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    Arnold Kingpin

    Hi Garry, I lost the nut same as you to the back of my reel !!!!Stuart and the team are away fishing in BC and are due back in a couple of days although Bill(contact page on their web) sent me one from Canada.Proper global world we live sending a British made product from the otherside of the...
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    Cheese paste recipe

    Sounds good stuff,but I like mucking about trying to presonalise it(probably mucking it up!!!)
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    Ever Catch Small Barbel?

    Had 2 in the last 10 days on the Kennet that barely weighed 1LB(estimated),both caught on 14mm boilie,good to see whne we are all speculating around problems of recruitment.Im sure that normally as posted previously they inhabit different areas and dont take standard baits.
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    Cheese paste recipe

    another vote for shortcrust pastry,danish blue and chedder....also add richworth blue cheese flavouring 3mls and some garlic powder.It can make the mix a little wet some if you add some cheap grated parmesan works a treat. Best way to present this is using enterprise paste mates(the ones that...
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    Tales from the Riverbank

    Hi Jim, Im sure your mate is up there looking down on us,lovely story and happy memories for you.
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    Small river cold water baits

    Hi Howard, Once it starts to get cold put the barbel rods away and fish for chub!!!Maybe Im just a quitter but the buggers are hard enough to catch in summer/autumn and the way things are going it looks like winter has come early if my lastest catch returns are anything to go by....oh by the...
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    Wye usk foundation

    Try logging on to the catch reports for an update,also good info re accessability to swims etc.
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    Fishing Negotiations

    Marry a Muslim and then you rule the roost,she'll even carry your gear to the swim and have a lovely curry waiting for you on your return !!!!
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    Wasing-Guiding Available?

    Rays hidden Hot Spot.......what a thought!!!!!
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    Tethered Fish

    Hi Graham, That is my normal tactic however on some venues such as the Biblins espically below the wire bridge about 20% losses are unavoidable no matter what you do !!!
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    Tethered Fish

    I fish the Wye at on hols at least twice a season and due to the nature of the bottom ie boulders,rocks and sunken trees etc you can loose about 20% of fish hooked and Ive yet to catch a fish trailing hooklinks apart for one fish which was hooked in the dorsal with a very small hook.On the basis...
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    if you could choose 1 boilie???

    Boilies,pellets,meat,hemp,maggots,casters......them eat the lot,much more important is location,application,presention and wether they are on the munch or not!!!!
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    Counting down..............

    Keith, after seeing you on Tight Lines I now regard you as an expert on float fishing so I hope you dont mind a bit of advice from a total novice,if you cant see the float anymore......Strike!!!!!
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    Middy 30 Plus Camo XS Landing Net?

    Hi BFW Peops, I have found the 30plus cammo net very awkward in fast flowing water as the mesh is quite tight,the handle is the dogs though!!!!!
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    Feeding barbel by hand

    Still recon Id blank!!!
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    Looking for the perfect landing net

    The Korum arms on the rubberised net work loose at the spreader block and keep popping out espi.cally in faster flow must be some twisting motion,as for handles i broke my Drennan Twistlock to other night in a really pacy swim at the screw when the carbon went,since bought the middy30plus ard...
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    hooklength length???

    For me it depends on which rivers Im fishing and is probably more of a confidence thing.On the kennet Im happier with a long hooklength ot around 3ft and keeping everything pinned down to avoid line in the feeding area.I have heard some interesting theories on such rivers as the Trent and...
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    Stolen Rods + New Rod Advice

    Tell the insurance company they were a couple of Torrix and then give Bob Gill a call.....that way out off ever cloud comes a silver lining. Regards, Dickie.(insurance assessor Aviva)
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    Strange catch....

    Caught the "clap" in Amsterdam !!!!!
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    centrepin porn

    Hi Ian, looks like the photographer has got one leg 2ft shorter that the other or perhaps hes had too much Stowford Press !!!!
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