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Gwyn, i did say barbel will take maples but in my opinion pellets or boilies work better and give better results mate and also agree with you on artificial baits they will take barbel remembering that they are a bit bouyant, with artificial pellets i usually wrap paste around them.:)

Gwynn, maples do catch barbel but needs a proper baiting program mate, try decent pellets or boilies they work much quicker and more effective:)

plenty of caravan dwellers in that area mate;)

nice to see you back on board Ian:)

Andrew dont be put off by the noise of a large heavy dropper going in on a larger type river mate, the barbel know thats a pile of feed coming in and it dont take long for things to quiet down and fish to feed mate, the big symos are real heavy when full but zooms down to the riverbed before...

fish after 7.0 pm as the boat traffic dies down a bit then;)

mark, i use amnesia straight through on the reel and for hooklink use one of the korda type coated stuff, it solved most of my problems also i found plasticine lumped round a lead helped the lead to avoid getting jammed in the flinty type bottom as the plasticine is left behind and the lead...

enterprise large artificial pellet works, remember artificial stuff usually is bouyant so keep it in mind:)

cc moores odyssey works fine all year round as a paste or a boilie or chops incidently speaking about krill, my dog loves it but was completely ignored by my carp in my pond both large and small fish, tastes much much too salty but they go crazy with tiny halibot or halips pellets:)

maple syrup works on em

have a look at the korda range, its good quality stuff and does what it says it does:)

:) not long to go now then we can all chuck the gardening and diy gear back in the garages or sheds and pick up the tools of our sport:):):):)

:)i reckon thats one of your own innovations Bob, 14ft handle with a biggish fish in it would just about finish me off mate:)

Patrick, have a look the chris brown fishing tackle site, they produce really good handles and nets with screw in option of 6ft and 9ft, brilliant nets and chris is always ready to help via phone call:) ps if you see or get one you,ll never look back:)

Iain, there is a very nice hotel opposite the church i n the square, the food and service is superb mate, you can even ask for free pain killers sat night before they ring the church bells next morning:eek: lovely harbour town, have a great time:)

wot this, wot that a and everyone chewing their fingernails waiting for june to slip by:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

? Luke the river close season ends in march 2017, your post is in May 2017, :D

well now i am a lot better in healh i intend to put a lot more hours in:)

bloody ,ell Dave, i remember using old hession sacks when i 1st figured out how to catch them shadows :D

cheap but decent alternative is a big polyester shopping bag but wet it 1st:)