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7" of flouro hooklink and a kryston samson hair , the rig will reset itself and the fine flexible hair gives some movement around the hook

Reduced to £135 inc postage

For sale , in good condition with a few scratches as seen in photos but with no wobble and spins very well , strong ratchet and the original small handles have been replaced with larger teak ones affording better grip on retrieve , a very useable strong barbel reel , £150 inc postage ,

Smacks of desperation !!

Stagnant mate , no inovation

I stand by my post , if you disagree thats your perogative

Thing is Terry as soon as you put anything on here thats an advancement on rigs , bait, techniques they all come out from behind the woodwork trotting out the old cliches , " not needed" " its not carp fishing " " barbel are stupid " and that might be the case on some rivers but not all , some...

Thames barbel anglers site just posted a picture of a belly up barbel floating downstream

Head knock brick wall mate 🙈🙈🙈

Nice picture though 👍

Wind up merchant !

So i can only discuss on here what you agree with ???

Really !! Oh ffs 🙈🙈🙈

Depends what you want from a forum , one that debates sometimes agressivley, serious issues that could affect barbel / barbel habitat , or one that gives out the feel good factor and chats about landing net handles ? Some of us on here are passionate about certain issues and will debate them...

So met office are issuing a red warning with temps poss getting to 40 c , river wye are shutting up shop , club lakes up and down the country doing the same high night time temps, angling trust advising to not fish atm , dissolved oxygen levels on some rivers very low and still you think its ok...

Just find it a bit sad that some @#@&# are so desperate to go fishing they find every reason to justify why they think its ok to go in these extreme conditions i stead of erring on the side of caution for a short while , cant educate pork as the saying goes

When its snowing !

Dont feel embaeassed for me Terry, i'll argue it all day long , not asking to stop fishing this year ffs , just until it cools a bit , you'd think i was asking for their pin numbers !!

I feel justified in "whinging " , go boil yer head clive , if i prick the concience of one angler who decides not to go out and it saves the life of one barbel then thats job done for me , you carry on

It wouldnt hurt a few well known anglers on social media to come out and say about the dangers of fishing in very high temps , some of the muppets who insist on fishing for barbel regardless might ,and its a big might , just hold fire until cooler conditions arrive ,