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I don’t use lead-core for barbel but a helicopter rig with lead-core is one of the safest rigs there is (as long as there is nothing preventing the hook-link from sliding off the lead-core in the event of a break). Maybe on a bigger river lead-core would be useful but I cannot see the need for...

This is a useful little link to help pick mainlines as it gives real breaking strains and diameters. http://www.tacklebox.co.uk/tackle-box-line-test.html

Amazing fish. What a capture, well angled Paul. Top pictures too.

No! Next... The close season in its current form does not stop anglers from targetting fish on the spawning grounds come June 16th. Ethics doesnt come into it for most people as they don't think about it. They just go fishing.

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I feel sorry for all those lower severn swale anglers who are obviously going to have the circus descend on their fishing now:D:p

If you hook a barbel in cabbages they normally shoot straight out of them at a million miles per hour, they are too stupid to realise the damage they could do if they stayed in them! Seriously though, if you can drop a bait at the back of a cabbage bed then you have very good presentation...

Ive just read a copy of the second Catch Cult. Great little read. Did anyone else think the article on the Black Mirror was taking the P? This is a carp in a lake of whom carpers have wrote chapter and verse on, dedicated books to, videos etc etc This guy turned up bunged 2 chods out and...

Pallatrax The Hook. Buy them from BFW shop. Never worry about hooks again.

I have got a digital copy on my phone but what a load of rubbish. Why cant they just send the books to the post office like they used to? Walk in and buy one and actually have it in your hand as you walk out. Does anyone actually think the digital world works better than face to face...

Wychwood Signature alarms are about 16-20 quid. They are cheap and fairly reliable. I have had 3 for about 3 years now and they have been out in 24hours of rain and still worked. Cheap enough to not worry about and just about good enough to be reliable Other than that there are loads of cheap...

Blinking eck Mark, 55 quid cheep and cheerful! Your bloody posh down in Luton, that’s full on luxury prices here! I lost the sole to one of my muckboots a few years back and then went for a pair of grubs stalker boots and the sole went on those too! The glue they use aint man enough for...

Bread after Christmas, especially in the day. 8lb line straight through, Size 6 Drennan SS, massive bit of flake and liquidised bread in the feeder. Meat and paste after dark.

Could it be related to barbel hydrating their spawn? They start to hydrate their spawn towards the back end of winter, that is one reason for them putting on weight towards the seasons end and as to why they feel a bit more solid around that time.

I like the new grippers, slightly finer gauge than my normal hooks so good when I need to scale down. I use them for carp fishing and they are great. But yet again, for all round barbel fishing, I will recommend the Hook by Pallatrax. You can get them off BFW and they are mega sharp, stay...

I'd say it looks 11+ But I am starting to forget what they look like:D Cracking fish regardless.

The new Grippers are a great hook and stay very sharp. As do the ever reliable (and available from BFW shop) Pallatrax hooks. These hooks cannot be beaten, IMO.

It has always been a bit of a 'psuedo-science' in regards to water temps, air temps etc. There are just too many variables at play. The magic water temp used to be 7 degrees C (45f). But taking water temps and only going when the water temp is 'right' could end up meaning you don’t fish very...

Brain damaged fish? Hmmmmm. They are either alive or dead. Actually, they could also be nearly dead because their organs were starved of oxygen long enough to damage them and the fish will die shortly after swimming off through organ failure. These are basic stimulus-response organisms. To...

ANOTHER vote for the 11' Gti 1.75.:)