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It was on the Trent Graham. I've spoken to a few friends since and they knew who I was talking about before I mentioned names🙈 He is certainly a 'Dick', interpret that however you want😂😂

I know exactly who it was and it's a name that has been mentioned on these pages in the past. I'm hesitant to name and shame as despite the circumstances being decidedly 'fishy' it's difficult for me to actually prove anything. There are probably a few who post on here who are using his bait...

Cheers for the replies chaps. I'm not for one moment professing to be a saint but the whole idea of charging someone £150 to go poaching seems more than a little wrong to me. As far asking them to leave I guess I could have 'asked' but I'm not sure what the next step would have been if they'd...

Whilst out on the bank this evening I stumbled across 3 lads setting up in a swim on the river, only 2 appeared to be fishing, the non angler I recognised but couldn't quite place initially. As it is within the club rules for all members to act as bailiffs I asked if the anglers held tickets...

Are you likely to be fishing lots of different venues or are you looking to apply a bait over the course of winter?? I put together a boilie basemix cheese bait a few years back and caught well on it but nowadays I rely on a good fishmeal type bait for my winter chubbing, either in paste...

I think it's long overdue that the EA were taken to task over what has become of some of our rivers. Part of their remit is to maintain the quality of river fisheries, and even putting aside the failing fish stocks and the £22 million odd that anglers cough up, in a lot of parts of the country...

Cheers for the encouragement fellas:) This weir really seems to push through I'm afraid, the area directly below the cill is far too snaggy and at the moment rough to fish. However I have found a nice clean gravelly area just of the back of the main flow so I'm hoping that when conditions are...

Hello chaps, have any of you had much in the way of positive experiences with fishing weirpools for barbel in the winter?? I've recently gained permission to fish a small pool that has a low population of reasonably sized barbel but I'm not sure whether the fish will remain resident in the pool...

On my local river I've found that glueing your pellets also helps your bait withstand the constant attention of signal crayfish too. I've taken many fish over the years on what is little more than a pellet impregnated lump of superglue. As far as brands go I have found that gorilla glue is by...

CATFISH Bluebell Lakes 120613 - YouTube I know Aaron, the lad who was fishing with him quite well. Must have been a hell of a battle on a size 12 hook and 8lb line

Copied from facebook with Karen's permission OK barbel lovers, I need a favour! One of the comments the examiners made was that it would be beneficial to have angler catch data to go along side the EA catches to see what is happening with the barbel population. If any of you would be willing to...

I believe the full write up for Karen's thesis is pretty much finished now, hopefully we will all be able to form our own conclusions from this very interesting study in short time. Personally I strongly believe that all species of fish in the Ouse are in decline which is indicative of a...

I believe that Richard WAS referring to his local tench lakes as an example on a thread about the Great Ouse... I'm not sure how the two are connected to be honest though:confused: When I first started targeting the barbel of this river, soon after the turn of the millenium there were fish...

You have got me thinking here....I also managed to get out before the big freeze and managed to lose what was almost certainly a pb barbel. I had been applying my bait during chub trips on a low stock stretch and eventually my chance came...and I fluffed it! Having put in all the hard work...

I really feel for you David, I wish I could tell you that it may not be as bad as you think but I can't:( My local is the Great Ouse and since seeing my first ever otter some years back, spotting them has now become a very common occurence, far more common than it is to actually catch a barbel...

Another vote for the muck boot spey. I'm sure there are warmer boots out there but these definitely give the best compromise between warmth and comfort when walking long distances. In fact they are so comfortable that I probably wear them at times when I could get away with wearing my usual...

Yes I most certainly do:o I was probably aged around 12 or 13? and was staying in a cottage near Highley on the Severn on what was supposed to be a family holiday. I can remember vividly having a massive argument with my parents which centered around whether or not I was going to be...