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  1. Gavin Burt

    Braid for a Pin

    Thanks for confirming. Would this be a better alternative please ? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274907958881?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=x9i3fqAtQxq&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=&var=575178682891&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
  2. Gavin Burt

    Braid for a Pin

    Taking delivery of a Speedia Wide Drum later this week and looking at some 30lb braid for it to roll some meat. Can anytime advise if this is suitable please specifically @Terry Simner ...
  3. Gavin Burt

    A very nostalgic film

    Good find. I love these old videos, no bait sponsorship, no brand sponsorship, no talking about the same rig everyone else uses just simple fishing.
  4. Gavin Burt

    Isotopes

    I have the proper Drennan isotopes but the green clips are a pain to use. I’ve just been using these disposable ones from eBay and so far they’re been great...
  5. Gavin Burt

    Go to hookbaits

    I’ve tried boilies with little success over the years. This summer I got some John Baker Taste F2 base mix and added some Search 4 flavour and had two barbel on two evenings using them as loose feed. The one thing I do like about boilies is the ease at which you can make them at home which...
  6. Gavin Burt

    Go to hookbaits

    It’s the only bait I use to be honest and have 100% confidence in them above all other baits. Shorter hair for Chub, longer hair for Barbel. I know others say “they don’t work” but think they’re just miffed at the barrel shape vs. the original elyptical shape (which I assume became costly to...
  7. Gavin Burt

    Go to hookbaits

    Elips x2 glued to a long hair. Small PVA bag with smaller Elips and a couple of homemade boilies as loose feed.
  8. Gavin Burt

    OMC magic twig

    I genuinely thought this was the type of thing he was on about when he said “self hooking” !!!
  9. Gavin Burt

    Big fish kill Warks Avon. THOUSANDS DEAD FISH.

    UPDATE: Barford has just opened
  10. Gavin Burt

    Big fish kill Warks Avon. THOUSANDS DEAD FISH.

    Agreed, and add Lewis’s syndicate in there too as he closed his waters. I’m itching to go fishing but can wait another week, this rain will have helped too putting some cooler water in the rivers.
  11. Gavin Burt

    Big fish kill Warks Avon. THOUSANDS DEAD FISH.

    None on LAA but there was a guy fishing on BAA (2nd peg over the stile) along with the BAA bailiff.
  12. Gavin Burt

    Big fish kill Warks Avon. THOUSANDS DEAD FISH.

    Was passing by and just been to Wasperton LAA (not to fish) and it’s not a pretty sight, not to mention the stench. Two Barbel and several chub without even looking hard and that’s in the first meadow. Likely washed down from upstream and caught on the large overhanging willow. I’ve waited...
  13. Gavin Burt

    Big fish kill Warks Avon. THOUSANDS DEAD FISH.

    ADDAC (Charlecotte) suspended until next Thursday. Some tough decisions being made but the right ones.
  14. Gavin Burt

    Big fish kill Warks Avon. THOUSANDS DEAD FISH.

    Terrible news but positive that they have your ear. What are they thinking then is the cause ? Farmers runoff or sewage dump ?
  15. Gavin Burt

    Big fish kill Warks Avon. THOUSANDS DEAD FISH.

    https://www.warwickshireworld.com/news/environment/fish-deaths-cause-fears-that-warwick-section-of-the-river-avon-has-been-polluted-4184196
  16. Gavin Burt

    Big fish kill Warks Avon. THOUSANDS DEAD FISH.

    Fishing has been suspended at Barford.
  17. Gavin Burt

    Big fish kill Warks Avon. THOUSANDS DEAD FISH.

    Just seen a post with a photo of the kill and there’s a barbel amongst it :(
  18. Gavin Burt

    Big fish kill Warks Avon. THOUSANDS DEAD FISH.

    Apologies, I misread the sentence. I joined Barford last season and had none depute being on some lovely swims, did have some lovely chub though on hemp / meat.
  19. Gavin Burt

    Flat pellets

    Make your own. Get some existing pellet, put them in a food blender, best an egg, add into the pellet powder, mould into a paste, shape paste into a “slice of bread” shape, cut up, boil. (Dependant on how hard you want them). I did this the other week and made some “chop-ups” for the season.
  20. Gavin Burt

    Big fish kill Warks Avon. THOUSANDS DEAD FISH.

    Terrible news, I saw some lovely fish over the Barford bridge last week. Some clonking chub. Is this one big fish (barbel) dead or many ? Either way is bad. Although how has that barbel ended up in Warwick though as that is upstream of Barford ?!? Warwick ~ Barford ~ Wasperton ~ HL
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