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Please excuse my WBC colleague hi-jacking the thread with one of our latest specimens :p :D Good to hear Kings will remain. Whilst we all buy stuff online, it's vitally important we support our local suppliers ;) Ian PS Nice redfin DD :)

......'very lucky' I think someone once said something about a small percentage of anglers catch most of the fish. Lucky? A random event perhaps or something that occurs with infrequency? What's that other quote about luck being a meeting of opportunity and design.... How many captures in...

Top fish from a top angler. Great stuff mate, well done again :) Ian

Hi Pete, Check out these guys http://www.noblemarine.co.uk/index.php3?ad=81 Think I used to pay about........£90 for my 12ft of tin. Enjoy, it's great to fish the river from a boat ;) Ian

Delks all day long chaps. Just a cautionary note, new TXi's won't programme into the older versions of firmware on the RX box. If you retrospectively buy an additional TXi and it wont programme into your RX box, you can either; Send the RX box back to Delkim who will upgrade the firmware...

Hmmm, lures..lots to look at and buy in the various online sweetie shops. I've caught many pike on dawgs worked very slowly in cold conditions, (the Diawa Sonic Tails are a good price), and various jerkbaits. But if I had only room for one lure it would be a 3"-4" shad. Brilliant action that you...

Hi Mark, I don't confess to being a pike expert, I have however caught many of them using all methods. I believe like alot of our angling it's down to temp trends this time of the year. I did go out on Sunday to a location where blanks are very rare, (lucky me eh...), but following the temp...

Hi Paul, Hope you are well. 30 yrs ago, (when I was a whipper snapper ;) ) my father used to see shoals of bass boiling on the surface in the Solent as they hammered the joeys.... clearly something not seen in recent years. The bass fishing was, well........spectacular. There are clearly...

Hi Mark, I absolutely love mullet fishing. Always have a few hours around fathers boat in one of the IOW harbours with the float rod and pin. I could be wrong but I think it's one of the mysteries where mullet go in the winter, stay in the harbour? migrate out to sea...? I've never really...

Howdi partner! ;) I have 3 of them and find then to be fantastic reels. I've used alot of, (what we call now), big pit reels whilst fishing off the beach as a kid, and can say with confidence that the XBR's are top reels. The 'guts' of the reel are easily capable of handling big cats, I...

To a previous post, I'm not sure what Fox are good at TBO Some of their products, eg, reels, price wise are pitched right up against Diawa and Shimano. Their new alarms are more expensive than Delks. Would I buy them, do I trust their quality? No way... But hey, it's an individuals purchase...

Clive, I wouldn't ignore a section directly above a weir. I know a couple of areas above Thames weirs were barbel have come out in numbers. Cheers Ian

I've had a few this year on a tough 60 acre pit. Best so far this one at 9.5 A number around 6-7lbs Will be out again tomorrow morning with the float ;) Ian

Hmmm, that would be a tough one to establish... I've only sent mine back for repair, for which they have done a sterling job, ie, turn around time. Ian

One of the original BFW'ers from all those years ago... Don't worry mate, we won't bar you from the WBC board :D Safe travels ;) Ian

That's a corker Ian, well done ;) 6's and 7's so far for me with a best of 9.5. Would dearly love what you are gripping there. Top stuff :) Ian

Dave, If you're looking at shelf life then the Source is an excellent barbel bait. It will catch fish anywhere. Ian

It is indeed a sad loss, in the context of English carp angling. A true old warrior she was. We've lost the biggest scaleless carp in the country. I agree with the post above, it's not just about Heather, it's about how fish like her are the conduit to many friendships which were formed in...

I am :) Did my first session on 'the big windy pit' yesterday and had quite a few bream between 7-8lbs. The tench are already starting to wake up and as soon as they do properly, I'll be chasing them 'til the end of July. Barbel can wait til end October :p Ian

I have a very large gravel pit with some very big tench in that I intend to fish from April. Love it :) Ian