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It’s a relatively common sight in ornamental fish, particularly Orfe but Carp too. Some suggest low oxygen levels can cause it, age, general spinal injuries and a bacterial infection. There’s multiple suggestions for the cause but realistically I don’t think it’s possible to tell without...

One anglers unfishable stretch is another’s feature filled venue. Some anglers struggle with long grass.

As long as it’s under the £139 you won’t get anything. I had some parts turn up from Germany last week and UPS made a nightmare out of it, demanding cash on the doorstep. That paid similar value order from Poland last month was absolutely fine. On the flip side I was in the Netherlands end of...

Long story with few details but I’m going to find myself on the last day of the season in Solihull scratching around while I wait for purpose of my visit overnight, work related. It’s been a while but I’m thinking that there may be a solid Barbel opportunity as I’m not a million miles from the...

Whilst the Drennan one is lighter, I really can’t say I’ve ever picked up the Gardner and thought “it’s a bit heavy” it’s not like it’s made from scaffold pole.

Perhaps the old adage is true… same **** different day (tie).

I wish Nigel all the best.

I have the Tracker and it suits my needs pretty well. On a flat bank like the Avon you do end up in a pretty reclined position but that’s ok, especially if you’ve got the tips up. Your legs end up out straight like a sports car. On a sloped bank you can straighten up or recline. The back rail...

My PB on the H.Avon came from a sand/silt swim one swim up from the swim that everyone else fishes and has a clear gravel patch. I was covered in thick black stinking silt after that fish, as the margin was a horror show of it among the cabbages. I located that fish during daylight, it wasn’t...

With the association of class structure in angling you get your answer I would say. Coarse fishing roots are not the same as Game fishing where guides and ghilles are more common. That’s pretty much all there is to it. It’s a cultural perhaps historical thing.

Good to see Fergal getting the message out there loud and clear. But I’ve got to clear my cookies now I’ve watched that, don’t want to spend the next six months with thumb nails and suggestions from LBC and Mr O’Briens rage bait.

He always came across a good bloke on here. RIP Gerry.

It’s poaching pure and simple. I was about 15 when I saw it first, bit niave and thought he was just a bad fisherman. Turns out the chap doing this on the Stour was setting his traps, basically a rod top with a rig tied to the eye and come back in the morning. I later found out he’d have 10 or...

Very Chub like.

I like the Guru speed beads for this job.

I’ve never heard of Earthwatch and I assume they have commissioned test kits for the project. I’m also assuming that whomever specified that kit is better qualified than I, but, that is what I would consider a low range Nitrate kit. A testing window for that parameter would typically be 0-100...

Perhaps some of the Salmon nets would suit you better?

Interested in this topic and I think it’s probably a very valuable thing for the Barbel angling community to observe, with these fish becoming scarce our record keeping is quite important really. In terms of the sexual distinction I’ve never been aware of a marker of differences between male...

Didn’t know they did them. Just straight out the bag usually, drilled or glued back to back. I used to use the small boilies as well.

The Source pellet, 6mm. Probably caught more fish on those than anything else.