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Thanks Joe.

Perhaps the otters would make friends with the barbel, or maybe they would eat them, I know what my money would be on.

No again, still waiting for figures on your barbel catches Damian

Damian, have your barbel catches stayed the same or decreased over the past 5 years?, would be interested to see your yearly catches.

Pete Readings "investigation" was in conjunction with Bournemouth university and came to the conclusion that the sprays of otters contained no barbel but lots of minnows. It doesn't take an idiot to realise that when an otter takes a barbel it eats the soft underbody which doesn't contain any...

That's not offensive!!!!!!.

The point is if you travel 2 miles or 20 miles to fish the risk is the same and the main thing is that when you get there you follow the covid guidelines, commonsense really.

Full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-55594244

The following may help, yesterday 2 women were stopped in Derbyshire after travelling 5 miles (in separate cars) to exercise and were given £200 fixed penalty notices. The Chief constable has issued the following statement this morning and the womens and other fines they issued have been...

Deerhunter long Muflon, like toast and 100% waterproof

As usual Dave antagonising posts, if you don't want to fish don't but also don't say others are wrong for having different views. Hopefully one day you will put a positive post on a forum but I doubt that will ever happen.

This sheds some light:

Doubtful, I saw the conservative mp ask Boris in parliament today why people couldn't sit on a river bank fishing, reply was that they have had no choice than to do what they have as the situation is so serious. I hope they do rethink it but I don't think fishing will high on their agenda.

Just do as your told Terry;)

There is one on beat 3 Stephen, nothing knew in that, it is the numbers that are the problem.

As you say Robert, otters have always been on the Stour but were NEVER seen swimming past people without fear in the middle of the day and NEVER in the numbers now being seen.

Nothing new there Terry!.

Once again wrong Damian, what you should have said is the ONLY barbel you heard of from the Ivel were big ones the small ones weren't reported same as on nearly all other rivers. I fished the Ivel , you didn't but once again you appear to be the expert on these things.

Just to clarify common sense does prevail regarding the 15 minutes rule, we have no issues with barbel being retained for longer to recover and the bailiffs are aware of this. We DO have issues with barbel being retained for over an hour until someone arrives to photograph it, it is the clubs...

Latest "Angling Trust staff have been working hard over the weekend to ensure that angling in England can continue during the forthcoming lockdown. Unlike golf and tennis the government have not asked fisheries to close and their announcement and guidance makes clear that outdoor recreation at...