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Girton is Scunthorpe AA/Newark Piscatorials. You need to be a member of SAA for 2 years before you can get a night permit, and Newark has closed external membership for this season. There is a small private stretch on Collingham you can book, think it's only a couple of swims called the Salmon...

He is, and he looks like a complete prick!

What's going on with Thames Water? They are in the sh1t, Their CEO has departed rather rapidly, apparently there's been emergency talks being held to secure it from collapsing with £14 Billion debt!

Try early mornings before it gets busy and late afternoon when it starts to quieten down! They're usual the best times to fish anyway.

Brilliant!👌

The points on Korda Kamakuras are incredibly fine!

They've got a fine straight point so they may be prone to the points turning, get yourself a Jewellers Magnifying glass, about £4 off ebay and a hook sharpener and you can resharpen them, if they're not too bad!👍

Bob, that's him!🙂

There was a very good rod builder based at Fosters, now Angling Direct, Kingstanding, called Bob (Don't know his surname) it may be worth checking if he's still there

My Sister's house backs onto the Birmingham-Stratford Canal, there's been a big fish kill there too! They raised the canal level, which has now dropped back to normal level. I assume it's EA have put 2 large aerator pumps just it from where she lives, but that will only benefit a very localised...

Terrible news about the fish kill!😥 I did a couple of seasons on Barford a few years back, found it really tough on the Barbel front, similar to Wasperton. It's an easy excuse but I believe predation had a big affect!

£15 a day, tickets available from the Inn on the Wye, which is across the road from the river, one car park is almost directly opposite the pub, at the canoe launch, you can fish downstream from there. Downstream access is a bit further down the road. Look for faster water, Canoes can be a...

I'm a member of the BS, rejoined 2 years ago after a gap of 20 odd years. There's 164 members on the BS Membership fb page, I think that says a lot about membership numbers, and it's perceived relevance now. I remember being a member pre social media days and before the explosion in barbel...

I've still got about a third of a bottle of Lamprey flavour, I have a sniff of it occasionally for nostalgia. The thing about Teme Severn baits was it gave you confidence. A while after Teme Severn ceased trading, Dave Mason started selling some of the range under his own name. I bought some for...

Hinders have got medium and small elips back in stock if anyone is interested. They're not the same as the original beauties but you do get a free 250ml bottle of elips oil with them👍

They're one and the same Adam

Meanwhile, yesterday afternoon in Ross on Wye, untreated sewage going into the river😩

Look good and good value👍

An alternative in that price range is the Daiwa Powermesh 12ft 2.25lb tc. Another one possibly worth a look at is the new Guru N Gauge Specimen Barbel rod 12ft 2.25tc. Have a look here: https://barbel.co.uk/forum/threads/off-the-shelf-barbel-rods.19855/

Spot on Alex!👍