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It wasn't you Mike!!!

Congrats on front page pictures and a cracking fish,Potts now superstar:)

Put a friend of mine who is a very annoyingly confident boarding on cocky angler in a swim with a sunken snag one evening,kept saying what a banker swim it was.......he did loads of gear and caught nothing

They don't pull back nearly so hard when you are not trying to pull their heads off,it's almost like a dog on the lead and by keeping the rod low(they really don't like being pulled up in the water)you can guide them.I realise this isn't always possible due to underwater snags and bankside...

15lb as seen in Wye Angling!!!!

Looked at a few things but for me nothing works as well,even had Bobs Isoblobs fitted but not bright enough so later got them removed. Braid doesn't have the springiness so doesn't tangle like mono,I find that a longer underarm cast causes the problem most of my fishing nearside flick so not...

30plus "rock hard" handle does what it says on the tin,being telescopic its handy to push in after you get the fish in the net on the bank

Look how those pellets roll and drift in the current after a relatively short space of time,gets me thinking that after 30mins or so after casting I'm sitting there with a single hookbait. The barbs aren't the slightest bit bothered by the presence of the Old essox

Korum Spoon latex mesh for all by barbel fishing,I have made a few "improvements" though.Its the original one with screw thread grippers which are ment hold the arms in the spreader,as they don't really work I removed them,drilled through the top part of the arms filled it all with araldite and...

Good,that'll slow you down Steve

I haven't used braid or coated for a number of years now,ordinary mono same as your reel line works just as well

All depends wether you are a tits or bum man.......or maybe both

Sounds to me the barbs aren't in the swims or the vicinity

Sticky Baits 10mm Krill boilies for hookbaits and a few loose feed and any carp type pellet as carpet feed if that's what suits your water,most of which now have a low oil content

Hi Dave, Straight away and don't go back to them!!!!Just my feeling that the high oil pellets are detrimental to fish health in the long term and there are so many excellent alternatives out there

Leave it to Wallis and use a fixed spool or closed face:D

Yes Dave,but the Loddon really is making him very grumpy

Don't mean to trump you Stuart,but once had a 15lb barbel of my 1.25tc torrix also 6lb line while chub fishing on the Kennet,bloody nuisance fish

Hi Ben, Tony who did have Reading Angling used to repair rods before he retired,he might be able to do it for you......get in touch with Alan at Thames Valley Angling in Tilehurst who could put you in touch,he might also know of someone.....hope this helps

I have a feeling that if you saw what was going on by underwater camera it might just do your head in!!!Similar to carp fishing with floaters where you get numerous abortive takes,I have a feeling that is repeated just as often with a bait on the river/lake bed esp on pressured waters