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Joe, answer 1, is yes much easier to tie and get through the hookeye if stripped, 2nd is in darksness the fish are following a scent or flavour trail and are not very likely to spot the line in darkness mate.

baby milk aint too expeensive

mike, try leaving about an inch stripped back, enables the bait to waver more naturally but not leaving enough stripped braid to chafe or cut on flinty or rocky bottom unless the fish rubs its lips on the bottom trying to unhook itself but with barbel thats probably not going to happen

a bit of baby milk is just as useful in your mix

10" hook link nicked onto web ball of freebies, use the heavy web to allow the ball to roll into edge of the weed before it melts away a heavier lead helps to hold position close to the freebies that usually stay put in the weed roots ect.

as always the art of fishing is observation and planned patience, sometimes its patience waiting for the fish to respond, likewise its the same on the boards, members will reply if the question is put up thoughtfully but still we all have other things taking priority over immediate replies...

carbotex washers help a lot with most decent reels

Andy, get back to the colne valley mate like i have:)

NICE t see you on the boards Andy:) what have you missed?, a lot of heartache, a lot of disappearing barbel mate and low low water levels, what we missed here was hurricanes, oh and i am up and about again without the oxygen;):) keep well and get a few big silver ones mate:)

if theyre in there then its a kiss of death for fish stocks and underbank erosion nigh impossible to get rid of em and they breed faster than signals and do more damage:(

Paul, i have always used beaufort jackets ect,for i little more expensive than some but if it saves your life one day what value:)

always glug my baits and freebies

when carp fishing over mussel beds ect i always used the origional 20lb. black versionas mainline its a really greasy feel line ultra smooth and fish dont really spook if brushing against it as they will without doubt see it beforehand a lot of guys used to use it as a combi link with works well...

it sure can especially if its a hard flinty type riverbed with dark algae on it

said this so many times now, for rocky and flinty bottoms try amnesia, the stuff is oblivious to shary edges ect even the zebra mussels at harefield couldn,t cut through it

this is my kinda barbel fishing, stick your freebies in web net about size of golf ball along with one or two pebbles to add to the weight, stick hook in the web and lob it out, now leave it and wait, they do come back round to investigate the smell/flavour whether upstream or downstream:)

Chris Brown does a real nice one at 9ft but you need to buy the net as well, aint cheap but it has a screw in 3 ft extra long bit so you get a 6ft or 9ft pole in one, well made and finished and now i know i dont really need all my old nets

oddly enough we are looking for a 2nd home in dorset, fell in love with it whilst working there a few years ago, not many floods and virtually no snow and definately a bit warmer than ost of the uk is:)

Dave, remember the old saying what works dont need fixing until it doesn,t any more;):)

only really gooduns out there that fit all the requirements are delkins, not cheap but certainly give value long term, i have some origional conversions that are around 35 years old and still going strong even though they,ve been kicked in the water (bad tempered after missing fish ect.) and...