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I had my first trip of the season yesterday, having been unable to drive far since the end of May thanks to sciatica. Enjoyed myself on a light float rod from 16.00 to 19.00 catching a few dace, bleak and chublets. Then I put the barbel rods out and was rewarded with my first of the season at...

Raining steadily here on the Welsh border but I doubt it will have much effect on levels in the Severn, ground is so dry it's like a huge sponge! After tomorrow rain chances for the rest of the week are small, at least the temperature is finally down.

Belated happy birthday Neil, I'll be joining you on that number shortly before the season opens again next year, let's hope we have a better start weather wise. All the talk of rain seems to be confined to the south, here on the Welsh border we have had some, but it didn't start until about 10pm...

I agree with Terry on this, can't the moderators remove the posts which are off topic and request the members involved not to post like this on a general forum.

Not fished for carp for more than 10 years now but had some fun in the past with fish to just shy of 20 on a Mk1 Drennan Tench Float, centrepin and 8lb Maxima straight through with corn as bait on a size 8, used to be easy to get them feeding at 2 rods out by loose feeding hemp and corn on that...

As I've been suffering with sciatica I haven't been fishing at all since the end of May but did manage a short session on the Dee the other day when I was feeling better after a session with my osteopath. I was wading and float fishing maggot in fast, streamy water, caught a few dace, salmon...

Been laid up with sciatica since the end of May so can't get out to fish, it's driving me mad!

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.