakker!).

Fish under 5lb will invariably be juveniles but once they get over that weight you would need scale sample analysis to determine age. An 8lb male barbel could be well over 10 years of age. Something which I have mentioned on here during past otter debates (and more than likely ignored) was...

BUMPETY BUMP Great reels for Piking or Carping £130 posted