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I remember a time when some matches would not allow foul hooked fish to be weighed in. However, it usually relied on the honesty of the individual angler. It should be a big surprise that it was regularly ignored. With the rise of commie match angling, any hint of foul hooked fish being...

I won't risk my breathable waders when there are brambles, gorse, blackthorn and hawthorn about. Most of the time I use Skellerup safety waders. I find that the stiffened underfoot shanks reduce achy feet when walking/wading on rocky riverbeds. The steel toecap also helps to reduce the numbing...

Does anyone know what the full range of Mk 2 GTi rods consists of yet? I think I'd be more interested in a 13' Spliced Tip, but I've a feeling that they might not be an option.

Shame it wasn't collection only. That might have depressed the final price and it's only about 15 miles away. I really don't need another spare though.

I used to try avoid EVA handles due to an early 80s experience with terrible Duplon handles. Despite believing that the Browning Sphere (float rod) blanks were something special, I prevaricated over buying one for some time due to the brand and the EVA handle. Unfortunately, once I'd bought one...

The Acolyte Ultra is powerful enough for run of the mill grayling. Its softness may even allow fewer fish to be lost. However, if you are regularly expecting 2lb+ fish, you're probably better served with an Acolyte Plus. If you are fishing for big grayling in heavier flows, the Acolyte Specimen...

With the demise of Bobco, most recent rods are passing me by without me ever seeing them. The only older 15'er that I could suggest is the Maver Signature Pro. I doubt one would be any easier to find than a 15'6" Sphere, though it is likely to be a lot cheaper.

The obvious answers would be 15' Acolyte Plus/Specimen or a 15' 6" Sphere. The biggest problem would be sourcing the latter.

It's an original GTE spool. GTE-B and GTE-C spools were all alloy rather than carbon composite with a metal lip. Should still fit the more recent B and C variants.

I've had 8s further up the A1 than York. There's also the odd water where there's a slim chance of a double.

The smaller sizes were the original range. The bigger nets arrived and the "Super" part of the name was dropped. Having recently bought a 20" net myself (I already have the 22 and 24", but the 26" was that bit too big to lug around on the bank), you may well find that the "Super" has recently...

Despite the weight, I'd have had one for the stillwater if the only way to get a screw down real seat wasn't by paying a significant "custom" premium.

I do, but the upscrewing reel seat meant I was never going to buy the mk1.

No, the better big fish 15'ers I own(ed) have 16, 17 and 19, respectively.

I usually expect float rods to have at least one ring per foot. I also expect faster actioned rods to have more. The following paragraph is only in reference to 13' (6") rods. Without a single oddity, which is a float rod that looks more like a fast actioned Avon rod, the 13' float rod I have...

Some retailers have simply got it wrong. The 15' Supera X Float is not a "power" rod. Only the 14' Supera X Power Float rod is labelled as such. There's also a 13' Waggler, 12' Carp Waggler and an 11' Pellet Waggler. I doubt that everything on Preston's website is entirely accurate. If you click...

Learn to cast properly with a centrepin first. Without doing so, you'll limit the distance you can fish. I'd suggest you learn to trot and catch a few fish with a fixed spool reel before you make things more difficult by introducing a centrepin to the equation.

Much depends on how exactly the river flows, wind speed/direction, float type/capacity and the rod/reel you are using. With every factor in my favour, fishing about thirty yards across a river is possible. If maximum distance is a requirement, I'd probably choose to use a fixed spool reel and a...

I usually fish Pennine rivers a bit more northerly than the Derbyshire Derwent. Plenty of the regulars seem to think I'm somewhere between heathen and heretic for not using proper stick floats. I gave up on them many years ago as I don't believe that they are much use on the fast, shallow and...

Precisely that, a friction interference lock between lever and rim is inevitably going to fail eventually. I've had my Conquests a lot longer than nine months and, as you say, the plastic has proven far more resilient than the doom mongers suggested it would.