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No, it was a abu 501, when it slid off I actually drove over it 🤪. The shotgun slid off and skidded down the rod, it survived and a m8 of mine still has it!

I've left a reel on the car roof, even left a shotgun on the car roof once and on both those occassions I only realised what i'd done when I braked and they slide forward off the roof 😶.

Had a go just above the tidal area this afternoon, how cold was that wind today 😱. I was there for about three hours but fished for about half that time due to roaving and chatting bullshine with a couple of other anglers lol. I really wasn't expecting that horrendus downstream wind and had...

Belters them Graham !

I forgot to mention, when I was playing in the largest of the barbel yesterday, I could make out another good sized fish of some kind swimming along side it, possibly a barbel or large chub and i'm sure I could make out some other fishy shadows/shapes around the hooked fish. I have often seen...

Thanks HZ, its just a bit of old cut down bath towel which I use to hang over my trouser belt and wipe my hands on. I dunked it in the river, rung it out and used it to lay the fish on.

Thanks Cliff 🙂👍.

I recieved a new rod yesterday, "a 15ft long rod"! The longer rod proved to be very handy today as there was quite a strong gusty downstream wind and the extra length made mending the line and controling the float easier. It was about twenty minuites before I caught a chub of about a pound...

If i'm picturing your description correctly, that sounds like a very dodgy manouvre Cliff. Too much pressure on a short section of the rod and the pressure is applied in the wrong way.

Be careful they don't do some gymnastics and impale themselves on your float Richard 🤪.

What a great session, and achievement to catch those tench so early in the year! Float fishing for tench is a very close second to trotting for chub and barbel for me, brilliant stuff.

Are there any other fans of John Searls art work here on bfw? I'm very much a fan of his work, but unfortunately I only have one "propper print" of his, the barbel one. I did look out for his prints on ebay, fb etc but when any of them came up for grabs they were too much money for me. I got...

Yes, you cocked up there Rich, the reel worked great today, no prob's at all with the high line lay in a quite gusty winds.

Oh, I forgot to mention the very sexy looking float, its one of Richard Isaics wonderful creations, he makes excellent floats incase your on the look out for some!

Several hours swimming the stream today, felt nice when the sun came out and the rise in temp's (12 degrees) definately switched the barbel on! I had had enough afrer 9 barbel and about 10 chub. A couple of pics from the session....

That only usually happens when a fish is foul hooked Daniel, could you clearly see where the fish was hooked? If it was lip hooked then that hook must have been faulty surely. I don't use those myself, as you probably know I use super spades and acolyte superspades, acolyte grippas for the...

Oh sorry, yes that would be a good idea lol. 80 quid posted 👍

Glad you got a replacement Alan 👍

Yes, he was quick on the draw, I reckon he was a gun slinger in his former life 🤣.

Ok, i'm going to let this book go. I thought i'd ask if anyone on here is interested before I advertise it elsewhere.