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50+ is some collection. I like to keep my old gear with the intention of using it again some day but never do.

Probably pushing 20 rods ranging from a pen rod through to 5 1/2lb tc spod rod. Still got a the first rod I ever had which is basically a 6 foot or so plastic telescopic thing. Was sweet for float fishing for tidlers but would be interesting to see how it would hold up to a fish of more than a...

Probably my John Wilson barbel quiver. Not a particularly expensive rod or even a great rod but it’s landed my pb barbel, carp, roach, bream and eel so I got a soft spot for it even though I don’t use it anymore.

I never suggested it as an excuse. It was an idea for something to be used all season. I’m pretty sure we’ve all caught barbel at some point that have taken a worrying amount of time to recover. My thinking was if there was something on the market that could help it would something worth...

i was thinking of something to use all season long to help speed up the recovery time not something to give people an excuse to head out in dangerous conditions

I can assure you my idea certainly didn’t involve keeping fish in a cradle.

Yeah I like your thinking. We got any engineering whizz kids on here that can design something? Obviously I’ll want 50% of the business for coming up with the idea.

The ideas in its infancy at the minute anyway lads. I’ll let you all invest once we reach a final design lol

Haha. You could have a guard on the blades kind of like a table top fan you’d have in your house. After I posted I was thinking a better option would be something more like a fish tank pump. Something that could suck air in as well as water and pump both out towards the fish

Iv just had a bit of an idea. I wonder if you could make a kind of small scale outboard motor type thing that you could put half into the water infront of a resting barbel. The blades spinning disturbing the water should put a bit of oxygen in the water plus it would create a bit of flow aiming...

Iv not been as much so far this season as I normally would. Partly down to fuel costs but the 3 times Iv been to middle Severn it’s been way too busy for my liking. Iv been doing nights on the lower on the weekends knowing I’m not likely to catch but Iv had the place to myself so that suits me...

Have you changed rods at all? Last closed season I got new rods and first few months of the season I lost so many fish to hook pulls. Could only put it down to the rods. I always used barbless hooks and rarely lost fish unless I got snapped before so I switched to micro barbed and not lost one...

I use the nash claws. Used to use the fox series 1b for years as they were cheap and did the job but had one straiten out on me on a hair rigged muscle and stopped using them. Was probably the most vicious take Iv ever had and was gutted when I lost the fish as recon it was a biggun

Landing mats get really hot in the sun as well. You need to wet them up if they’ve been sat in the sun before putting a fish on them. As for cradles I can’t stand them. Used to fish a carp lake that supplied them and nets for each angler. I just found them a nightmare to get the fish out the...

Suns come out now it’s about to set. Provided this crazy double rainbow though

Water was just too cold for it. It usually worked lol

I remember going carp fishing with my mate in the middle of winter once and stuck a bit of dissolving foam on the hook when I cast out. Reeled in 2 hours later to recast and the bit of foam was still attached to my hook completely undissolved

Not kidding. Some change from yesterday. Iv had to put my extra jumper on just and changed from my walking boots to my muck boots with a pair of boot liners and stuck my deer stalker hat on I’m that cold. Was hoping to save my coffee for later but I’m on my 3rd cup already

No worries. I’m not sure or the ratings of the quiver tips but from my experience with the masterline rod the heaviest tip felt very similar playing fish as the 1.75 tip did. Like I said I never once used the 1.75 on the river and never felt like I was missing out. Plus it’s already white with...

If your rigs caught fish before they’ll probably still catch now. I use big chunk of spam on the hook 95% of the time and simple hair rig pellet or boilie the rest with a running rig for both setups. The only think Iv changed really in years is I use shorter hooklinks than I used to and mainly...