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I used to get a lot of carp many years ago on the canal at Tring fishing matches. The carp up to around 15lb used to lie between the point of the boat and the bank on the far side. The cast had to go right into the gap to get a bite. They would often cut anglers off by running down the boat the...

Heard a story today from a Cherwell farmer sounds like it could be right. Apparently Richard Branson was given two otter cubs as a present. I seem to remember his house was at Shipton on Cherwell before he moved. Anyway the semi tame Otters escaped and he offered the locals a couple of first...

My local Aldi are selling crane Aluminium thermal boot/shoe insoles in packs of 4 for £1.49. Felt on the top side and a thin aluminium on the bottom. They are supposed to reflect the heat back to the ground. I wore a pair of Aluminium thread woven socks last Winter with a second pair of socks...

You will find that bread mash with water in a bucket weighs a ton. If you rough/chunky liquidise loaves and keep in a bag and do not add water the bucket will be lighter to carry. You can then add water as you go if you want to and put the bags on top of the slop. You can always just squeeze...

We have 1000 cormorants in the Colne valley at the last official count a couple of years ago. If each bird takes 1kilo of fish a day (none of the cormorants I see are the small ) that is 254 tons of fish a year. I run a fishery on the river Colne West London and there a few silvers, to be honest...

I own 2 12ft/16ft shakespeare LXL rods they are fantastic, did not realise they did 10 ft rods, good shout Graham

Float fishing with maggots is best when you know exactly which swims the chub are in. If you do not know the area it might be worth trotting bread flake with bread mash or roughly liquidised (the cheaper option to maggot) and fishing the whole stretch for a day just to find out where the chub...

If you are going to catch big chub fish waters that hold them not all waters will do. Some local homework might help, you might have to travel. The best and most enjoyable way is trotting maggot. It seems you will be ledgering big Chub can be very careful feeders and will not often drag the rod...

The tackle box Dartford do an 11ft 3/4lb rod that might suit, its a very thin, soft, through action rod with stand off eyes. £44.99 plus £8 postage. I often fish small streams and would not touch a tip action rod, much preferring a soft forgiving through action. If you are set on 10ft, have...

With a barbless hook club rule I bend the point back towards the shaft slightly with style pliers on the Carp Barbless pattern. I may be wrong but I am sure that I loose less silvers bouncing off the hook that way.

Drennan red maggot hooks or carp barbless if you have a barbless rule, both are red hooks and medium wire. I did have a batch a few years ago that opened out too easy but that seemed like a one off. I recently had 18 barbel including two doubles on size 18's whilst fishing for Roach. Though I...

Not sure of the correct numbers across the UK but a large number of Beaver culling has taken place across the UK since their introduction. 87 on Tayside alone which is 1/5 of the total reintroduced in that area alone. Big grants are being given out to re establish them and Wildlife trusts have...

Personally I would be wary of any extra complications on your terminal tackle. How powerful is your Chub rod ? maybe going to a softer rod might stop you from getting broken.

What fabulous roach fishing looking good for the next couple of years, one very special little bit of river.

Slugs were my main bait as a kid after meeting Charlie Landells on Britford in the 70's. He was the President of the chub study group before passing back in 2009. He would breed slugs and feed them melon to fatten them up. So effective was his cheap, mobile freelined slug method I used it for...

Fishing for Roach yesterday and noticed the first two Barbel I caught both had extra Barbules, The other Barbel I caught were all normal. I would not have noticed the 'extras' if I was not looking down into the landing net in the river. Once out on the unhooking mat they seemed to blend all into...

I get lots of them Riverfly testing ,sometimes half a dozen of various sizes. I always smile when I see them in the sample tray. The pitbull of the mini species. With a tray full of Invertebrates the Bullhead often carry on feeding, chasing and chomping the shrimp aggressively. I kept finding...

Never trust any scales unless you are checking them regularly. Years ago I found out a pair of Avons I owned were weighing 9 oz light. I had defended the scales on the bank because they were Avons but when I went home and checked them I found out the truth. I went out and bought a set of Graham...

Had one of those special days yesterday fishing one of Keith Speers favourite swims. I rejoined the club on Saturday and had not fished the stretch for about 3 years. The morning was bitterly cold and still dark so I started fishing Punched bread on a cage feeder and then the stickfloat with...

Always found fishing gloves to be too tight but the ALDI xxl neoprene gloves were quality at £4.99 and large enough to put on without catching arthritic thumbs. As Gerry posted earlier just keep an eye out for when they come in stock