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I use longer hooklinks if I’m fishing upstream compared to down to try keep it further away from the main line. Lead wise I use heavy enough to keep a slight bend in the rod. I prefer a tighter line to keep the line off the bottom and away from the hook link. I know others prefer to let off...

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About 25 blanks in a row for me on the lower Severn this season til I caught. Probably 20 of them I didn’t have so much as a roach fart on my bait my rod tips stayed that stationary. Gradually started getting knocks and million rig tweaks eventually landed me some fish

Yodel were meant to deliver mine yesterday between 5:32 and 7:32. Used the tracking number to see where it was at about 2 o’clock and it said it was 44 stops away. That never changed all night and went to bed at half 10 with it still saying the same. They delivered it today at 12:30 this...

I packed up about 45 minutes after this pic and by that point you couldn’t see the opposite bank. Packing my stuff up with the head lamp on you could only see about 6 foot infront of yourself. Driving home was crazy. Never driven is such thick fog before

Gone a bit misty but still bright on the lower Severn

Ultima red ice or red mist. One or the other. First red line I used was the tfg one that I got from go fishing show at nec for a fiver years ago

Going to be a cold evening on the lower Severn me thinks

I started using micro barbed last year after never using barbed before due to losing 1 in 3 fish to hook pulls most of which were when I’d got the fish to within a rod length out. I’d started using new rods at the start of the season and that’s the only thing I could put it down to. My old rod...

Yeah to be fair Iv sacked them off til it gets cold. Gone back to my army gortex. Still wearing shorts for work but recon I’d freeze on a night sat by the river in shorts lol

I brought a tracker 3 piece set a few weeks back. I had an old Shakespeare set Iv had for years but hardly ever wore. Decided to stick them on the other week when it was windy and I was drenched by the time I got in the car from condensation. Brought the tracker set and first time using them was...

To be fair you can have it mate I only had a bream out of it lol. Bite’s stopped after that

Bright and misty at 11 o’clock last night on lower Severn

Get yourself some crampons. No chance of slipping in them.

One of the reasons I prefer a big chunk to small piece is that if an eel finds it it can’t wolf it down in one bite. Usually takes a while unless they bite right where the hook is. The first time I ever used half a big tin of spam on the hook I ended up catching the smallest eel Iv ever caught...

Saturday evening on the Severn

Big barbel will fit it in easy but you’re right in a way as sometimes they will bite the meat where the hook is and get hooked and occasionally when you land the fish you still have half your meat that has slid up the hooklink.

When I brought mine I brought 2 sizes bigger. I wanted just one size bigger so I’d have room to wiggle my toes as I think tight boots make your feet cold but that size was £35 more. I can wear a good pair of Marino wool socks and a pair of boot liners and still have wiggle room in the size 12 I...

Not sure about the roach but had my first bite of the season down there last night and missed it cause I was having a piss lol

1:30 this morning. Bright and misty on the lower Severn