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Best of 7 today, 3 pounds exactly, a couple of 2's, the rest a pound or under. All on float fished worm, 15' Preston Carbonactive Excel.

In the past I did my rods with isotopes flat, take off tip ring then shrink wrap isotope in place before refitting tip ring. Sounds a lot of faff but really quite straightforward. I'm now using the clip on LED tip lights from Temu, much easier and a heck of a lot brighter than isotopes.

With the Severn lower and clearer this week I concentrated on float fished worm for perch. Managed 11 in total with a best of 2.04, had a barbel rod out as well and picked up a couple of 8's.

Good point Chris, the Irfon fish were used to seeing corn back then as my friend used to bait heavily with it for the chub.

Used to get a lot of grayling on corn when fishing the Irfon in Builth years ago.

I have the old Preston Innovations Excel as my 15' float rod, man enough for chub and barbel but still light enough for grayling. My preferred grayling rod though is my 13' Matchpro.

Not had any problems with mine, though I used to get occasional wraps with the Enterprise ones. In the past I did modify a pair of Fox rods using shrink tube. Took tip ring off, then sleeved with white shrink tube before fitting the isotope using clear shrink tube. Definitely not as visible as...

I have these too and they are brilliant (literally!)

1.09 yesterday from the Severn, best of 7 fish, the rest were all 10-14ozs. Also had a couple of 3+lb chub and a 6lb barbel which was fun on the roach gear.

Wouldn't touch those Duo Lite's with the proverbial barge pole. Both my 1.75 tips broke for no apparent reason under minimal strain and reel fittings on both came loose and flopped to the side.

Hope you get a good one, I had a pair of them and was disappointed with the build quality. The reel seats on both came loose on the handles, and both 1.75 tips broke under normal fishing pressure. Now replaced with Greys Prodigy TXL's which are much better.

You're probably right, the Yeti originally was based on the early Tiguan and shared engines and running gear with the Golf. The greatest thing about it is that still handles well even with the boxy SUV body, also it has character, not something you could accuse the Karoq of!

Mine is the Greenline 1.6 diesel, turning in 57+mpg.

My fishing/every day vehicle was a Vauxhall Astra Estate for many years but replaced it with a low mileage 15 month old Yeti 7 years ago and have loved every day using it. Cannot understand why Skoda discontinued it and replaced it with the Karoq, a complete non-entity that looks just like any...

The tilt fixing sounds a 'mare, that was the worst feature of the old Wavelock tilt. The Fox Specialist works fine for me, never used it with storm poles but find it very stable in strong winds when it's properly pegged down. Loads of room and easy to set up even on sloping banks.

My isotopes are getting a bit tired (so are my eyes!), so just invested in these, not used yet but tested indoors and they a re pretty bright...

Been catching the odd roach from the Severn this season, picking up my single pellet hookbaits. Decided to target them last week with a lighter tip rod and had 5 ranging from 12ozs to 1.07. Yesterday afternoon I returned to the same swim for another try, two rods this time. Started off with...

Dog spikes work fine, provided you screw them all the way in, might be a bit difficult at present with the ground being baked hard! Another tip worth thinking about is to knot the rope at intervals, helps to get a grip when it's wet and slippery. Last tip, for when it finally rains again and...

Great reel, I have a pair in 4000 size, great cranking power and excellent clutch.

That would almost certainly be Davis Tackle, just around the corner from the Royalty. They currently market an Avon Special which is based on a Harrison blank, the North Western would have been an older version I guess.