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Afternoon all, To some extent, I usually experience a certain amount of indecision during the close season about where to fish and what to fish for. This year I was all ready for an early season tench campaign following the warm March we had, but then April happened!! Now I'm faced with...

Love this! A man's best friend and bite alarm par excellence! :)

Cracking fish - well done!

Absolute beauty! Congratulations

What's happened? I thought he'd been very quiet. If he could comment, I'm sure he'd agree with you though Si! :) So I will pipe down about the virtues of my 12ft rod, otherwise everyone else will get bored of us comparing sizes! :D

"surprisingly little difference" - can I infer from this that there is still some difference then? My rod never gets tangled in trees or foliage :)

The Rivers Nene and Ouse sound like they're going to take the brunt of it: BBC News - Drought fears after low winter rain levels

Each to their own Simon - personally I HATE 11ft tip rods and wouldn't dream of using one in a million years! :D :D Seriously though, this is clearly a case of personal preference, so I don't think you should necessarily presume that you are right and we are wrong.

Oh yeah, I talk a great game, I just rarely catch anything! :D

Further to Nick's point, I also find a longer rod useful on smaller rivers because the extra length can often prove very useful in applying some pressure from an angle that wouldn't be possible with a shorter rod - i.e. when a chub dives for the snags under your feet or for the overhanging bush...

There are those lovely vivid colours and markings I was talking about! Cracking fish and well done on the PBs

Managed to pick up this nice 3.03 perch last night. It was from a little commercial so unfortunately didn't have the striking, vivid colours, but very welcome none the less!

Oh, great news!!! Always nice when you don't need to travel too far. In that case, my Zander fishing will start asap!

Afternoon all. Would anyone mind giving me a few points about likely Zander stretches on the W.Avon? Have never actually targeted them before and am hoping to have a go. Not looking for any monsters or anything, just a pointer in the direction of a stretch that would be a good starting point...

Wow! Doesn't even look like a big fish!

Blimey Keith, were you in the forces or something? Certainly sounds like you know how to handle yourself. Fair play.

Was fishing the upper Thames this evening but, as ever, action was slow. As it was heading towards dusk I spotted a pair of Barn Owls quartering an adjacent field. As I wasn't having much luck anyway, I decided to pack the gear away and try and get some photos of the owls. So out into the...

Just turned up at the river to find bivies set up in swims but no anglers or actual fishing tackle to be seen!!! Now THAT is selfish. Fair play if they want to turn up early and secure a swim, but sticking a bivvy up god knows when and f**king off home is pathetic.

Good luck mate. However, I may be forced to call you selfish unless you tell me where your pre-baited swims are! :D :D I'm off to the W.Avon this evening and I haven't pre-baited at all. I'm squeaky clean (and lazy)! :D

Sounds great David. Good result to connect with one of the crucians.