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  1. Eddie Farrell

    getting rid of lead when snagged

    i have used paper clips before today, they work in affect, but with rivers like ,trent,ribble,wye,with lots of rocks and snags, you loose lots of feeders and leads and get costly,think the best option is somthing like 7lb line attached to feeders /leads
  2. Eddie Farrell

    whats your pb?

    my best barbel is 10lb 3 0z on the stick from the severn, but had loads of barbel 8/9 + off severn/dane and ribble/trent, and lost some creatures,
  3. Eddie Farrell

    Tackle Theft

    thats the thing, people presume things, noisey neighbours that argue all the time,you hear all the time, you just ignor it, until you find out next day, someone died, ?????? , then in your mind, your thinking, i should have rung the police, i may have stopped that from happening, but then...
  4. Eddie Farrell

    Tackle Theft

    we live in a world,???? were info is power,and when info like that is put in mags , well its only a matter of time ???, what amazed me is that nobody hears or sees anything
  5. Eddie Farrell

    Shelve life , Frozen , Or roll your own ?

    but it is an interesting subject ????
  6. Eddie Farrell

    To Tell or not to tell

    i dont mind sharing info with other anglers, up to a certain point,
  7. Eddie Farrell

    Specimen Luggage

    holdal andy, could you put a pic of the 3 rod quiver mate, to , cheers eddie
  8. Eddie Farrell

    How clever are barbel??

    agree with you there roger, they can be inpossible to catch, and this is where it pecks ure mind, ???? , like you say with all the above conditions, set to test us,
  9. Eddie Farrell

    Unusual or embarassing moments

    slipped on the banking as you do,started down hill got iinto a run slipped did the splits, and ripped my pant from the zip,right around to my arse, ????? so all day fished with red boxers on, and to make it more funny, people were saying morning as the do, ??????, that particular day i didnt...
  10. Eddie Farrell

    Feeder versus PVA bag?

    if the river is shallow and slow, i will use pva bags pinched on the hook with mixed particles and small bollie bits and a small lead, other wise a feeder with a dryish mix with particles and bollie or pellet on hook with a bit of paste on if the river has a little pace on it,all depends what...
  11. Eddie Farrell

    The New Boy...

    welcome jack, you will get all the info you need to help you on here, lots of good advise from anglers a cross the country on rivers ,tackle rods,baits, reports on streches etc etc, list goes on
  12. Eddie Farrell

    Favorite hook size for barbel?

    nash 10s for small baits, raptors 10s for pellets etc, with long hairs/ short,
  13. Eddie Farrell

    weighing fish

    weigh in of fish only weigh fish close to a double as a rule;)
  14. Eddie Farrell

    Is it too warm to fish for barbel

    depending on river venue and fishing deep water should be no problem, but lower river with hardly any flow, then i would see it as a big concern for fish in general,me go home,
  15. Eddie Farrell

    Nut baits for barbel

    read on another forum that some anglers tried them, but with no success,
  16. Eddie Farrell

    Trotting for Barbel - line strength

    big bolo floats, 3-6 grms, can see them 3 swims down ,lol
  17. Eddie Farrell

    Trotting for Barbel - line strength

    10.1 lb silstar match team, low diameter, good knoth strenght use it all the time, for long trotting, need it, especially on a pacey river, you need to have some strong line to put mr barbel under pressure and stop him from heading down river, for snaggs if possible ,lol
  18. Eddie Farrell

    Morning or afternoon?

    as dean,late afternoon till midnight, cant with work
  19. Eddie Farrell

    fox duo extreme 15 ft 2.75lb

    anybody got one of these to sell,pm me thanks eddie:)
  20. Eddie Farrell

    For those who use bite alarms

    have nt use an alarm, its eyes and isotope, but i do have forty winks, with line around index finger:p, think will use alarm this season,on low volume:)
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