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I have a Harlow myself, I'd agree with Mike about that one being a copy as the one I have has the word 'HARLOW' across the front of the drum. The big drum gives a good rate of retrieve when trotting.

Not been fishing this month, came back from Florida at the end of May which always has a bad effect on my UK fishing, can't get into static fishing after 3 weeks+ on the lures. However I also came back with a hamstring strain which has made it difficult to get out, driving more than a few miles...

Always stick with Big Game, just bought top up supplies of 10 and 12lb while I was in Florida. 12lb still available in clear but could only find 10lb in a new colour - coastal brown, will have to see if there's any change in the properties, might be a while as I've only just respooled my reels...

I think you will find the PAAS stretches of the Dane as good as any for barbel, not a huge head of them, but some decent fish can be found.

I used to use molasses meal and ground hemp as a base for my groundbait, loved the smell, not sure how well it worked on the fish though!

My garden compost heap grows plenty of them, they seem to concentrate on the stalks of greens that are rotting down and old tea bags. I throw every bit of vegetable waste peelings plus the ash from my log burner on my heap and the worms thrive.

Bob put his name to quite a few 'experimental' rods in the past but usually they were green blanks. I still have one he gave me years ago, a 12' Avon style but it had 2 x 5' sections and a detachable butt, no names or branding on it as it was a prototype. I wouldn't be put off by it's apparent...

I started off my fishing life on the Thames and Mole back in the 60's, nearly always float fishing and caught many barbel, along with roach, chub, etc. When I moved north my local river became the Dane, again mostly float fishing, it wasn't until I moved on to the Severn and Ribble that I got...

The tench are getting going better now as the weather warms up, I had my first of the year back in February but only been picking up odd fish since, yesterday though i had three including a new PB of 7.12.

Phil, I am well aware that a lot of rivers are fly only, also that some clubs enforce that rule even if byelaws allow worming. The river I was thinking of is the Severn where a ledgered worm is legal under the byelaws and also under some clubs' rules.

I thought commercials were stillwaters which are open all year, artifically (over)stocked and places that I personally have no interest in fishing. Nothing stops you fishing the rivers between March and June now, you don't even need a fly rod as many byelaws and club rules allow "worming for...

My little gudgeon swam through the letter box this morning!

I've been doing mine by direct debit for years, current one expires at the end of March, they took this year's payment on March 5th but new one not arrived yet though I know a few others who do the same as me have received theirs.

Just scored the last pair of medium B & B in my local Aldi, put away for when my current pair gives up the ghost, can't beat them for value!

Spent yesterday afternoon getting more wood cut to size for the log burner, store shed now full so bring on the beast!

I'd say go for a Yeti, the 40/20/40 split on the rear seats makes it dead easy to get rods in even though it's shorter than my previous Astra estate. Very economical and a joy to drive.

Absolutely, the cycle on the Severn seems to have moved away from barbel or nothing to a more "natural" balance with more silver fish and some very good perch. BTW about 8 years back I used to watch otters feeding on small silvers, then I would catch barbel from the swim within minutes of the...

Otters are NOT the problem, the reason so many rivers are in decline is down to the adverse effect that we (human beings) have had and continue to have on the environment. Removal of upland woodland, draining of marshes, concreting over flood plains, the list is endless, the species that needs...

I've got the 13' Prodigy TXL float and find it well suited to trotting the Severn coupled with 8lb main and 6lb hook link. I prefer a through action rod and this has plenty of power all the way through.

I've got a Cotswold Aquarius quiver and my Fox Specialist fits, it's a little tight but still room for landing net pole, bank sticks, etc.