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Bought this rod as I love the sig pro range of float rods but never used it as I tend to reach for my 15’s more often than not. Very light high quality rod in brand new condition still contains the tag with original price tag of £240. Stepped up blank absolutely ideal for big chub and single...

Thanks Ian 👍🏻 I enjoyed the video of your session from the bank on the small river.

If carlsberg do fishing days …. My goodness the stars aligned for me today. 29 chub every one a lump including 2 good 6’s and a float caught pb of 7lb 1oz Isn’t it weird ……. Did exactly the same thing the other week when the river had 3-4 inches on and i couldn’t buy a bite yet today you...

They are built like tanks those zeps and they spin for an eternity with a light flick. I’ve caught afew on the nene and Trent trotting several pieces of corn on the hook. It definitely loose feeds better than meat having a faster sink rate. I often take both as it’s not uncommon for a switch...

It was caught on the river ivel when it had a reasonable population of barbel to go at. For me it is still one of the most notable barbel captures of all time. It’s a very different river nowadays after suffering a big predation spike in 2016/2017. There are places down this way like the...

1 price drop and if it doesn’t sell here it will either sell elsewhere or I get to keep it. I’ve put it on eBay now. Bfw members discount £320 no offers on that.

Why not just order one up. Get it built how you want it.

It’s with regret but at the moment makes perfect sense that I’m going to sell this little rod. The information on them is near on impossible to find but I’ll tell you what I do know from speaking to the right people and doing quite a bit of digging. To my understanding there was 4 or possibly...

So when do you plan on starting doing either?

There alright…… People do get a bit carried away by them when actually they are just practically the same as what the Japanese were building 10 years prior but with a clutch that stuck less often and a couple more bearings. They went back to a worm drive with this reel to do the oscillation and...

Size of its nogging 😳 That’s an absolute cracker.

I target particularly large barbel on float tackle on relatively smaller very snaggy venues where you get 1 opportunity at best. It’s devastating when you lose one as the chances of hooking another is pretty remote. If you’ve got a good chance of hooking one then definitely give yourself a good...

On small rivers where there is even a glimmer of hope of hooking a barbel i would be choosing the specimen float not the plus and using suitable main lines for the job. The plus is fine if you have to space to let them run around for a bit but the specimen is an entirely different beast...

It’s not difficult for Gary because a chunk of his equipment is cnc controlled. There is a lot of manual machining to do as well. But doing it all on a manual machine will be much more involved. I’m an engineer by trade and I too would love to build one on all on manual machines. It will be...

On a single item it’s got to be my mill tackle custom specimen trotter centrepin that I built myself on Gary’s experience day. That thing cost me over £800 I don’t believe I’ve spent more than that on a single item.

First grayling sesh of the season today for me. Timed it just right as the extra water really switched them on. 21 caught in total from around 6oz to well over the 1.5lb mark. Every one of them a super battle on the light balanced tackle and soft spliced tip rod. Caught various other species...

Hopefully it works for you Jim. 6mm is still a massive guide for a float rod imo.

Good luck Jim. It was a bold move to try it. Maybe those minima guides as used on the new Preston’s are worth a go. They are incredibly light weight and the bores are quite large for the actual size of them. You could go 4mm tip and it’s still a bigger bore than a lined guide

It is practical to weigh barbel separately and return them straight to the water because it is done on matches on the Trent. It takes more organization and more people involved yes but that doesn’t mean it’s not practical. And to answer your question of where it stops that’s quite simple also...

It’s the technique they use with the small net being very light and nimble. Match anglers rarely guide a fish over a waiting net. Quite often that fish barely breaks the surface before they plunge in the small light net and whop it straight out.