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No family members fished so it wasn't until I went to secondary school in 1960 that I was introduced to fishing. My early outings, armed with a 10'6" rod, two sections of whole cane and a glass top and a cheap centre pin, were to the Thames at Hampton Court. I think the first fish I caught from...

Good signs for the future on the Severn, been fishing a maggot feeder as backup to my float fished worm while perch fishing and catching lots of roach in the 6"-8" bracket, with a few better ones to over a pound. Yesterday the quiver tip never stopped moving from the moment the feeder settled.

All the ones on float fished worm have been in slow moving areas, normally laying on, or with bait touching bottom. Ones in the flow have been on static ledgered baits, whether that be worm, maggot or small livebaits, big perch LOVE bleak, find a concentration of bait fish and the perch won't be...

They don't always hang out in the slacks, had quite a few decent ones over the years out in the flow. My best from Rossall was a 2.09 from the bottom peg, as you know that is fairly fast flowing.

Nigel, the Lymm stretch above the Tern confluence would be my recommendation, particularly the slower deeper water at the upper end. I also think Rossall might hold some.

Best of 7 today, 3 pounds exactly, a couple of 2's, the rest a pound or under. All on float fished worm, 15' Preston Carbonactive Excel.

In the past I did my rods with isotopes flat, take off tip ring then shrink wrap isotope in place before refitting tip ring. Sounds a lot of faff but really quite straightforward. I'm now using the clip on LED tip lights from Temu, much easier and a heck of a lot brighter than isotopes.

With the Severn lower and clearer this week I concentrated on float fished worm for perch. Managed 11 in total with a best of 2.04, had a barbel rod out as well and picked up a couple of 8's.

Good point Chris, the Irfon fish were used to seeing corn back then as my friend used to bait heavily with it for the chub.

Used to get a lot of grayling on corn when fishing the Irfon in Builth years ago.

I have the old Preston Innovations Excel as my 15' float rod, man enough for chub and barbel but still light enough for grayling. My preferred grayling rod though is my 13' Matchpro.

Not had any problems with mine, though I used to get occasional wraps with the Enterprise ones. In the past I did modify a pair of Fox rods using shrink tube. Took tip ring off, then sleeved with white shrink tube before fitting the isotope using clear shrink tube. Definitely not as visible as...

I have these too and they are brilliant (literally!)

1.09 yesterday from the Severn, best of 7 fish, the rest were all 10-14ozs. Also had a couple of 3+lb chub and a 6lb barbel which was fun on the roach gear.

Wouldn't touch those Duo Lite's with the proverbial barge pole. Both my 1.75 tips broke for no apparent reason under minimal strain and reel fittings on both came loose and flopped to the side.

Hope you get a good one, I had a pair of them and was disappointed with the build quality. The reel seats on both came loose on the handles, and both 1.75 tips broke under normal fishing pressure. Now replaced with Greys Prodigy TXL's which are much better.

You're probably right, the Yeti originally was based on the early Tiguan and shared engines and running gear with the Golf. The greatest thing about it is that still handles well even with the boxy SUV body, also it has character, not something you could accuse the Karoq of!

Mine is the Greenline 1.6 diesel, turning in 57+mpg.

My fishing/every day vehicle was a Vauxhall Astra Estate for many years but replaced it with a low mileage 15 month old Yeti 7 years ago and have loved every day using it. Cannot understand why Skoda discontinued it and replaced it with the Karoq, a complete non-entity that looks just like any...

The tilt fixing sounds a 'mare, that was the worst feature of the old Wavelock tilt. The Fox Specialist works fine for me, never used it with storm poles but find it very stable in strong winds when it's properly pegged down. Loads of room and easy to set up even on sloping banks.