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The Calder and smaller west/ south yorkshire river Dearne worth a bash, was lucky enough to wangle a fair few ,before moving to north lincs, still some good free fishing to be had .

Both have their own merits ,some reel handles can work loose at the pin ball joint happened to me on two single handled reels that broke off , prefer the shimano double handles have had the single ones work loose, I think a lot depends on work load , numerous recasting heavy loads on a large...

Used to catch some cracking chub on the tiny Darent in kent when visiting relatives, saw a stunning wild carp swim past once , still some small northern rivers that are mostly completely free fishing , with some good barbel , just need to avoid the local ming mongs , and all the discarded crap...

Accommodation is not bad the kitchen is a bit pokey, caught my first wye barbels to just over 8lb and some 4lb plus chub , all nice scale perfect fish . Look in the guest book for some good fishing info if you go , some good sized barbel have been caught, the pool does have a couple of snags...

Nice picturesque pool to yourself , need good knees for the steep wooden steps up and down , could do with some storage for tackle, nice friendly dog Carlos likes to visit.

Stuffed the Dearne up a few years ago , water authority , sub contractors hacked to pieces many of the trees and got in the water to further butcher the fawner and flora , one swim used to have some great perch, chub etc due to a large hawthorne that sat in the middle of a pool, now no more . A...

Ditto sea fishing on the Lincolnshire side of the Humber bank later in the week .

Still rate the Shakespeare salt , make your own flat top bar for barbel river fishing, to attach alarms or rod rests , got another one recently that I noticed has a better spike on the main bar . After road testing for numerous years both for sea and course fishing , well made and will last...

Used a second hand Jrc Brolley for a number of years with storm sides and four attachments for poles , and tent peg metal loops, getting a bit battered now a couple of small holes repaired with hot wax glue. Will shop around for maybe same make like the good head space with enough shelter...

A friend of mine had 17 trent barbel in one session last summer , all on lob worm when the river was well up warm and coloured including numerous doubles , not always a pellet and boilie river , right swim, right bait, right time . Lots of natural bait had been washed in and mostly during the...

£8.00 Paid for a large seymo bait dropper , still in packaging under quarantine , as a spopper back up , packed in selling reels online for a while .

Always liked early morning tench sessions whether pond or canal, a few pre dawn freebies , in senses tanches ground bait. Float fishing does it for me , cocktails of compost heap red worms, caster , red maggot , with a bit of usually squeezed sweetcorn. That thump thump near the weeds when...

Hard earned Dearne monster , well done that man Liam .

September till the floods came had some good trent barbel, a couple of splashers in the tiny waterlevel window ,was it sometime in October. Then nowt , if only I had landed that monster Dearne barbel that I hooked last year !

Mr Nicepix still uses one not so much rules and regs in France !

Got one off t-ebay, for £16.00 waiting to road test, still use my old ugly stick beachcaster for casting droppers that I bought years ago from Christmas tips as a postie, ( strongest tubular rod in the world apparently), why folks buy extra spod rods I don't know !

NGT did make a more robust trolley with sides that extend and a adjustable rest and platform behind the handle to put a rod bag in , have used for a couple of years ,only real fault got a puncture and ended up replacing wheel, has been used for humber estuary sea fishing as well and not corroded...

The crabby door needs a better hinge , have had some that last a lot longer than others , will have to see if in can d.i.y on a better hinge to the largest one I have that is looking a bit battered after a few sessions .

The13ft Korum 2.5 for upstream rod and Rod Hutchinson one rod 3.25 ,have served me well the past few years .

Daiwa hyper sensor ,and fox torque, standing up to the rigors of the rocky section of the trent quite well , nearly always use a good braid hooklength .